Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

With Adm. James 'Ace' Lyons, Bill Gertz and Nik Kowsar

ADM. JAMES ‘ACE’ LYONS, Former Commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Served as Senior U.S. Military Representative to the United Nationas, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations from 1983-1985:

• China’s emerging military power
• How to counter Beijing’s objective to dominate sea
• Geo-strategic implications of South China Sea 

(PART TWO):

• Importance of improving Taiwan’s military capabilities
• The militarization of space
• Prospects for US-NK upcoming talks

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):

• House Intelligence Committee’s hearing on threat from China
• What are the top tier threats the US faces?
• Captain Fannell’s critical warning for America

NIK KOWSAR, Iranian-Canadian cartoonist, blogger and journalist living in D.C., Arrested in 2000 for a cartoon and spent 6 days at the Evin Prison in Tehran, Editor of Khodnevis, a citizen journal platform:

• Comparing Iranian regime to Star Wars saga
• How wide spread is Iranian rebellion currently?
• Why targeted sanctions work

With Soeren Kern

SOEREN KERN, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute, Senior Analyst for Transatlantic Relations at the Madrid based Grupo de Estudios Estrategicos (Strategic Studies Group), Contributing Analyst for Jane’s Information Group on Basque and Islamic terrorism in Spain:

• US- Europe division post WWII
• Implications of the migration influx in Europe
• Multi-culturalism vs. nationalism

(PART TWO):

• Consequences of German policy makers appeasing new migrants
• Sharia blasphemy restrictions in Europe 

(PART THREE):

• How widespread is the phenomenon of ‘no-go zones’ in Europe?
• Dangers of Sharia law

(PART FOUR):

• The Organization of Islamic Cooperation and free speech
• Implications of UN Human rights Council Resolution 1618
• Differentiating immigration vs. mass migration 

With Liz Yore, Raheem Kassam, Dr. Lawrence Sellin and Joe Connor

LIZ YORE, Attorney and International Child Rights Advocate, Head of End FGM Today:

• Female genital mutilation in the US
• How to best combat FGM
• The End FMG Today campaign

RAHEEM KASSAM, Editor in Chief of Breitbart News London, Shillman-Ginsburg Writing Fellow at the Middle East Forum, Senior Distinguished Fellow at the Gatestone Institute, Former Chief Advisor to UK Independence Party Leader Nigel Farrage, Author of No Go Zones: How Shariah Law is Coming to a Neighborhood Near You:

• The reality of ‘No Go Zones’ in Europe and the US
• Consequences of migrant influx in UK

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:

• Noor Sharif on Mumbai attack
• China’s plans for naval base in Pakistan
• What is Beijing’s long game for Korea?

JOE CONNOR, Co-Author of “Shattered Lives: Overcoming the Fraunces Tavern Terror”:

• How some politicians use terror to further agendas
• The politicization of the FBI

With Ambassador Yoram Ettinger

AMB. YORAM ETTINGER, Former Minister for Congressional Affairs at Israel’s Embassy in D.C., Consultant to Israeli and U.S. Legislators:

• The opening of US Embassy in Jerusalem
• Current state of US-Israeli relations
• What does the Middle East peace process look like? 

(PART TWO):

• Significance of recent Saudi-Israeli cooperation
• Implications of Hamas led protests in Gaza
• Sharia supremacists and the call for the destruction of Israel

(PART THREE):

• History of Middle east peace initiatives
• What is Erdogan’s new ‘red line?’

(PART FOUR):

• Netanyahu’s uncovering of Iranian nuclear archives
• Importance of Trump withdrawing US from JCPOA

With Diana West, Suzanne Scholte, Gordon Chang and Kevin Freeman

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

• Strong week for foreign policy
• Significance of Jerusalem embassy move

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

• Consequences of S.K.’s Sunshine Policy 2.0
• How Kim Jung Un justifies his nuclear program

GORDON CHANG, Forbes.com Columnist, World Affairs Journal Blogger, the Daily Beast Contributor, Author of “The Coming Collapse of China” and “Nuclear Showdown; North Korea Takes on the World:”

• Is China trying to sabotage US-NK talks?
• Why is Trump is concerned with Chinese workers?

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:

• Trump extends lifeline on sanctioned tech company ZTE
• Implications of rising oil prices

With Matthew Brodsky, Bill Gertz, Daniel Horowitz and David Goldman

MATTHEW 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:

• Trump withdraws US from JCPOA
• What is next for Iran?
• Potential region conflict between Israel & Iran?

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):

• Major threats we face from Iran
• Advanced Chinese weapons program
• Concerns about Gina Haspel’s nomination

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

• Implications of a decriminalization agenda
• Updates on the Honduras caravan
• How Venezuela poses a major security threat

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

• The state of Russian-US relations
• The significance of Putin halting weapons sales to Syria
• Turkey drowning in foreign currency debt

With Clare Lopez and Tom Trento

CLARE LOPEZ, Vice President for Research & Analysis at the Center for Security Policy, Former CIA Clandestine Officer:

• Israel and Iran exchange fire
• Israeli response to US withdrawal from JCPOA
• Prospects of liberation of Iranian people 

CLARE LOPEZ & TOM TRENTO, Vice President for Research & Analysis at the Center for Security Policy, Former CIA Clandestine Officer, & Founder and Director of United West:

• Dangers of Hezbollah cells in the US
• Recent election in Lebanon
• North Korean-Iranian joint venture?

With Diana West, Ken Timmerman, Mark Langfan and Dr. Mark Scneider

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

• Trump fulfills campaign promise on Iran
• The bicentennial of Marx’s birth

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:

• Trump withdraws US from JCPOA
• The European’s role in Iran going forward
• Implications of recent election in Lebanon

MARK LANGFAN, Creator of a topographic raised-relief map system of Israel, Chairman of Americans for a Safe Israel (AFSI):

• What comes next for Iran?
• The significance of Kurds in Syria
• Prospects of Israeli-Iranian war

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

• The practice of arms control
• History of Russia violating arms control agreements

With Benjamin Weingarten, Rep. Chris Stewart, Robert Charles and Kevin Freeman

 BENJAMIN WEIGARTEN, Founder and CEO of ChangeUp Media LLC, His writing has appeared at TheFederalist.com City Journal and Conservative Review, 2015 Publius Fellow to the Claremont Institute:

• The politicization of the FBI
• The nomination of Gina Haspel
• Prospects of N.K.-S.K. unification

REP. CHRIS STEWART, Represents the 2^nd District of Utah, Member of the Appropriations Committee, Member of the House Permanent Select Committee:

• Will Trump pull out of JCPOA?
• The call to confirm Gina Haspel as CIA Director
• The condition of our human intelligence capabilities 

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

• John Kerry’s shadow diplomacy
• US border security
• Dangers of Hezbollah’s activities in the US 

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:

• Putin sworn into 4^th term as President
• China wages economic warfare against the world
• The implications of China’s debt to their banking system

With Sean Bigley, Rick Manning, Daniel Greenfield and Gordon Chang

SEAN BIGLEY, Partner, Bigly Ranish, LLP – Federal Security Clearance Defense Firm:

• Security clearances and the Trump administration
• Is the government’s background investigation process working?

RICK MANNING, President of Americans for Limited Government, Former Public Affairs Chief at the U.S. Department of Labor during the George W. Bush Administration, Nine years as a state lobbyist for the National Rifle Association:

• The techniques of the deep state
• How the left aims to defeat Trump’s policies

DANIEL GREENFIELD, Shillman Journalist Fellow at the Freedom Center for Security Policy, Blogs at Sultan Knish, Contributing Fellow at Family Security Matters:

• John Kerry engaged in shadow diplomacy with Iran
• Sharia blasphemy restrictions in the United States

GORDON CHANG, Forbes.com Columnist, World Affairs Journal Blogger, the Daily Beast Contributor, Author of “The Coming Collapse of China” and “Nuclear Showdown; North Korea Takes on the World:”

• Chinese & Russian military collaboration
• Prospects of NK-US talks
• The joint North Korean-Iranian nuclear programs