Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

Jose Rodriguez, Amb. John Bolton, Fred Fleitz, Jon Perdue

JOSE RODRIGUEZ, former CIA chief, gives his analysis on the Chinese trying to buy US secrets. Former AMBASSADOR JOHN BOLTON talks about the presidential race and the its impact on American national security. FRED FLEITZ of LIGNET explains the Syrian situation and the role Islamists are playing in the revolution. Latin American expert JON PERDUE discusses Iran's influence in Latin America and what that means for American interests and security.

Fred Fleitz, Dan Goure, Kori Schake, Andy McCarthy

LIGNET editor FRED FLEITZ analyzes Iran’s nuclear program, which he believes is now at a point where it can create 5-7 nuclear weapons with possibly testing the first one in 2-6 months. Iran is very close to Israel’s point of no return in which Israel will attack Iran’s nuclear and military facilities.

Strategic analyst DAN GOURE talks about how Putin and the Kremlin as a whole are pushing for Obama’s re-election because Russia knows having Obama as president of the US gives them a strategic advantage. Putin is willing to decrease Russia’s strategic missiles in order help bolster Obama’s favorability among US voters.

KORI SCHAKE of the Hoover Institution explains how the geopolitical landscape has changed since the end of the Cold War and what promoting democracy globally really means in the 21^st century.

Former federal prosecutor ANDY McCARTHY discusses the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence operations in the US and how these operations have been documented in a recent court case.

Marion Blakey, Rep. Louie Gohmert, Fred Fleitz, Andy McCarthy

In the current debt ceiling debate, “it’s one thing to have a financial deficit. It’s another thing to have a national security deficit,” says Marion Blakey. Blakey, President of Aerospace Industries Association, joins Frank to discuss the frightening new defense cuts proposed in Congress, and what effects to our capabilities they would entail. Blakey believes the U.S. cannot afford a “hollow army,” and that is why she’s launched Second to None, a campaign to protect America’s superior military that has ensured a safer world. Then, Congressman Louie Gohmert, 1^st District of Texas, adds his insight on the debt ceiling debate, in which he’s not too surprised the most transparent Administration in history is conducting negotiations behind doors. Gohmert expresses his fear of extensive cuts to the defense budget, but also his hope that now the House is deliberating with the Senate, rather than the President, the purported cuts will not be as severe. Next, former CIA Intelligence Officer Fred Fleitz shares his concerns with the U.S. Intelligence community’s scandalous refusal to “make an honest call” on the Iranian nuclear weapons program. Fleitz explains the biased nature of U.S. Intelligence’s 2007 assessment that concluded Iran halted its program in 2003, even as evidence has mounted over the years revealing an active program. Fleitz, who also served in the State Department and House Intelligence Committee, describes the need for Congress to call for an outside review, and how Iran could be testing nuclear weapons within two years. Finally, Andy McCarthy, of National Review, explains how a “Norwegian white guy who killed a bunch of Norwegians” may not be a case of Islamaphobic mass murder. McCarthy, who remains one of the leading voices against militant Islam, remarks how the ravings of a mad man have no enduring lesson on America’s current security and that the tragedy should not be used otherwise.