Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

Fred Grandy, Rep. Gus Bilirakis, Yoram Ettinger, Bill Gertz

Fred Grandy

· The Muslim Brotherhood is working itself into American society with a “charm campaign” that paints Sharia as a Constitutional friendly way of life.

· Sharia is taking hold throughout Africa, the Middle East and parts of Europe; will it come to the US next?

Representative Gus Bilirakis

· Freedom of religion is under assault in Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood is doing everything they can to oppress religious minorities while promoting Sharia

· The US needs to stop giving aid to nations that do not accept religious freedom because we need to start standing up for the values that we in this country take for granted

Yoram Ettinger

· How concerned should we be considering our government is starting another round of negotiations with Iran?

· While President Obama negotiates, Iran is getting closer to obtaining a nuclear weapon that could alter the balance of power in the Middle East?

Bill Gertz

· The US has stopped engaging in counterintelligence operations because our government does not want to admit that their might be employees that are no longer loyal to the United States

· Can the US government stop believing they are not vulnerable to leaks and moles before another devastating attack occurs?

Fred Grandy, Paul Gosar, Robert Muise, Bill Gertz

Fred Grandy

·        Center for Security Policy Executive Vice President Talks regarding the release of Lars Hedegaard, Danish journalist convicted for presumed hate speech against Islam, and the victory this represents for the free world.

·        As well he discuss the American workers hostage condition in Egypt and Senator Rand Paul's Initiative to end AID to this country until the Egyptian Government clears out any kind of doubt that Americans are not been hold against their will.

·        He also approaches Venezuela’s situation on President Chavez unknown future on his cancer battle.

·        And Ex-Judge Aponte Aponte, expected to provide the DEA with the names of high-level suspects in the cocaine trade, Chavez government and it’s military.

Congressman Paul Gosar

·       Congressman Paul Gosar, Representative from Arizona’s First Congressional District, unfolds the decision and especially the right of Israel to defend itself from any threat from Iran, with special concern on the nuclear program Iran is developing.

Robert Muise

·        Robert Muise, a former Marine officer, expert in Constitutional law, and founder of the American freedom Law Center, joins us to explain the lawsuit between Kevin Murray and the U.S. government.

·        Kevin Murray is a former combat Marine who served in Iraq, which alleges that the U.S. government’s takeover and financial bailout of AIG was a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

·        And the AIG connections to Sharia and the economical implementations of their actions against Murray’s civil rights.

Bill Gertz

·        Bill Gertz, Washington Times National Security editor, comments on the North Korea Missile failed launch; explaining that even though the launch failed, this must be a wakening call to the U.S. on the north Korean threat and their support from China, and the several U.N. violations from both countries.

 

Cully Stimpson, Newt Gingrich, Tom Scheber, Bill Gertz

Cully Stimpson a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation examines the ruling of an individual named Abu Hamza. The ruling said “The United States’ request to extradite Abu Hamza to the U.S. has been granted.”  Abu Hamza is an Egyptian Sunni activist preaching an extreme interpretation of Islam. He is also a former imam of the Finsbury Park Mosque in U.K., which he used to funnel money to terrorist organizations.

Presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich shares his foreign policy strategy for Middle East. Gingrich touches on every country of the region from Iran to Saudi Arabia to Turkey and finally Afghanistan and speaks about the policies that would be implemented in a Gingrich Presidency.

Thomas Scheber the Vice President of National Institute of Public Policy an expert on nuclear matters examines the report on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and gives us the good, the bad and the ugly of the treaty and whether the U.S. should ratify the treaty or not.

The US invests billions of dollars in the intelligence community and their ability to foresee possible threats. How did the IC overlook the Chinese military buildup and who should be held accountable for this failure? Bill Gertz explains that China and Russia are partnering to create an “axis of evil” in which they will both help their militaries to grow in order to negate American power. What is the future of this unholy alliance?

Fred Grandy, Jim Hanson, Rep. Frank Wolf, Bill Gertz

A Christian student in Egypt is being sent to prison for three years because he posted a picture that was deemed “offensive to Islam” on his Facebook page. The growing Muslim Brotherhood is calling for tighter Sharia law in Egypt, and in the meantime Mr. Obama is sending $1.5 billion in aid to the country because he thinks they are our partners. Fred Grandy analyzes the recent trip the Muslim Brotherhood took to DC to ratchet up support from the Obama Administration in their bid for greater control of post-Mubarak Egypt. What is Obama’s relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood and why does he trust people who continually lie to America?

What role did bin-Laden play in the Mumbai attacks in India? According to Jim Hanson, the terrorists were part of an organization that is controlled by the Pakistani Intelligence Service, ISI, and they passed information along to Osama bin-Laden. Therefore, there is a connection between the ISI and al-Qaeda so they must not only have known the former terrorist leader was hiding in their country but they also protected him. Also, is Mr. Obama creating a policy of failure in Afghanistan? How can we expect the Afghans to trust us and work with us when they know we are leaving soon?

What are Congresses feelings toward Obama’s relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood and his willingness to give unconditional aid to a government that is becoming increasingly hostile towards its own people? Congressman Frank Wolf explains how the Egyptian government has put a Red Flag on the US citizens they recently released from prison, meaning that INTERPOL must arrest these folks if they travel abroad. Will INTERPOL actually accept this Red Flag? If so, what is the next step in the US/Egypt relationship?

The Saudi Grand Mufti is calling for the demolition of all churches in the Middle East, a sign of increasing intolerance in an already intolerant region. Bill Gertz goes explains what this means for regional security as well as religious freedom. North Korea is working on a new long range missile, even after they promised to halt production on their ICBM program. Not only are they breaking their promise to the US, but they are also in violation of two UN resolutions. How is the rest of Asia viewing this increased aggression?

Fred Grandy, Robert McFarlane, Roger Noriega, Bill Gertz

By U.S. law, Congress has mandated that the administration condition military aid to Egypt on observance of human rights.  Secretary of State Hilary Clinton was able to waive this requirement in order to send over a billion dollars to the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood by citing national security.  This is in spite of gross human rights violations against Coptic Christians and other Muslim and non-Muslim religious minorities.  Former Congressman Fred Grandy joins Frank to discuss this and the plight of the Coptic Christians in Egypt and the non-indictments of Palestinian terrorists freed in the Gilad Shalit trade.

Former Reagan National Security Advisor, Robert McFarlane talks energy, gas prices, and the vulnerability of strategic oil refineries to terrorist attacks.  Find out what the realistic alternatives are and what it would take to get fuel choices to the market place.

It seems that the Pope does not plan to visit with dissidents during his visit to Cuba.  Such an action would give de facto political legitimacy to the Stalinist regime in Cuba.  Former Assistant Secretary of State, Roger Noriega, lays out the consequences.  He also discusses the state of play in Venezuela and the latest on Hezbollah’s ever increasing presence in Latin America and now in the United States.

Bill Gertz of the Washington Times and the Washington Free Beacon, reports on rumours of a coup in China, U.S. failure to prevent China from obtaining our missile technology, and the future of U.S. nuclear testing.

Rep. Frank Wolf, Sylvia Longmire, Debra Burlingame, Bill Gertz

Representative Frank Wolf from Virginia explains what he saw on his most recent trip to Sudan. He visited a refugee camp 20 miles from the Sudanese border where more than 25,000 people are living with the mission of recommending policies and creating awareness to the barbaric situation the country has found itself in.

“Nearly 40,000 people have already lost their lives in the drug war south of the border and now Mexican cartels are moving their operations into the United States.” Sylvia Longmire who specializes in the War on Drugs as well as the cartels claims, “The Mexican drug war cannot be won, but is a conflict that can only managed.” This is not a war with one clear enemy therefore who can raise the white flag and call an end to the conflict? There is always be drugs and there will always be cartels or gangs that vie for more territory, money and power. There are drugs and violence in the United Sates therefore what can be done to make the violence in Mexico more manageable, to a level where people don’t fear leaving their homes or see corpses outside their children school?

The NYPD and namely Commissioner Ray Kelly are under attack for doing exactly what they are paid to do which is protect the citizens of New York City. Commissioner Kelly has worked tirelessly to investigate radical Muslim organizations that may be breeding terrorists, yet he and the NYPD are coming under fire by those very organizations and the liberal media. How can the police protect citizens and communities if they are not allowed to investigate potential threats to those very citizens and communities? Debra Burlingame gives her analysis of this sad and shocking development.

As a result of the president’s budget cuts, health care for our military veterans is increasing, while health care for the rest of the population is either being decreased or unaffected. What type of gratitude is President Obama showing our veterans and our country when he forces the men and women who have defended this country to pay more for their health care? In another story, the White House is mulling over the idea of becoming involved in the Syrian revolution. Is there an upside to American involvement and can the Obama Administration stay out of Syria? Bill Gertz gives his take on these ideas in his Inside the Ring column.

Fred Grandy, Shaun Waterman, Walid Phares, Bill Gertz

The courts are being used to insinuate Sharia into American courts. A Muslim judge in an American court of law dismissed a case that involved a Muslim citizen choking a non-Muslim citizen in Pennsylvania for wearing a Muhammad costume. The judge said “the First Amendment does not allow a person to piss off another person or culture.” Doesn’t the First Amendment allow citizens to wear whatever clothing they want? Assault is assault no matter what the reasoning is and the American Constitution gives us the right to piss off whoever we want because we have freedom of speech. Our own society is under attack from Sharia law and Fred Grandy explains what needs to be done to protect our citizens and our Constitution from this un-American law.

Are our chemical plants as secure as they ought to be? Americans would like to think so because we know that chemical plants are a high-value-target for terrorists. Unfortunately, the Department of Homeland Security has not been doing their part in helping to secure these facilities. In 2005, Congress ordered DHS to increase security of these facilities, and since then DHS has not approved any security measure provided to them by a chemical plant. DHS has claimed that preparations are under way but yet no actual step towards implementation has been taken. There are 4,000 high risk plants in the US, are any of them safe from a terrorist attack? Washington Times reporter, Shaun Waterman, has dug into this disgraceful lapse in protocol.

Which is worse, the devil you know or the one you don’t? This is the problem we are facing in Syria. Should America support the rebels or stay out of the righting and possibly allow Assad to remain in power? Walid Phares explains that the rebels are a mix of other groups, such as the Muslim Brotherhood, and once Assad is out those groups will start trying to vie for power and as of right now the Muslim Brotherhood is the strongest and best organized of these groups therefore it is most likely that they will come to power just like they did in Egypt.

Why would North Korea even think of dismantling their nuclear weapons? Their military is small and not well trained or equipped; the only thing keeping this Communist regime in power is their control over a nuclear arsenal. Iran is definitely taking notice of this and it is this very reason that they are working so hard to develop their nuclear technology. If all else fails, a nuclear weapon is a strong deterrent and the North Koreans know this and that is why these talks about their nuclear weapons is nothing more than a waste of time and is just for show. How is the Taliban reacting to President Obama’s repeated apologies to the Afghan government? It is American troops that are being killed, yet he apologizes for honest mistakes that our troops make, Bill Gertz tells us what’s wrong with that picture.

Bill Gertz

35 House Armed Services Committee republicans have written a letter to the President claiming that the White House plan to reduce our nuclear stock pile by 80% is dangerous.  They cite the aggressive nuclear buildup of China, Russia, and Pakistan to name a few.  Catch the audio here for the whole story with Bill Gertz and Frank Gaffney.

Fred Grandy, Steve Coughlin, Louie Gohmert, Bill Gertz

Fred Grandy reviews the week in national security with Frank from Boko Haram in the oil critical nation of Nigeria to the President's national security and foreign policy record to date.   Counter-terrorism expert Steve Coughlin gets into the nuts and bolts of how our federal counter-terrorism professionals are trained and how terrorism supporting groups in the U.S. influence that training.  Then Congressman Louie Gohmert takes the same topic to a legal and policy level.  Such terrorist supporting influence groups have been meeting with FBI officials at the highest level despite legislation which passed last year forbidding the FBI to meet with so-called civil rights groups who have been identified by the Department of Justice as having given material support to terrorists.  Bill Gertz ends the hour with breaking news on severe cuts to our nuclear deterrent.

Fred Grandy, Erick Stackelbeck, Bill Gertz

Fred Grandy spends the first half of the hour with Frank on  Iran's ability to a attack  the U.S. from Venezuela.  Is the White House in some way responsible for Iran’s audacity?  Fred moves on to evaluate the decision by the President to pull out of Afghanistan and the negotiation between the administration and the Taliban to release the Talibani leaders from Guantanamo Bay.  Then  to the recent defense cuts by President Obama; what would be the implications of such cuts be; not only at nationally level but at State and community level? Eric Stacklebeck joins Frank to shed light on Council on American Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) influence in America. Has Obama played a vital role in emboldening CAIR to curb our right and freedom of speech? What role does Yusuf al-Qaradawi play, not only in CAIR and Muslim Brotherhood but also in the negotiations between the administration and the Taliban in Afghanistan? An Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear program, the drawdown in Afghanistan, and U.S. Russian relations all weigh with consequence.  What are the implications of how the U.S. plays it’s hand?  No one knows the context, the players, and the moves better than Washington Times Geopolitical editor and legendary national security journalist, Bill Gertz.  Catch his weekly wrap up of defences issues with Frank.