Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

Dan Gordon

DAN GORDON, author, screenwriter, and Captain in the Israel Defense Forces (Res.):

• Gordon’s recent record-breaking achievement in the IDF
• A history of Hamas’s elaborate underground tunnel system
• Funding of Hamas by American taxpayers

PART TWO:

• The UN report castigating Israel’s actions during last summer’s conflict in Gaza
• The IDF’s strategy to defend civilians in war zones
• Palestinian push to charge Israel with war crimes
• Israeli feelings towards anti-Semitic actions by the UN

PART THREE:

• What ISIS learned from Hamas' most recent loss in Gaza
• Why is the U.S. more vulnerable to terror-tunnel attacks than Israel?
• The tempting target that San Diego makes, and how ISIS could infiltrate it

PART FOUR:

• Is an ISIS safe-haven in Northern Mexico logistically possible?
• A united Arab coalition against Obama’s Iran policy
• Concerns that the U.S. Congress and Administration have put the world on a path towards nuclear brinkmanship
• Where the current level of unrest in the Middle East compares to the last thousand years

Rep. Mike Pompeo, Gordon Chang, Rep. Barry Loudermilk, Dr. Tevi Troy

Rep. MIKE POMPEO (KS-4), Member of House Select Committee on Intelligence, and House Select Committee on Benghazi:

• Status of the Iran negotiations one day away from June 30th deadline
• Implications of the recent OPM hack on the US ability to conduct counter intelligence
• Ways Congress can protect this country’s most vulnerable infrastructure
• When will the truth be told about what happened at the U.S. embassy in Benghazi?

GORDON CHANG, Columnist at Forbes.com and blogs at World Affairs Journal:

• Recent meetings between Chinese and American officials in Washington
• Intensified military cooperation in the South China Sea
• Last months Chinese-Russian Naval exercises in the Mediterranean
• The US projecting weakness to China

Rep. BARRY LOUDERMILK (GA-11), Member, House Homeland Security Committee:

• The US addiction to electricity
• Threat of geomagnetic solar storms to the electric grid
• How the Islamic State has had the ability to gain so many foreign fighters

Dr. TEVI TROY, President of the American Health Policy Institute:

• The genesis and characteristics of MERS
• A recent flare-up of the Avian Flu and today’s threats from bioterrorism

Adm. Ace Lyons, Michael Bastasch, Doug Bandow, Robert O’Brien

Adm. JAMES “ACE" LYONS, former Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet:

• Is Islamic doctrine behind Middle Eastern violence? 
• Shariah adherents in America
• Thoughts on the disastrous Iran deal
• The Chinese threat in the South China Sea

MICHAEL BASTASCH, reporter at The Daily Caller:

• The recent Papal encyclical on climate change
• Will the Pope’s stance on environmental issues lead to an upcoming United Nations mandate?
• The continued trend of UN “global governance” in the climate debate

DOUG BANDOW, Senior Fellow at the CATO Institute and former special assistant to Pres. Reagan:

• Is there an end in sight to the persecution of Christians in the Middle East?
• Similarities between top countries for religious persecution of minorities
• Ideas for forming a united front against jihad
• Problems with the refugee resettlement process

ROBERT C. O’BRIEN, attorney and commentator on national security issues:

• Russian aggression in Eastern Europe
• Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea and the Western Hemisphere
• Today's terror attacks in France, Tunisia, and Kuwait

Amb. Michael Oren, Garland Tucker, John Sitilides, Fred Fleitz

Amb. MICHAEL OREN, Former Israeli ambassador to the United States and Author of “Ally: My Journey Across the American Israeli Divide”:

• An analysis of President Obama’s ideological formation
• Israel’s view of President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran

GARLAND TUCKER, author of Conservative Heroes: Fourteen Leaders Who Shaped America, from Jefferson to Reagan:

• Character traits and defining qualities of conservative heroes
• The Judeo-Christian philosophical origins of the United States
• Who are the modern conservative heroes?

JOHN SITILIDES, Principle in Trilogy Advisors, LLC:

• Recent negotiations between the European Union and Greece
• Implications of a Russian bail out for Greece and NATO
• Strategic importance of stopping Russian influence in Greece

FRED FLEITZ, Senior VP for Policy and Programs at the Center for Security Policy, and former CIA Analyst:

• Does the Administration really know all possible military connections of the Iranian nuclear program?
• The need for on-the-ground inspectors verifying declared and undeclared sites in Iran
• The President’s new policy for dealing with U.S. hostages

Jessica Vaughan, David Bossie, Peter Huessy, Kellyanne Conway

JESSICA VAUGHAN, Director for Policy Studies at the Center for Immigration Studies:

• What is "trade in services," and how does the newly approved Trade Promotion Authority allow it? 
• The possible impacts of the Trans Pacific Partnership

DAVID BOSSIE, Founder and President of Citizens United

• Controversy surrounding Hillary Clinton’s first presidential candidacy
• Clinton’s lack of judgement and character
• The State Department’s refusal to hand over important documents

PETER HUESSY, President of GeoStrategic Analysis: 

• Alliance between North Korea, China, and Iran
• Russia’s nuclear aggression
• The deteriorating state of the United States’ nuclear arsenal 

KELLYANNE CONWAY, President and CEO of the polling company, inc./WomanTrend:

• Results of recent polls regarding Shariah law in America
• Data showing that 1 in 5 Muslim-Americans support violence for religious reasons
• Differing interpretations of jihad by Muslims in America

Rep. Brad Wenstrup, Mayor Beth Van Duyne, Andy McCarthy, Dr. J. Peter Pham

Rep. BRAD WENSTRUP, U.S. Congressman for Ohio's 2nd Congressional District:

• Evidence for the effectiveness of Iran sanctions
• How will China use the government personnel data it gathered by hacking OPM?
• Devastating impacts of the shrinking U.S. aircraft carrier force

BETH VAN DUYNE, Mayor of Irving, TX:

• The Mayor's fight against the establishment of an Islamic tribunal in Irving
• Events following Mayor Van Duyne’s investigation of Shariah Courts in Texas
• Why some state officials voted in favor of Islamic tribunal

ANDY McCARTHY, former Federal Prosecutor:

• The Appellate Court ruling going after military commissions
• Implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling on vanity license plates
• The likely outcome of Congress’ vote on Trade Promotion Authority

Dr. J. PETER PHAM, Director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council:

• Boko Haram’s increased military operations
• The humanitarian crisis caused by the civil war in South Sudan
• How did General Bashir avoid arrest in South Africa?

Sandy Rios, Amb. Ken Blackwell, Rick Manning, Gordon Chang

SANDY RIOS, Director of Governmental Affairs for the American Family Association:

• Absurdity of Sandy Rios’ designation as a one of the top “Women Against Islam”
• The Southern Poverty Law Center’s metamorphosis into a hate group
• The Red-Green Alliance’s intentions for the United States

Amb. KENNETH BLACKWELL, former Ambassador to the United Nations’ Human Rights Commission:

• Thoughts on the recent MEK-led rallies in Paris calling for regime change in Tehran
• A list of bipartisan American participants unified to oppose Tehran
• Can the MEK achieve regime change in Iran?

RICK MANNING, President of Americans for Limited Government:

• The Trade Promotion Authority Bill's progress through Congress
• Issues surrounding the Trans Pacific Partnership
• The TPP’s similarities to the European Union

GORDON CHANG, author of "The Coming Collapse of China":

• This week's U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue
• China's "Black Friday" and economic woes
• Xi Jinping's consolidation of power
• Will China qualify to join the Trans Pacific Partnership? 

Ryan Mauro, Phillip Karber, Roger Noriega, Bill Gertz

RYAN MAURO, National Security Analyst for the Clarion Project:

• How Iran conned America
• Assessing the likelihood of a new Iran deal
• The widely ignored persecution of Iraqi Christians
• Tension between Christians and the Kurds

PHILLIP KARBER, President of the Potomac Foundation:

• Russian expansionism in Ukraine
• The make-up of the fighting force in Ukraine
• Purpose of American deployments to Eastern Europe
• Weighing the possibilities of a larger Russian invasion of Ukraine

Amb. ROGER NORIEGA, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs:

• Criminal elements within the the Venezuelan government spiraling out of control
• Ceding important Western Hemisphere minerals and resources to China
• A corrupt government in Mexico incapable of dealing with cartel violence

BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

• Implications of the recent defection of a U.S. trained Tajik Special Forces officer to ISIS
• How the American withdrawal from Afghanistan is affecting ISIS recruiting
• Chinese expansionism in the Pacific Ocean
• The Obama administration's ties to the Muslim Brotherhood

Douglas Feith, Dr. Matthew Kroenig, Ilan Berman, James O'Keefe

DOUGLAS J. FEITH, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and Author of “War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism”:

• Current situation regarding the nuclear deal with Iran
• President Obama’s claim that the deal will prevent Iran from obtaining the bomb
• Results of the recent elections in Turkey

Dr. MATTHEW KROENIG, author of “A Time to Attack: The Looming Iranian Nuclear Threat”:

• President Obama’s abandonment of preventing a nuclear Iran
• Regional implications of a nuclear-armed Iran
• Weighing the possibility of nuclear proliferation via nuclear arms sales

ILAN BERMAN, Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council:

• Managing the Iranian nuclear threat
• The prospects of a course correction in Turkey
• What will happen if the Assad regime falls?

JAMES O’KEEFE, Founder and President of Project Veritas:

• Project Veritas’ undercover investigation into the Dept. of Veterans Affairs
• Changing the over-prescribing of veterans at the VA
• O’Keefe’s successful attempt to cross the southern border of the U.S.
• Project Veritas’ story on ISIS sympathy on university campuses

Sarah Westwood, Matthew Continetti, Fred Fleitz, Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely

SARAH WESTWOOD, investigative journalist for the Washington Examiner and Fox News contributor: 

• Why did Hillary Clinton not designate Boko Haram as a terrorist group? 
• Sidney Blumenthal’s covert and unvetted exchange of intelligence with Clinton
• Likelihood of Clinton testifying again before the Benghazi committee

MATTHEW CONTINETTI, Editor in Cchief of the Washington Free Beacon:

• Hillary Clinton's support of President Obama’s ISIS policy
• Background on Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy record
• The growing threats from China and Russia

FRED FLEITZ, Center for Security Policy Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs, and former CIA analyst:

• President Obama’s latest concessions to Iran
• What Congress can do to slow down the Iranian deal
• How the U.S. is enabling Iran’s enrichment of uranium
• Tehran’s sponsorship of Hezbollah

Maj. Gen. PAUL VALLELY, Retired U.S. Army Deputy Commanding General in the Pacific:

• The creation of the Legacy National Security Advisory Group
• Does any presidential candidate have a plan to defeat ISIS?
• Why revitalizing the US military is so critical
• General advice to the 2016 presidential candidates