Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

Amb. Robert Jospeh, Dr. Arthur Brooks, Bill Gertz, Ilya Feoktistov

Amb. ROBERT JOSEPH, former Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security:

• Major concessions and ambiguities in the Iran deal
• Has the White House done more to distort the negotiations than the Iranians?
• United Nations Security Council’s efforts to circumvent the U.S. Constitution

Dr. ARTHUR BROOKS, President of the American Enterprise Institute and author of "The Conservative Heart: How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and more Prosperous America”:

• Why conservatism is better than the alternative for rebuilding the U.S.
• How American conservatives can compete against the liberal ideology
• Importance of national security in the pursuit of individual happiness
• Relationship between American conservatism and human rights

BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

• Concerns surrounding the Iranian nuclear deal
• Effects of funding cuts to the Pentagon in the context of the Iran deal
• American deterrence of the Chinese in the South China Sea
• The significance of the Chinese-backed OPM hack of personal data
• Parallels between Hillary Clinton's emails and the John Deutch affair

ILYA FEOKTISTOV, Research Director of Americans for Peace and Tolerance:

• Ideological backing of yesterday's shootings in Tennessee
• How and where individuals become radicalized
• Government’s blindness to the threat of jihad

Rep. John Fleming, Fred Fleitz, Christian Whiton, Micahel Braun

Rep. JOHN FLEMING, Representing the Fourth District of Louisiana:

• Congressional Republicans' weakened position in negotiating the Corker-Cardin Bill
• Why removing U.S. missile defense systems from Europe is a recipe for proliferation
• A critique of President Obama's refusal to stand up to Russian expansionism in Ukraine
• Will the technological advantage the U.S. has over China and Russia end soon?

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

• Obama’s flip-flopping on the definition of a “good” nuclear deal
• The administration’s claim that this deal will prevent a nuclear Iran
• IAEA’s ability to inspect Iranian nuclear sites
• Timetable for sanctions relief and the removal of known Iranian terrorists from the sanctions lists

CHRISTIAN WHITON, Principal at DC International Advisory and author of “Smart Power: Between Diplomacy and War”:

• State Department strategy for the nuclear negotiations
• Analyzing the international community’s support for the Iran deal
• How the Iran deal affects military options for Israel and future U.S. presidents
• The current U.S. strategy towards Cuba
• Republican tolerance for sanctuary cities

MICHAEL BRAUN, former Drug Enforcement Administration Chief of Operations:

• Drug lord "El Chapo" Guzman's escape from a Mexican prison
• Popular misconceptions about the "War on Drugs"
• US-Mexican cooperation in the hunt for Guzman
• Concerns over the FARC's submarine force and ties to Hezbollah

Rep. Pete Roskam, Diana West, James Jay Carafano, Amb. Roger Noriega

Rep. PETER ROSKAM, U.S. Congressman for the 6th District of Illinois:

• How the “Obamabomb” deal centers on the President’s personality
• Putting the value of the sanctions relief and cash influx to Iran in perspective
• The three-staged history of attempts to marginalize Israel
• Latest efforts to suppress Hillary Clinton’s private email server

DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal”:

• Results of the Administration's negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran
• Why dealing with the Iranian mullahs is dangerous
• Updates on American forces in Afghanistan
• Purging of American history

JIM CARAFANO, Vice President of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy:

• What the Iran deal means militarily and strategically
• Importance of sanctions relief to the Iranian economy and military
• Parallels between the North Korean and Iranian nuclear negotiation
• Fears for a conventional arms race in the Middle East

Amb. ROGER NORIEGA, former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs under President George W. Bush:

• Similarities between the Iranian Negotiations and those with Cuba
• Latest regarding the Alberto Nisman case
• Bob Corker’s recent trip to Venezuela
• “El Chapo” Guzman’s escape from a Mexican prison

Andy McCarthy, Prof. William Inboden, Kevin Freeman, Anthony Kimery

ANDY McCARTHY, author of “Willful Blindness” and former federal prosecutor:

• President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran
• Does this deal limit Israel’s options to deal with Iran?
• Possible options left on the table to reject the deal

Prof. WILLIAM INBODEN, former Director for Strategic Planning on the National Security Council under George W. Bush:

• The “White House Bubble” and the President’s overactive historical imagination
• An opposition policy to Bibi Netanyahu
• A lack of objective reporting throughout coverage of the Iran negotiations
• Encouraging an Iranian hegemony in the Middle East as part of Obama’s grand strategy of a new international order
• Comparing Presidents Obama and Reagan

KEVIN FREEMAN, Founder and CEO of Freeman Global Investment Counsel and author of “Game Plan: How to Protect Yourself from the Coming Cyber-Economic Attack”:

• Last week's crash of the New York Stock Exchange
• Possible economic terror threats from hostile countries
• Lloyd’s of London’s report on cyber attacks to electrical grids
• Consequences of Iranian sanctions relief
• Recent trends in the Chinese markets

ANTHONY KIMERY, Editor-in-Chief of Homeland Security Today:

• Iranian threats to the U.S. electric grid
• CYLANCE report of Iran hacking into the electric grid
• The “Recovery Transformer Program”

Alan Dershowitz, Amb. Richard Schifter, Dr. Paul Kengor, Gordon Chang

ALAN DERSHOWITZ, Harvard Law School Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus:

• Predictions for what an Iran nuclear deal would mean for the broader Middle East
• Evidence of bipartisan opposition to a deal
• Would an Iranian nuclear deal count as a treaty--and be contingent on 2/3rds Senate approval?

Amb. RICHARD SCHIFTER, Chairman of the Board of the American Jewish International Relations Institute:

• Looming nuclear agreement with the Iranian regime
• The United Nations’ assault on Israel
• Threats to American veto power at the UN Security Council
• Obama administrations’ views towards Israel

Dr. PAUL KENGOR, Director of the Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College:

• Valerie Jarrett’s influence over the Obama foreign policy doctrine
• Will Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin replace Barack Obama and Valerie Jarrett?
• How will the national security and foreign policy legacy of Barack Obama be remembered?

GORDON CHANG, author of “The Coming Collapse of China”:

• How Beijing is using risky financial methods to stabilize the Chinese stock market
• A “New Silk Road” connecting China to the west
• Barack Obama's refusal to meet with China’s General Fan

Rep. Rob Bishop, Diana West, Rep. Ken Buck, Bill Gertz

Rep. ROB BISHOP, U.S. Congressman for Utah’s 1st Congressional District:

• The ongoing impact of sequestration on the U.S. military
• Importance of the lack of Sunni countries involved in Iran negotiations
• Overlooked connections between environmental protectionism and military readiness

DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on our Nation’s Character”:

• How the “Lend-Lease Policy” was engineered
• Huma Abedin’s influence over Hillary Clinton

Rep. KEN BUCK, U.S. Congressman for Colorado’s 4th Congressional district:

• Constant attempts by Iran to undermine U.S. interests
• Tehran’s potential targeting of the U.S. electric grid
• Repercussions of the President’s unwillingness to enforce immigration laws

BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

• Nomination of Gen. Joseph Dunford to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Dunford’s assessment of the Chinese hack of OPM
• Outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dempsey’s concerns with the Iranian nuclear talks
• Threat of hypersonic technology from the Chinese and Russians

Fred Fleitz, Amb. Yoram Ettinger, Nolan Peterson, Joe Guzzardi

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

• How the nuclear deal will legitimize the Iranian regime
• Likelihood that Obama’s deal with Iran will pass on Capitol Hill
• Presidential candidates’ views on the nuclear deal
• Verifiability of the nuclear agreement

Amb. YORAM ETTINGER, formerly the Minister for Congressional Affairs to Israel’s Embassy in Washington, DC:

• Defining “Stage One Policy Thinking”
• Obama administration efforts to establish an Iranian hegemony in the Middle East
• Legitimizing the regime in Tehran
• Should American Jews support President Obama’s nuclear talks with Iran?

NOLAN PETERSON, foreign correspondent at The Daily Signal

• An insider account of the so-called “ceasefire” in Eastern Ukraine
• Vast financial backing and technical expertise of the pro-Russian Separatist forces
• Deterring Putin’s aggression against the rest of Eastern Europe and the Baltic states
• Dangerous flash-points possible between Russia and NATO

JOE GUZZARDI, Media Director and Senior Writing Fellow at Californians for Population Stabilization:

• How the recent tragedy in San Francisco puts the spotlight on the controversial idea of “sanctuary cities”
• Using California as a case study in illegal immigration trends
• Evidence for a correlation between illegal immigration and California’s historic drought
• A pair of dangerous bills currently in the California State Legislature

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Kenneth Timmerman, Rosemary Jenks, Stephen Coughlin

Rep. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Representing the 27th District of Florida:

• The Obama Administration taking regressive steps in negotiating with the Mullahs in Tehran
• How an Iranian bomb affects Israel, American security interests worldwide, and the direct homeland security of the U.S.
• Concessions being given to the Castro regime in Cuba at an alarming pace

KENNETH TIMMERMAN, President and CEO of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran and Author of “Dark Forces: The Truth About what Happened in Benghazi”:

• Tehran's involvement in planning the 9/11 attacks by supplying direct aid to Al-Qaeda
• Plausibility of a peaceful nuclear-armed Iran?

ROSEMARY JENKS, Director of Government Relations at NumbersUSA:

• Who is winning the fight on immigration?
• The phenomenon of sanctuary cities
• Despite the lack of media coverage, the surge of unaccompanied minors across the southern border has yet to cease.

STEPHEN COUGHLIN, Author of “Catastrophic Failure: Blindfolding America in the Face of Jihad”:

• President Obama’s remarks outlining his plan to defeat ISIS
• ISIS being emboldened by the U.S.’ current strategy to defeat them
• Ideological evidence that proves ISIS is acting under Islamic Law
• Dangers of speaking out against Sharia law in the United States

Rep. Chris Stewart, Pamela Tsai, Oren Kessler, Cliff Kincaid

Rep. CHRIS STEWART, U.S. Representative for Utah’s 2nd Congressional district:

• Will John Kerry walk away from the Iran nuclear deal?
• Implications of a nuclear Middle East
• Can an enemy be defeated through ideology?
• Congressional concern over the hacking of U.S. personnel files

PAMELA TSAI, Marketing Director for Epoch Media Group:

• Are China’s belligerent actions a result of political turmoil?
• China’s information war to change America’s perception of the Communist regime
• Where American advertising in China falls short

OREN KESSLER, Deputy Director for Research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies:

• Unprecedented Islamic State-led violence in Egypt over the last two weeks
• The spread of Islamic terrorism from the Sinai into the rest of Egypt
• Distinguishing between the Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda, and the Islamic State

CLIFF KINCAID, Director of the Accuracy in Media’s Center for Investigative Journalism:

• Frank Marshall Davis’ influence on a young Barack Obama
• Obama as a Manchurian Candidate?
• Concerns Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is a Russian puppet

Lt. Gen. William G. "Jerry" Boykin (ret.), Mary Katharine Ham, John Sitilides, Gordon Chang

Lt. Gen. WILLIAM G. “JERRY” BOYKIN (ret.), former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence:

• The SPLC’s targeting of the Family Research Council
• Why the FBI and DoD removed the SPLC as an authenticated source
• Interfaith dialogue in Islam and the Quran

MARY KATHARINE HAM, co-author of “End of Discussion: How the Left’s Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters and Makes America Less Free and Fun”:

• The Left’s “outrage industry”
• How political correctness affects both political figures and average citizens
• An unlikely partnership between the Left and Islamists
• Importance of speaking out to protect Constitutional liberties

JOHN SITILIDES, State Department consultant for Greece & Cyprus:

• Confusion over the question asked in Sunday's Greek referendum
• Will Varoufakis' resignation make a difference in the Greece-EU negotiations?
• Russian and Chinese interests in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean

GORDON CHANG, author of “The Coming Collapse of China”:

• China’s recent economic free-fall
• Is there a Chinese influence in Greece amidst military expansionism in the Pacific?
• Xi Jinping's attempts to censor anti-communist views worldwide