Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

With Faith McDonnell, Ken Timmerman, Bill Gertz and Sam Westrop

FAITH MCDONNELL, Director of Religious Liberty Programs at the Institute on Religion and Democracy, Director of the Church Alliance for a New Sudan:

• Summit meeting at State Department this week
• The imprisonment of Pastor Andrew Brunson in Turkey 

KEN TIMMERMAN, President and CEO of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran, Author of Deception: The Making of the YouTube Video Hillary and Obama Blamed for Benghazi, Author of Dark Forces: The Truth About What Happened in Benghazi, Nationally recognized investigative reporter:

• Iranian leadership vs. Trump on Twitter
• Hezbollah cells in the United States
• The vulnerability of the US electric grid 

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):

• What is the benign China policy?
• Implications of the massive Chinese intelligence collection in the United States 

SAM WESTROP, Director of Islamist Watch and Stand for Peace UK, Fellow of Gatestone Institute:

• History of the Islamic Relief Agency
• Civilization Jihad in the United States

With Brian Kennedy

BRIAN KENNEDY, President of the American Strategy Group, Senior Fellow and Board Member of the Claremont Institute, Fourth President of the Claremont Institute (2001-2014):

• What is political warfare?
• How we are susceptible to political manipulation

(PART TWO):

• Implications of The Southern Poverty Law Center
• How social media and journalism can be manipulated by leftist groups 

(PART THREE):

• What is the problem with our ruling elite today?
• Jordan to run for House Speaker
• Why Russia still a critical adversary

(PART FOUR):

• Why China is the conflict of the future
• Trump’s proposed missile defense and space policies
• The vulnerability of US electric grid

With Hans Vons Spakovsky

HANS VONS SPAKOVSKY, Manager, Election Law Reform Initiative and Senior Legal Fellow Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation, Former Member of the Federal Election Commission:

• The saga of current investigations
• Peter Strzok’s shocking congressional hearing

(PART TWO):

• Insights on the ‘Russia collusion’ narrative
• How FISA warrant application was abused 

(PART THREE):

• Implications of federal judge’s partisan politicking
• Significance of voter fraud 

(PART FOUR):

• The cover-up of the House IT scandal
• Significance of maintaining Guantanamo Bay

With J. Michael Waller, Gordon Chang, Kevin Freeman and Dr. Lawrence Sellin

J. MICHAEL WALLER, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs at the Center for Security Policy, and Senior Writer for the American Media Institute:

• Historic precedent of Russia’s election meddling
• Why US should be pulling Putin away from China 

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

• China’s long-term goal to surpass US as world power
• China’s espionage efforts
• How South Korea has enabled NK aggression

KEVIN FREEMAN, Senior Fellow at Center for Security Policy, Author of “Game Plan: How to Protect Yourself from the Coming Cyber-Economic Attack,” Author of “Secret Weapon: How Economic Terrorism Brought Down the U.S. Stock Market and Why It Can Happen Again,” Founder of Globaleconomiwarfare.com:

• Prospect of a currency war with China
• Current state of the Beijing-Moscow relationship

DR. 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:

• Significance of upcoming presidential election in Pakistan
• Consequences of China-Pakistan relationship
• News findings from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

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:

• Significance of untold WWII veteran stories
• New book “Eagles and Evergreens” 

(PART TWO):

• Recounting WWII insights and memories

(PART THREE):

• The agenda of the Helsinki summit
• Why the Mueller investigation needs to wrap up 

(PART  FOUR):

• Implication of Judge Dana Sabrow’s ruling
• Significance of strong border enforcement policies

With Daniel Horowitz, Dr. Stephen Blank, David Goldman and Reggie Littlejohn

DANIEL HOROWITZ, Senior Editor at The Conservative Review, Author of “The Conservative Consciousness with Daniel Horowitz,” Former Policy Director for the Madison Project:

• Consequential actions of Judge Dana Sabraw
• Origins of the ACLU
• Implications of foreign nationals casting fraudulent ballots

DR. STEPHEN BLANK, Senior Fellow for Russia at the American Foreign Policy Council, 26 years of experience as a Professor of National Security Studies at the Strategic Studies Institute of U.S. Army War College:

• What did Trump and Putin agree on in pre-summit meeting?
• Dangers of Putin’s nuclear agenda
• Why NATO is essential to US national security 

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

• The media hysteria following Helsinki summit
• Implications of Russia’s nuclear modernization programs
• Why we need a new economic strategy to counter the threat from China

REGGIE LITTLEJOHN, Founder and President of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, an international coalition to expose and oppose forced abortion, gendercide and sexual slavery in China:

• The relationship between China and its people
• What is the social credit score in China?
• The fate of Christians in China

With Diana West, Dr. Peter Pry, Daniel Pipes and Bill Marshall

DIANA WEST, Nationally Syndicated Columnist, Blogs at DianaWest.net, Author of “Death of the Grown Up” and “American Betrayal”:

• What is the Putin agenda?
• The ‘Big Lie’ and totalitarian operations

PETER PRY, Executive Director of the Task Force on National and Homeland Security, Director of the U.S. Nuclear Strategy Forum, Served on the Congressional EMP Commission, the House Armed Services Committee and the CIA:

• Implications of Putin’s agenda to national security
• Russia’s violations of the INF Treaty
• Dangers of Russia’s ‘Poseidon System’

DANIEL PIPES, Founder and President of the Middle East Forum, Affiliate Professor at the University of Haifa:

• Consequences of John Brennan’s career under Obama
• What issues are conservative parties in Europe focused on?
• The current state of Turkey

BILL MARSHALL, Senior Investigator for Judicial Watch:

• Peter Strzok’s shocking testimony
• Implications John Brennan’s strong assertions against Trump
• Timing of Maria Butina’s arrest

With David Satter, Dr. Mark Schneider, Amb. Yoram Ettinger and Kevin Freeman

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):

• What was agreed upon in Putin-Trump 4 hour meeting?
• Recommendations for Trump’s future Russia policies

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

• Russia’s assessment of summit’s accomplishments
• Implications of the New Start Treaty
• Why missile defense is critical to national security 

AMB. YORAM ETTINGER, Former Minister for Congressional Affairs at Israel’s Embassy in DC, Consultant to Israeli and US legislators:

• Insights on yesterday’s Helsinki summit
• Russia’s long-term global aims
• The current state of play in Israel 

KEVIN FREEMAN, Author of Game Plan: How to Protect Yourself from the Coming Cyber-Economic Attack (2013), Author of Secret Weapon: How Economic Terrorism Brought Down the U.S. Stock Market and Why It Can Happen Again (2012), Founder of Globaleconomicwarfare.com, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy:

• Implications of Trump-Putin summit
• How economic policy influences national security

With John Guandolo, Joe diGenova, Chris Farrell and Matt Brodsky

JOHN GUANDOLO, President and Founder of Understandingthethreat.com, Veteran of Desert Storm, Former Commanding Officer of an FBI Swat Team:

• Implications of yesterday’s Strzok hearing
• The politicization of US intelligence agencies 

JOE diGENOVA,  Founding Partner of the Washington, D.C. Law Firm of diGenova & Toensing, LLP, Former U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, Former Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the Senate Rules Committee, Former Chief Counsel to the Senate Judiciary, Governmental Affairs and Select Intelligence Committees:

• Significance of Peter Strzok hearing
• Why hearing was an affront to Congressional oversight
• How are FISA warrants granted?

CHRIS FARRELL, Director of Investigations at Judicial Watch:

• How Strzok personifies the deep state
• Implications of Clinton’s email leaks
• Updates on the House IT scandal

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:

• Current state of Israel-Palestine ‘peace process’
• What is Iran up to in Syria?

With Admiral James 'Ace' Lyons, Matthew Kroenig, Andy McCarthy and David Goldman

ADMIRAL JAMES ‘ACE’ LYONS: Former Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, the largest single military command in the world, Served as Senior U.S. Military Representative to the United Nations:

• The importance of increased defense spending by NATO members
• Concerns regarding current status of House IT scandal

MATTHEW KROENIG, Author of The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy (2018) and A Time to Attack: The Looming Iranian Nuclear Threat (2014), Associate Professor and International Relations Field Chair in the Department of Government at Georgetown University, Senior Fellow in the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at The Atlantic Council:

• President Trump’s actions at NATO summit
• How much will other NATO members defense expenditures increase?
• Implications of Russia’s nuclear arsenal buildup

ANDY MCCARTHY, Contributing Editor of National Review, Senior Fellow at National Review Institute, Former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New Podcast: The McCarthy Report

• The state of Mueller’s probe
• Attorney General Rosenstein’s role in ongoing investigations 

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

• Trump’s successful NATO summit
• Implications of Germany’s reliance on Russian gas