Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

Seth Cropsey, Jed Babbin, Lt. Gen. William G. "Jerry" Boykin, Bill Gertz

SETH CROPSEY, Senior Fellow and Director of the Hudson Institute’s Center for American Seapower, former deputy undersecretary of the U.S. Navy:

• China remains determined to claim sovereignty over international waters in the western Pacific
• Strategic importance of the U.S. alliance with Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines
• Large-deck aircraft carrier an important interment in projecting American seapower
• S. Navy not prepared to counter Russian maritime buildup in the eastern Mediterranean

JED BABBIN, former Undersecretary of Defense, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research:

• Can the Select Committee on Benghazi actually get to the truth of the matter?
• Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s role in displacing Gaddafi from Libya
• Russia, China, and Iran in complete control of what happens next in Syria
• Countering Putin’s action in the Middle East by sending US troops to Ukraine or Finland
• Vulnerability of cars being hacked?

(Ret.) Lt. Gen. WILLIAM G. “JERRY” BOYKIN, former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, former U.S. Army Delta Force Commander:

• American accommodation to Russia’s involvement in Afghanistan
• Importance of Guantanamo Bay’s interrogation program
• Delta Force’s recent mission to rescue hostages from ISIS
• Hillary Clinton’s latest testimony in the Benghazi attack hearing

BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor at the Washington Free Beacon and author of the Washington Times’ “Inside the Ring” column:

• White House and the Pentagon heading to a congressional showdown over the potential closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility
• China and Russia’s developments in missile technology
• North Korea’s secret underground missile transport tunnels
• Army sources reporting preferential treatment given to two female candidates who successfully completed Ranger school

Andy McCarthy, Kevin Kearns, Ryan Mauro, Amb. Yoram Ettinger

ANDY McCARTHY, Former Federal Prosecutor:

• Necessity to label the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization
• Obama’s executive order pushing for Syrian refugee resettlement
• Overreach of American courts regarding Guantanamo Bay

PART TWO:

• Supreme Court action against Guantanamo Bay
• Repercussions of institutionalizing Obama’s Countering Violent Extremism movement
• Threats to freedom of speech from hate speech legislation

KEVIN KEARNS, President of the U.S. Business and Industry Council:

• Defects in the Trans Pacific Partnership
• Threats to American congressional sovereignty from TPP
• Possibility of China joining the TPP

RYAN MAURO, National Security Analyst at the Clarion Project:

• Muslim Brotherhood operations in the United States
• The Muslim Public Affairs Council’s influence on the Department of Justice
• Reports of Hezbollah and ISIS cells in North America

Amb. YORAM ETTINGER, Former Minister for Congressional Affairs at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C.:

• Analysis of President Obama and PM Netanyahu’s recent meeting
• Administration’s intent to accommodate the Palestinians
• Diminishing importance of the two-state solution to Arab states

Judge Michael Mukasey, Dr. Peter Huessy, Gordon Chang, Clare Lopez

Judge MICHAEL MUKASEY, Former Attorney General of the United States:

• Public safety implications of Obama’s Syrian refugee resettlement program
• Dangers of the administrations criminal justice reform

PART TWO:

• Legal risks in brining Gitmo detainees to the United States
• Importance of labeling the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization
• How Sharia Compliant Financing funds the global jihad movement
• Threats to the First Amendment of the United States

Dr. PETER HUESSY, President of Geostrategic Analysis:

• President Obama’s agenda to rid the US’ nuclear arsenal
• Russia and China’s increased nuclear capabilities
• Advisability of reinstituting the CTBT
• Developments regarding protecting the US electric grid

GORDON CHANG, Author of “The Coming Collapse of China” and “Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World”:

• China’s growing demographic crisis
• Hemorrhaging of the Chinese economy
• Democratic shift in Asia affecting Beijing’s regional dominance
• Meeting between the Chinese and Taiwanese presidents

CLARE LOPEZ, Vice President for Research and Analysis at the Center for Security Policy, former CIA operations officer:

• Iran’s actions regarding the Obamabomb deal
• Al-Qaeda’s resurgence in the Middle East
• Possible dangers of an airline bombing in the US

Lt. Col. Dakota Wood, Bill Gertz, Rebeccah Heinrichs, Patrick Robinson

Lt. Col. DAKOTA WOOD (Ret.), Senior Research Fellow for Defense Programs at the Heritage Foundation:

• Current state of the U.S. Military
• In-depth analysis of the various branches’ readiness
• Inability to of the military to operate in multiple theaters

PART TWO:

• Cultural affect on military moral
• Current grade for the US nuclear capability
• Industrial ability to rebuild the military

BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

• Growing tensions between the US and China over South China Sea
• Russian and Chinese provocations to the USS Ronald Reagan
• Terrorist changing communication strategies as a result of disclosures by Edward Snowden

REBECCAH HEINRICHS, Fellow at the Hudson Institute:

• Inadvisability of joining the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
• Russian and Chinese definition of a “nuclear test”
• Historical rejection of the CTBT in Congress

PATRICK ROBINSON, Author of “The Lion of Sabray” and co-author of “Lone Survivor”:

• Insider story of “The Lion of Sabray”
• Attempts from the Taliban on Mohammad Gulab’s life

Patrick Poole, Burak Bekdil, Fred Fleitz, Adm. James “Ace” Lyons

PATRICK POOLE, National Security Analyst at PJ Media:

• Possible causes of the downing of a Russian Airliner
• Political and economic impact of ISIS operations in Egypt
• President el-Sisi’s handling of the Muslim Brotherhood

PART 2:

• Legislation labeling the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization
• Obama Administration’s support of the MB in America
• Dangers of admitting Syrian refugees to the US

BURAK BEKDIL, Turkey expert at the Gatestone Institute and columnist for the Ankara-based Hürriyet Daily News:

• Implications of Turkey’s elections
• Likelihood of voter fraud in Turkey’s elections
• Definition of the “Neo-Ottomans”
• Possibility of President Erdogan establishing a Caliphate

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

• Iran’s ballistic missile test violating UN sanctions
• Evidence of contempt shown towards the United States from Tehran
• Discrepancies between the American and Iranian versions of the nuclear deal

Adm. JAMES “ACE” LYONS, Chairman of the Center for Security Policy’s Military Committee, and former Commander-in-Chief of the US Navy Pacific Fleet:

• Updated on the Iranian nuclear agreement
• Advice in dealing with the Regime in Tehran
• Response to China’s military expansion in the South China Sea

Rep. Chris Stewart, Claudia Rosett, Rep. Tom Marino, Reggie Littlejohn

Rep. CHRIS STEWART (UT-2), Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence:

• How Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi testimony could affect her presidential campaign
• Congressional legislation labeling the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization
• Likely outcome of sending Special Forces into Syria
• Importance of preparing for attacks on the electric grid

CLAUDIA ROSETT, Journalist-in-Residence at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies:

• Is it “open season” on the free world?
• UN’s failure to sanction North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons
• UNESCO’s persecution of Israel and support of Palestine
• Cuba’s sponsorship of anti-American resolutions at the United Nations

Rep. TOM MARINO (PA-10), Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee’s subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats:

• The Islamic State's cyber threats to the US electric grid
• House opposition and proposed action against Iranian sanctions relief
• Inadvisability of Obama’s proposed refugee resettlement plan

REGGIE LITTLEJOHN, President and Founder of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers:

• Reasons to oppose Beijing’s dismantling of the One Child Policy
• WSJ’s examination of the demographic shift in China
• Will the Two Children Policy change anything in China?

Andy McCarthy, Christian Whiton, Dr. Sebastian Gorka, Kyle Shideler

ANDY McCARTHY, Contributing Editor to National Review Online, former federal prosecutor:

• Hillary Clinton receiving media support while testifying to the Select Committee on Benghazi
• Potential outcomes if Hillary Clinton is held accountable for dereliction of duty in handling classified material

CHRISTIAN WHITON, Principal at DC International Advisory, former Deputy Special Envoy to the Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs:

• Growing partnership between China, South Korea and Japan
• North Korea’s role of global nuclear proliferation
• How to deal with regime change in Pyongyang

Dr. SEBASTIAN GORKA, Chairman of the Threat Knowledge Group:

• Deployment of fifty US Special Forces troops to Syria
• Challenge in dealing with ISIS’s propaganda campaign
• Defeating extremist sects inside of Islam

KYLE SHIDELER, Director of the Threat Information Office at the Center for Security Policy:

• Growing threat of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
• MB party’s voluntary exit from Tunisian politics
• Analysis of Turkey’s recent recall elections

Dr. Harold Rhode, Dr. Steven Bucci, Gordon Chang, Dr. David Adesnik

Dr. HAROLD RHODE, Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute, former Turkish Desk Officer at the US Department of Defense:

• Results of the Turkish recall elections
• President Erdogan’s attempts to establish a Caliphate in Turkey
• Fethullah Gülen’s role in the world

Dr. STEVEN BUCCI, Director of the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign and National Security Policy at the Heritage Foundation, and former US Army Special Operator:

• Possibility of ISIS shooting down Russian commercial plane in the Sinai
• Putin’s endgame in the Middle East
• President Obama’s plan to send special forces into Syria
• Inadvisability of accepting Syrian refugees

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

• Latest reactions regarding the US Navy’s actions in the South China Sea
• Could China’s demographic issues lead to regional war?
• Beijing’s population planning policies
• South Korea’s growing relationship with Japan and Communist China

Dr. DAVID ADESNIK, Policy Director at the Foreign Policy Initiative:

• Analysis of the new defense-spending budget
• Effects of Obama’s shift in Afghanistan policy
• Putin’s recent inaction in the Ukraine