Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

With Katherine Zimmerman, Fred Fleitz, Dr. Ted Bromund and Ambassador Yoram Ettinger

KATHERINE ZIMMERMAN, Research Fellow at The American Enterprise Institute, Lead Al Qaeda Analyst for AEI’s Critical Threats Project:

• #SalafiJihadi
• How the Salafi-jihadi movement uses violence to obtain power
• Tracking Islamic history to understand future of extremist groups 

FRED FLEITZ, Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs at Center for Security Policy, former CIA analyst,

• Reaction to the renewal of the JCPOA
• Resistance to President Trump’s policies from within the administration
• Effect Obama “holdovers” are having on the Trump Administration
• Blocking Trump’s policies through the nomination process

TED BROMUND, Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher’s Center for Freedom, Columnist for Newday and Great Britain’s Yorkshire Post:

• Should Turkey be considered an ally?
• S.-German relations appear grim
• Former German Chancellor colluding with Russians 

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

• Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit to Europe
• The uneasy relationship between Israel and the EU
• Does renewal of the Iran deal signify appeasement?
• What Iran’s growth in power means for Israel and the Middle East

With Rep. Scott Perry, Diana West, Harold Rhode and Daniel Horowitz

REP. SCOTT PERRY (PA-4), Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Member of Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Member of Committee on Homeland Security:

• Why Skolovo needs rigorous investigation
• Huma Abedin’s ties to Muslim Sisterhood
• Why is the DOD reviewing climate change?

DIANA WEST, Nationally Syndicated Columnist, Blogger at Dianawest.net, author of American Betrayal and Death of the Grown Up:

• Is President Trump’s effort to improve relations with Russia a sign of weakness?
• The Skolkovo Foundation
• A bipartisan effort amongst political elites to hinder the Trump Administration

HAROLD RHODE, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute, Former Turkish Desk Officer at the US Department of Defense, author of Modern Islamic Warfare:

• How Modern Islamic Warfareexplains the current crisis and terrorism
• Explanation of the divide between Sunni and Shiite Muslims
• The Temple Mount in Israel attack last week
• How weakness by Western nations is seen by Arab nations

DANIEL HOROWITZ, Senior editor at Conservative Review, Author of Stolen Sovereignty, Former Policy Director for the Madison Project:

• Lack of leadership and conviction from the Republican Party
• Congress’ inaction on the JCPOA
• Federal district and appeals court rewriting laws and SCOTUS decisions

With Rep. Paul Gosar, Enrique Altimari, Fred Fleitz, and Kevin Freeman:

REP. PAUL GOSAR (AZ-4), Member of House Committee of Natural Resources, Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government, Member of Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations:

• Border control improvements under President Trump
• Epidemics linked to illegal immigration
• Sanctuary cities must comply with Federal law

ENRIQUE ALTIMARI, Pro-Democracy Venezuelan Activist:

• 6 million Venezuelans engaged in plebiscite against the Maduro Regime
• How to put pressure on the Maduro Regime
• Actions the U.S. takes to help the freedom fighters in Venezuela

FRED FLEITZ, Senior VP for Policy and Programs at Center for Security Policy, former CIA Analyst:

• McMaster’s Clinton-like approach to recertification of the Iran deal
• Tehran’s violations of the JCPOA
• Moscow’s demands for US to return seized mansions

KEVIN FREEMAN, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy, Host of “Economic War Room” on The Blaze TV:

• Venezuela's economic free fall
• Peter Navarro and his role in the Trump Administration’s trade policy
• The new cyber branch of the military and its potential capabilities

With Adm. James "Ace" Lyons, Gordon Chang, Michael Rowan and Michael Pregent

ADM. JAMES “ACE” LYONS, Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet (Rt), Served as Senior U.S. Military Representative to the UN:

• Why strength is essential for diplomacy
• How to reconsider South Korean defense options
• Dangers of Iran’s interregional bridge
• Recognition of a Sovereign Kurdistan in Iraq 

GORDON CHANG, Forbes.com columnist, World Affairs Journal Blogger, and The Daily Beast Contributor:

• Developing hard-liner economic policies from the Trump Administration
• President Moon’s ‘sunshine’ policy towards the North Koreans
• Beijing’s’ overseas expansion into Africa
• Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo’s death

MICHAEL ROWAN, Columnist, Author of “Threat Closer to Home: Huge Chavez and the War Against America:

• Maduro’s elimination of the Venezuelan Parliament
• Caracas’ dangerous support and Hezbollah
• Why the U.S. must stop buying Maduro’s oil, gasoline, and bonds 

MICHAEL PREGENT, Adjunct Fellow at the Hudson Institute, Senior Middle East analyst, Embedded with the Peshmerga in Mosul ’05- ‘06:

• Status of the sectarian divide after the fall of Mosul
• The U.S. military role in the conflict between Iraqi Sunni and Shiites
• Growth of the Iranian influence in the region

With Rep. Brian Babin, Mark Schneider, Elaine Donnelly, and Russ Dallin

REP. BRIAN BABIN (TX-36), Member of House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Chairman of Subcommittee on Space:

• Hartzler Amendment to the NDAA
• Preventing taxpayer dollars from funding transgender surgery
• Consequences of a weakened military under the Obama Administration
• Skolkovo: technology transfer to the Russians

(PART TWO):

• Attempts to interfere with the immigration pause by Hawaiian Courts
• Serious problems with the Refugee Resettlement program
• The importance of state and local governments enforcing federal law

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

• Dangerous technology transfers with Skolkovo
• Nuclear modernization in Russia and China
• Moscow’s New START Treaty violations
• The Trump administration’s Nuclear Posture Review

ELAINE DONNELLY, Founder and President for the Center for Military Readiness:

• Hartzler Amendment failing to pass
• Social engineering and how it will affect the Defense Department
• Implications on the morale and readiness of the U.S. military

RUSS DALLEN, President and Editor in Chief of the Latin American Herald Tribune, Head of Carcass Capital Markets:

• Venezuelan’s Opposition-led vote this weekend
• How the Maduro regime is trying to stifle the vote
• Attorney General Luisa Ortega facing trial

With Rep. Jody Hice, Mark Krikorian, Adam Kredo and Fred Fleitz

REP. JODY HICE (GA-10), Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the House Committee on Natural Resources: 

• Need to investigate the investigators and problems with Mueller’s special council 
• Should other forms of collusion by non-Trump member be a part of the special investigation? 
• Kate’s Law and the greater need for similar action by Congress 

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

• Obstruction of immigration enforcement 
• Organized labor’s flip-flop on illegal immigration 
• Update on President Trump’s campaign promise to eliminate DACA 

ADAM KREDO, Senior Writer for the Washington Free Beacon: 

• The Trump administrations’ Iran policy (or lack thereof) 
• Unprecedented leaks under President Trump 
• How leaks have weaponized national security  

FRED FLEITZ, Senior VP for Policy and Programs at Center for Security Policy, former CIA Analyst: 

• North Korean nuclear threat 
• Possible actions for the Trump Administration 
• 90 days until President Trump’s decision on Iranian Nuclear Deal  

With Ambassador John Bolton, Diana West, Bruce Klinger and Kyle Schideler

AMBASSADOR JOHN BOLTON, Senior Policy Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, former Permanent Representative to the United Nations:

• The most important lesson for President Trump at the G20 Summit
• The defeat of the Islamic State in Syria
• Why U.S. designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization is key to supporting President Trump’s Qatar policy

DIANA WEST, Nationally Syndicated Columnist, Blogs at Dianawest.net:

• Ongoing hysteria over Trump’s alleged Russia collusion
• Democrats’ Russia collusion
• Opposition toward Trump’s Warsaw Speech

BRUCE KLINGNER, Senior Research Fellow for Northeast Asia at The Heritage Foundation, Former Chief of CIA’s Korea Branch:

• How imminent is the threat from Pyongyang?
• Capability of the North Korean missile program
• Prospect of an EMP attack
• What the Trump administration can do to deter Kim Jong-un

 KYLE SCHIDELER, Director of Threat Information Office at Center for Security Policy:

• Why relying on Iranian-backed militias to fight ISIS is problematic
• ISIS activity in the Philippines
• How Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is undermining President Trump on Qatar

With Joe diGenova, Tom Rogan, Kevin Freeman, and David Satter:

JOSEPH DIGENOVA, Former U.S. Attorney for the District and Former Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the Senate Rules Committee and Counsel to the Senate Judiciary, Governmental Affairs and Select Intelligence Committees:

• Why criticism of Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russian attorney is overblown
• Mueller’s appointment was a mistake
• Comey’s irreversible damage to the FBI 

TOM ROGAN, Columnist for National Review and Opportunity Lives, Book Reviewer for The Washington Free Beacon and Senior Fellow at the Steamboat Institute:

• Why there is reason to be skeptical of Trump and Putin’s ceasefire arrangement
• Arrest of Eric Kang in Hawaii for allegiance to the Islamic State
• Why the U.S. needs to address fundraising by terrorist organizations

KEVIN FREEMAN, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy, Host of “Economic War Room” on The Blaze TV:

• Resolutions to the Qatari diplomatic crisis
• Retaliations from Doha
• How the U.S. can enact pressure on the Maduro regime
• President Trump plan to create a cyber security group with the Russians

DAVID SATTER, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, author of The Less You Know, The Better You Sleep and Age of Delirium: The Decline and Fall of the Soviet Union:

• Meeting between President Trump and Vladimir Putin
• Insight into Donald Trump Jr.’s connection with a Russian lawyer
• Putin’s ability to hold power in Russia

With Rep. Jim Jordan (OH-4), Tom Popik, Gordon Chang, Dan Perkins and Kyle Shideler

REP. JIM JORDAN (OH-4), Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform:

• Investigating the investigators 
• How the Comey’s investigation proves unequal treatment of the law
• House Democrat IT scandal 

TOM POPIK, Chairman and President of the Foundation for Resilient Societies:

• A mysterious explosion that left 140,000 people without power in Los Angeles
• Importance of transformers in providing power to the electric grid
• Other risks and threats to the electric grid 

GORDON CHANG, Forbes.com Columnist, World Affairs Journal Blogger and The Daily Beast Contributor:

• As Beijing aids North Korea, Trump will take harder stance on other bilateral issues
• President Trump’s strategic relationship with New Delhi 
• Why a full-scale war between India and China may be looming   

DAN PERKINS, Author of The Brotherhood of the Red Nile: 

• American leadership in the Middle East under the Trump Administration
• “Good cop, bad cop” strategy in Qatar
• Why the Muslim Brotherhood should be designated a terrorist 

KYLE SHIDELER, Director of the Threat Information Office at the Center for Security Policy:

• Linda Sarsour’s call for jihad against Trump 
• What is the exact meaning in Sarsour’s speech?
• The Islamic Society of Baltimore and their ties to terrorist groups

With Mike Waller, Bill Gertz, Gordon Chang, Luke Roziak, and Frank Calzon:

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

• President Trump’s defense of Western Civilization during speech in Warsaw
• Vladmir Putin’s hindrance of U.S.-Russian relationship
• Former Soviet Secret police system of psychiatric prisons never fully abolished

 BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor of the Washington Free Beacon: 

• Pentagon’s newly released Russian military power report
• Kremlin use of information warfare
• China’s double-game on North Korea

GORDON CHANG, Forbes.com Columnist, World Affairs Journal Blogger and contributor at The Daily Beast:

• China’s role in the intensification of the North Korean threat
• The Administration’s transition from granting concessions to Beijing to imposing costs
• President Trump’s role in redirecting South Korean President Moon’s position on North Korea

LUKE ROZIAK, Investigative journalist for The Daily Caller:

• Update on the IT scandal involving twenty House Democratic Caucus members
• Why the security breach has not been treated as a counterintelligence issue
• Reasons why the Republican leadership has not opened an investigation

FRANK CALZON, Executive Director at the Center for a Free Cuba:

• The Obama legacy in Cuba and its repressive consequences
• EU’s pursuit of a new pact with Cuba
• Continuing cooperation between Moscow and Havana