Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

With Luis Fleischman, Matt Brodsky and Caroline Glick

With Luis Fleischman, Matt Brodsky and Caroline Glick

LUIS FLEISCHMAN, Advisor for the Menges Hemispheric Security Project at the Center for Security Policy, Author of “Latin America in the Post-Chavez Era: The Threat to U.S. Security,” Adjunct Professor at Florida Atlantic University:

• Who is propping up the Maduro regime at the moment?
• An overview of President Trump’s Venezuela policy
• Cuba’s geo-political interest in preserving Maduro’s reign
• The significance of recent primary election in Argentina

MATT BRODKY, Senior Fellow, Security Studies Group, Senior Analyst in Wikistrat’s Analytic Community, Former Director of Policy for the Jewish Policy Center for Security Policy:

• Israel’s decision to bar Reps. Omar and Tlaib from entering the country
• Tlaib’s rejection of Netanyahu’s humanitarian exception
• The radicalization of the Jewish democratic base

CAROLINE GLICK, Center for Security Policy’s Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs, Director of the David Horowitz Freedom Center’s Israel Security Project, Senior Contributing Editor at The Jerusalem Post:

• Implications of the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement
• Omar and Tlaib’s blatant anti-Semitism
• Why Trump’s support for Israel is so critical

(PART TWO):

• President Trump’s comments on Reps. Omar and Tlaib’s press conference
• How American Jews are being betrayed by radicalized democrats

With Erik Prince and Stephen Young

ERIK PRINCE, Former U.S. Navy Seal Officer, Founder of Blackwater USA, now known as Academi and served as CEO until 2009, Author of Inside Blackwater: The True Story of the World’s Most Controversial Company by the Man Who Founded It (2008), Author of Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War (2013):

• Dissecting President Trump’s Afghanistan policy
• Why unconventional solutions in dealing with Afghanistan should be considered
• Issues with the present negotiating approach 

STEPHEN YOUNG, Global Executive Director of Caux Round Table for Moral Capitalism, Author of Moral Capitalism and The Road to Moral Capitalism, Served as Assistant Dean at the Harvard law School 

• Lessons to be learned from U.S. involvement in Vietnam
• Why surrender and defeat are unacceptable regarding Afghanistan
• The making of the ‘CORDS’ program

(PART TWO):

• An overview of Bunker’s 7 step plan
• Strategic recommendations regarding the future of Afghanistan

(PART THREE):

• How to apply the CORDS program to Afghanistan effectively
• Why using local mechanisms is essential to long-term success
• Why top down development doesn’t work well in

 

With Fred Fleitz, Claudia Rosett, Peter Huessy and Todd Bensman

FRED FLEITZ, President and CEO Center for Security Policy, Former CIA analyst, Former Chief of Staff for Amb. John Bolton in the State Dept., Author of The Coming North Korea Nuclear Nightmare: What Trump Must to Reverse Obama’s Strategic Patience (2018):

• Omar Ilhan and Rashida Tlaib barred from entering Israel
• The rise of anti-Semitism in America
• Why Netanyahu’s decision to prohibit entry was valid
• Dissecting the implications of the BDS movement

CLAUDIA ROSETT, Foreign Affairs columnist at Forbes.com, Blogs at “The Rosett Report” at PJ Media:

• The current state of Hong Kong protests
• Why the U.S. should stand in solidarity with Hong Kong
• The repressive nature of Xi Jinping’s totalitarian regime

TODD BENSMAN, Senior Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies:

• What is the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy and is it effective?
• The current crisis at the U.S. southern border
• Why we should focus on extra-continental migrants

PETER HUESSY, Director for Strategic Deterrent Studies at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, Former Senior Defense Consultant at the National Defense University Foundation, Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council:

• Putin’s nuclear powered ‘Sky-fall’ missile
• Dangers of the modernization of Russia’s nuclear arsenal
• Has the U.S. fallen behind in the advancement of weapons?

With Jason Hill, Gordon Chang and Joe Bosco

JASON HILL, Professor, Department of Philosophy at DePaul University, Author of We Have Overcome: An Immigrants Letter to the American People:

• Does Israel have the right to annex the West Bank?
• Surrogates for Hamas on college campuses
• The rise of jihadism in America

(PART TWO):

• Implications of the presence of Marxism in our education systems
• Dangers of the Red-Green Axis
• Dissecting the Islamic Society of North America

GORDON CHANG, The Daily Beast contributor, Author of The Coming Collapse of China and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World, Latest book: Losing South Korea (2019):

• The significance of the rising number of protestors in Hong Kong
• U.S. to issue 3-month extension to Huawei
• How Moon Jae In is perpetuating divisions in south Korean society

JOE BOSCO, Former China Country Director, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Member of the U.S.-China task force at the Center for National Interest:

• Have China and the U.S. reached a point of no return?
• How the U.S. can impact Xi’s calculus

With Grant Newsham, Harold Rhode and Bill Marshall

GRANT NEWSHAM, Senior Research Fellow at Japan Forum for Strategic Studies:

• Dissecting the current state of the Hong Kong protests
• Prospects of a violent crackdown on protestors
• Implications of Xi Jinping’s surveillance technology

(PART TWO):

• Why the U.S. must stand ins solidarity with Hong Kong
• The success of President Trump’s China policy
• Is America doing enough to support Taiwan’s defense efforts?
• China’s defacto control of the South China Sea

HAROLD RHODE, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute, Former Turkish Desk Officer at the US Department of Defense, Author of Modern Islamic Warfare: An Ancient Doctrine Marches On (2017):

• Israel bars Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering
• An overview of the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement
• Ominous developments on the Persian Gulf

BILL MARSHALL, Has been an intelligence analyst and investigator in the government, the private sector, and the non-profit sector for 30 years, Senior Investigator for Judicial Watch:

• Details on the anti-Trump conspiracy
• Shady figures behind the attempted coup plot
• What role did Bruce and Nellie Ohr play in the Trump-Russia collusion narrative?

With Robert Charles

 ROBERT CHARLES, Former Assistant Secretary of State at the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs in the Bush Administration, Author of Eagles and Evergreens:

• The aftermath of recent mass shootings in the U.S.
• Will gun control take care of mental illness? 

(PART TWO):

• Dissecting the consequences of the “red flag” laws
• Countering the gradual disarming of America
• Implications of the impulsive politicization of laws

(PART THREE):

• Why sanctuary cities are extremely dangerous
• The crisis at the U.S. southern border
• The issues associated with the legalization of recreational marijuana
• China’s dominance over 5G technology

(PART FOUR):

• Why the U.S. cannot rely on China as an ally
• The crackdown on Hong Kong protests

With Mark Schneider, James Fanell and Michael Cutler

MARK SCHNEIDER, Senior Analyst with the National Institute for Public Policy, Longtime career in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy:

• Details on the ‘Skyfall missile’
• The dangerous implications of Putin’s new missile
• The strategic rationale behind a nuclear-powered cruise missile
• A look inside Russia’s modernization programs

(PART TWO):

• Why is Congress prohibiting a U.S. response to Russian violations of INF Treaty?
• Does America still have a viable nuclear deterrent?
• Consequences of China’s growing nuclear arsenal

JAMES FANELL, Retired from US Navy in 2015 concluding 30 year career as a naval intelligence officer specializing in Indo-Asia Pacific security affairs with an emphasis on the Chinese Navy, Assignments included tours as the Assistant Chief of Staff for intelligence for the U.S. Seventh Fleet aboard the USS Blue Ridge, the Office of Naval Intelligence China Senior Intelligence Officer, etc., Former National Security Affairs Fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University:

• Dissecting the current protests in Hong Kong
• Will the Chinese refrain from using brute force against protesters?
• Why the U.S. must take a more viable and vocal stand in solidarity with protestors

MICHAEL CUTLER, Retired Senior Special Agent of the former Immigration and Naturalization Services, Hosts the radio show “The Michael Cutler Hour” on Friday evenings on BlogTalk Radio:

• President Trump’s ability to fund the border wall
• Implications of the absence of adequate vetting
• The crisis at the U.S. southern border

 

 

 

With Fred Fleitz, Mark Krikorian, David Satter and Rowan Scarborough

With Fred Fleitz, Mark Krikorian, David Satter and Rowan Scarborough 

FRED FLEITZ, President and CEO Center for Security Policy, Former CIA analyst, Former Chief of Staff for Amb. John Bolton in the State Dept., Author of The Coming North Korea Nuclear Nightmare: What Trump Must to Reverse Obama’s Strategic Patience (2018):

• Bolton states U.S. backs Brexit even if no E.U. deal is reached
• The U.S. withdrawal from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
• The success of President Trump’s Iran policy

MARK KRIKORIAN, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, Contributor at National Review:

• Dissecting the decision to alter America’s ‘Public Charge’ policy
• The current crisis at the U.S. southern border
• Recent ICE raids in Mississippi
• The significance of enforcing federal immigration laws

DAVID SATTER, Former Moscow correspondent, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute as well as the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia, Fellow of the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Author of the book: The Less You Know, The Better You Sleep: Russia’s Road to Terror and Dictatorship under Yeltsin and Putin (May 2016):

• Implications of the secrecy system of Russia under Putin
• Dangers of Putin’s global ambitions
• How democracy in Russia ceased to exist

ROWAN SCARBOROUGH, National Security Reporter at The Washington Times, Author of the best seller Rumsfeld’s War: The Untold Story of America’s Anti-Terrorist Commander:

• Prospects for U.S.-Taliban peace agreement
• Why the Taliban cannot be trusted
• New developments regarding the Trump-Russia collusion conspiracy

With Kevin Freeman, Gordon Chang and Sam Faddis

With Kevin Freeman, Gordon Chang and Sam Faddis

KEVIN FREEMAN, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy, Host of Economic War Room on TheBlaze TV, Author of “Game Plan” and “Secret Weapon”:

• Has President Trump’s China policy been successful?
• What is motivating Beijing to risk a full-on trade war?
• Why Huawei poses a national security threat to America

(PART TWO):

• Consequences of the spread of China’s surveillance technology
• Dangers of Xi’s One Belt One Road Initiative
• The vulnerability of the U.S. electric grid

GORDON CHANG, The Daily Beast contributor, Author of The Coming Collapse of China and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World, Latest book: Losing South Korea (2019):

• The current state of Hong Kong amidst tensions
• Implications of China’s techniques to suppress protests
• U.S.-South Korea participating in low-level joint exercises
• How Moon Jae in continues to appease Pyongyang

SAM FADDIS, Former CIA Ops Officer, Spent twenty years as an Operations officer in the Middle East, South Asia and Europe, Former Candidate for Congress, Senior Subject Matter Expert at Axon/Lockheed Martin, Author of Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA (2009):

• The vital need to retool the human intelligence sector of our capabilities
• How Brennan further diminished our intelligence capabilities through “reform”
• The tradecraft of the enemy
• The nature of North Korean- Iranian collaboration

With LTG Steven Kwast

LTG STEVEN KWAST, Commander, Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas:

• Distinctive features of the American military
• The significance of understanding technology and the competition for resources between civilizations 

(PART TWO):

• Is the U.S. adequately dealing with the rising threat of China?
• Why we must change our Beijing strategy
• Implications of Xi’s aggressive global aims
• Why the lack of security in our information systems is detrimental to national security 

(PART THREE):

• Consequences of the militarization of space
• How Xi plans to dominate energy markets and resources worldwide
• The vulnerability of U.S. electric grid to EMP attacks

(PART FOUR):

• Why we must have America resilient to EMP
• Trump’s strategic course correction regarding the electric grid