Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

With Jessica Vaughn, Rowan Scarborough, Peter Pry and Kevin Freeman

JESSICA VAUGHN, Director of Policy Studies at the Center for Immigration Studies:

• Crisis at the Southern Border
• What is the number of undetected illegal crossings?
• The incentives sanctuary cities provide for illegal immigration

ROWAN SCARBOROUGH, Reporter at the Washington Times:

• Debunking the Trump-Russia conspiracy theories
• The Attorney General’s characterization of Mueller’s Special Council findings
• Why did the FBI grant unprecedented access to opposition researches?

PETER PRY, former Chief of Staff on the Congressional EMP Commission, served on staff of House Armed Services Committee and at the CIA:

• A strategic nuclear pentagon, instead of a nuclear triad
• Adam Smith’s disastrous proposal for a minimal deterrent
• Protecting the triad from EMP and cyber threats

KEVIN FREEMAN, Host of Economic War Room on The Blaze TV:

• 5G – the infrastructure for Big Brother
• Prospect of Apple buying Huawei 5G chips
• North Korea’s cyber warfare capabilities

PETER PRY, former Chief of Staff on the Congressional EMP Commission, served on staff of House Armed Services Committee and at the CIA:

• A strategic nuclear pentagon, instead of a nuclear triad
• Adam Smith’s disastrous proposal for a minimal deterrent
• Protecting the triad from EMP and cyber threats

KEVIN FREEMAN, Host of Economic War Room on The Blaze TV:

• 5G – the infrastructure for Big Brother
• Prospect of Apple buying Huawei 5G chips
• North Korea’s cyber warfare capabilities

With Declan Ganely, Robert Spalding and Gordon Chang

DECLAN GANLEY, Chairman and CEO of Rivada Networks:

• 5G technology- a great leap forward?
• Dangers of China dominating this critical technology
• Could Beijing weaponize the internet of things?

(PART TWO)

• The significance of millimeter wave spectrum
• The spectrum that America needs for 5G
• Does the US want to be predominant in 5G globally?

ROBERT SPALDING, Former Special Assistant to the U.S. Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, Former Military Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations, Former Chief China strategist for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, Former Senior Defense Official and Defense Attache to China in Beijing, China, Former Senior Director for Strategic Planning at the National Security Council:

• President Trump announces new 5G technology initiatives
• How America can prevail in the race to control 5G
• Does the private sector have incentive to secure network?

GORDAN 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):

• Why is Xi investing heavily in the Caribbean?
• How Moon Jae-in enables North Korea’s threatening regime
• Details on Trump’s 5G proposal

With David Goldman, Lawrence Sellin, Mark Krikorian and Bill Gertz

DAVID GOLDMAN, Author of How Civilizations Die, Best known for his series of essays in the Asia Times under the pseudonym Spengler:

• Bibi Netanyahu’s wins 5^th term as Israel’s Prime Minister
• Prospects of Jared Kushner’s Middle East “peace plan”
• The current status of the U.S.-China trade deal

LAWRENCE SELLIN, Author of Restoring the Republic: Arguments for a Second American Revolution, Retired Colonel with 29 years of service in the US Army Reserve, Veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq

• The Chinese-Pakistan objectives to undermine the U.S. in Afghanistan
• Dangers of Beijing’s expanding colonial enterprise

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

• Why are Democrats dismissing the crisis on our southern border?
• Implications of current asylum policies
• Prospects of an explosive public health emergency at our border

BILL GERTZ, Senior editor at the Washington Free Beacon, Inside the Ring columnist at the Washington Times, Author of iWar: War and Peace in the Information Age (2016:)

• Communist China’s cyber ambitions and exploitative behavior
• Consequences of Xi Jinping’s control of the South China Sea
• Why Trump’s space force has been met with skepticism

With Bradley Thayer

BRADLEY THAYER, Served as a senior analyst for the National Institute for Public Policy, Co-Author of How China Sees the World: Han-Centrism and the Balance of Power in International Politics:

• Defining Han-Centrism
• Implications of China’s grand strategy

(PART TWO):

• The historical origins of the Han identity
• The true agenda behind XI Jinping’s One Belt One Road Initiative
• Beijing’s exploitation of strategic resources in the Indo-Pacific and Africa

(PART THREE):

• The PLA’s relationship to the Communist Party
• Dissecting the concept of “Shi”
• How did the U.S. miss critical warning signs regarding China?

(PART FOUR):

• How to counter China’s expansion in the global south
• Consequences of Beijing’s ‘debt-trap’ diplomacy
• China’s bad record on racial equality

With John Rossomando, Diana West, Joseph Humire and Michael Cutler

JOHN ROSSOMANDO, Senior Counterterrorism Analyst at the Investigative Project on Terrorism:

• What is Turkey up to domestically and abroad?
• Consequences of Erdogan spying in the U.S.
• Is it possible to consider Turkey a reliable ally?

DIANA WEST, Nationally syndicated columnist, Blogs at Dianawest.net , Author of “Death of the Grown Up” and “American Betrayal”:

• The reality of the threats we face from Russia and China
• Dissecting the Russia-Trump collusion hoax
• Implications of the politicization of U.S. intelligence agencies and DOJ

JOSEPH HUMIRE, Executive Director of the Center for a Secure Free Society, Former Director of Institute Relations at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Author of Iran’s Strategic Penetration of Latin America (2014):

• How adversaries are manipulating the Venezuelan crisis
• Implications of foreign military presence on Venezuelan soil
• How the U.S. can disincentive the engagement of our adversaries in our hemisphere

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 replaces DHS Secretary
• Why immigration is the most critical challenge in the U.S. currently
• How illegal immigration impacts public health

With Fred Fleitz, Bruce Bechtol, Matthew Brodsky and Kevin Freeman

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):

• President Trump designates the IRGC a terrorist organization
• Implications of the politicization of U.S. intelligence agencies 
• The status of the Iranian nuclear program

BRUCE BECHTOL, Professor of Political Science at Angelo State University, Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Korea Observer, Member of the Board of Directors of the Council on U.S.-Korea Security Studies, President of the International Council on Korean Studies, Author of North Korean Military Proliferation in the Middle East and Africa: Enabling Violence and instability (August 2018):

• Dangers of Moon Jae-In’s enabling of the North Korean regime
• Prospects of a “peaceful reunification” of the Korean peninsula
• Kim Jong Un’s weapons capabilities

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

• Prospects of today’s Knesset election in Israel
• The reality of Netanyahu’s comments on West Bank annexation
• Trump recognizes Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights

KEVIN FREEMAN, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy, Creator of Global Economic Warfare.com, Author of “Game Plan” and “Secret Weapon”:

• Saudi Arabia threatens to sell oil in currencies other than U.S. dollar
• What would happen if U.S. dollar was replaced as world currency?
• The danger cyber-warfare poses to our financial system

With Robert Charles, Harold Rhode, Gordon Chang and Suzanne Scholte

With Robert Charles, Harold Rhode, Gordon Chang and Suzanne Scholte

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

• Chief of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen, resigns
• The significance of President Trump designating the IRGC a terrorist organization

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):

• Details on upcoming election in Israel
• Netanyahu promises to permanently annex West Bank if re-elected
• The reality of the Iranian threat

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):

• How Beijing poses a direct threat to Taiwan
• Prospects of real progress regarding US-China trade deal
• Why we need strong commitments on behalf of the US to defend Taiwan
• Implications of South Korea enabling Pyongyang

SUZANNE SCHOLE, President of the Defense Forum Foundation, Chairman of the North Korea Freedom Coalition:

• Dangers of South Korea’s efforts to prop up North Korean regime
• The underground railroad of North Korea
• Why China must halt its enabling of Pyongyang

With Russ Dallen, Shoshana Bryen, Rosemary Jenks and Robert Spalding

RUSS DALLEN, President & Editor in Chief at The Latin American Herald Tribune

Head of the international investment bank, Caracas Capital Markets, Served as President of Venezuela’s “The Daily Journal”:

• Russian deployments in Venezuela
• Prospects of the presidency of Guaido
• Why humanitarian intervention may be required in Venezuela

SHOSHANA BRYEN, Senior Director of the Jewish Policy Center, Former Senior Director for Security Policy at JINSA:

• Ominous implications of the future of Syria
• The threat Iranian proxies pose to Israel
• Trump recognizes Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights

ROSEMARY JENKS, Director of Government Relations at NumbersUSA.com, Former Senior Legislative Analyst at the Center for Immigration Studies:

• The massive crisis at our southern border
• Why the Democrats have a clear incentive to keep the border open

ROBERT SPALDING, Former Special Assistant to the U.S. Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, Former Military Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations, Former Chief China strategist for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, Former Senior Defense Official and Defense Attache to China in Beijing, China, Former Senior Director for Strategic Planning at the National Security Council:

• Upcoming 40^th anniversary of Taiwan Relations Act
• Dangerous implications of China’s military buildup
• How the U.S. could be involved in China-Taiwan conflict

With Peter Huessy, Grant Newsham and David Goldman

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:

• The survivability of our submarine force
• How far along are our adversaries in pursuing dramatic nuclear force modernizations?

(PART TWO)

• Implications of the advocacy of unilateral nuclear disarmament by the U.S.
• Prospects that China is covertly building up its nuclear arsenal

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

• Why China’s intellectual property theft must be addressed in any future trade deal
• Why Beijing’s production of Fentanyl is a U.S. national security issue

DAVID GOLDMAN, Author of How Civilizations Die, Best known for his series of essays in the Asia Times under the pseudonym Spengler:

• The persecution of Christians in China
• Dangerous implication of Xi’s ‘Social Credit Score’ system

With Lawrence Sellin, J. Michael Waller, Andrew Arthur and Curtis Ellis

 LAWRENCE SELLIN, Author of Restoring the Republic: Arguments for a Second American Revolution, Retired Colonel with 29 years of service in the US Army Reserve, Veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq:

• Beijing’s role in the current conflict in Afghanistan
• What is the China-Pakistan economic corridor?
• Implications of Xi’s expanding One Belt One Road Initiative

MICHAEL WALLER, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs at the Center for Security Policy:

• Dissecting motivations behind the Mueller investigation
• The state of political warfare in the U.S. against Trump

ANDREW ARTHUR, Resident Fellow in Law and Policy for the Center for Immigration Studies:

• The state of U.S. border insecurity
• Why Trump’s declaration of a national emergency was critical

CURTIS ELLIS, Senior Policy Advisory with America First Policies, Senior Policy Advisor with the Donald Trump Campaign:

• Xi Jinping’s plan for global supremacy
• The current state of U.S.-China trade deal  
• Why Rep. Adam Schiff must be removed from the House Intelligence Oversight Committee