Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

With Fred Fleitz, Kevin Freeman, Ingrid Carlqvist and Reggie Littlejohn

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):

• Netanyahu reveals Iran's second secret nuclear weapons facility this year
• China offers Iran a $15 billion line of credit
• Prospects for North Korean denuclearization

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”:

• Russia now issuing bonds denominate in Yuan
• Implications of the Moscow-Beijing strategic partnership
• What is causing the slowdown of the global economy?
• Dangers of the ‘thrift saving plan’

INGRID CARLQVIST, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute, Journalist and author based in Sweden, Editor-in-chief of Dispatch International:

• Dissecting the exponential rise of car bombings in Sweden
• Why ‘no-go zones’ are the first signs of a failed state
• Consequences of the fundamental transformation of Sweden

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:

• An Overview of the One Child Nation movie
• China’s forced sterilization of Uighur women

With Gordon Chang, Thomas McIntyre and Stephen Young

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):

• Updates on Hong Kong protests
• The current state of China’s economy
• Dangerous implications of the ‘thrift savings plan”

THOMAS MCINERNEY, Retired United States Air Force Lieutenant General, Served in top military positions under the Secretary of Defense and the Vice President of the United States:

• Why the Taliban cannot be trusted in any negotiation
• The significance of the CORDS model
• What does the “Secure Afghanistan” proposal entail?

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:

• How Vietnamization can be applied to Afghanistan
• Why surrender and defeat are unacceptable regarding Afghanistan

(PART TWO):

• Dissecting the critical turning point in the Vietnam War
• The significance of understanding the ideology of the Taliban
• Why mobilizing the local people should be an essential component of our Afghan policy

With Andy Bostom, David Goldman and Kevin Freeman

ANDY BOSTOM, Author of The Legacy of Jihad (2005), Author of The Legacy of Antisemitism (2008), Author of Sharia versus Freedom: The Legacy of Islamic Totalitarianism (2012), Author of Iran’s Final Solution for Israel: The Legacy of Jihad and Shi’ite Islamic Jew-Hatred in Iran (2014):

• The roots of anti-Semitism in this era
• Implications of Sharia supremacist tendencies

(PART TWO):

• Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib rebuked for anti-Semitic remarks
• The state of American Jewry today
• Consequences of the rise of anti-Semitism in Congress

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

• Is the U.S. military behind the curve?
• Dangers of China’s expanding weapons arsenal
• Moon’s fracturing of the U.S.-South Korea-Japan alliance
• Qatar’s role in U.S.-Taliban peace talks

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”:

• The nature of China’s ongoing influence operations
• Why America’s reliance on supply chains in China is so problematic
• Dissecting the “thrift-savings plan”

With Joe Bosco

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:

• The character of China at the moment
• Implications of China’s “One country-two systems” theme
• An overview of the Hong Kong protests
• Lam reverses previous decision not to withdraw Extradition Bill

(PART TWO):

• How the U.S. can discourage China from cracking down on protesters
• Why engagement has been the focus of America’s China policy
• Is the peaceful rise of China a myth?

(PART THREE):

• Kissinger’s role in influencing U.S.-China relations
• How can the U.S. better support the defense of Taiwan?
• Consequences of Xi Jinping’s ambitions for Taiwan

(PART FOUR):

• The U.S. must commit to freedom for Hong Kong and Taiwan 
• We must revise the standing U.S. policy regarding China

With Diana West, Dr. Harold Rhode, Dakota Wood and Curtis Ellis

 DIANA WEST, Nationally syndicated columnist, Blogs at Dianawest.net, Author of Death of the Grown Up, American Betrayal and Red Thread: A Search for Ideological Drivers Inside the Anti-Trump Conspiracy:

• How brainwashing manifests itself in America today
• The silencing of conservatives on social media
• What Americans can do to counter attacks from the radical left

DR. 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):

• Recent fire exchange between Hezbollah and Israel
• How Trump’s sanctions are limiting Hezbollah’s abilities
• Are we witnessing tectonic shifts in the Middle East?

DAKOTA WOOD, Senior Research Fellow for Defense Programs at the Heritage Foundation, Twenty-year career in the USMC, Former Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Recently served as a strategist for the United States Marine Corps Special Operations Command:

• Dissecting America’s current threat environment
• Why embarking on a substantial and sustained modernization program is essential
• Concerns over recent U.S.-Turkey agreement on Syria

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

• Lam reverses previous decision not to withdraw Extradition Bill
• An overview of China’s full spectrum warfare tactics
• Xi Jinping’s aggressive policy agendas

 

With Fred Fleitz, Doug Feith, Jessica Vaughan and Hans von Spakovsky

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):

• Iran refuses to cooperate with IAEA investigation of nuclear facility
• Consequences if France provides extensive credit to Tehran
• Ominous developments on the Persian peninsula

DOUG FEITH, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for National Security Strategies at the Hudson Institute, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (2001-2005):

• Prospects for U.S.-Taliban peace talks
• Should we be skeptical of the Taliban’s motives?
• Dissecting the roots of anti-Semitism in the Arab world

JESSICA VAUGHAN, Director of Policy Studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, Former Foreign Service Officer with the State Department where she served in Belgium and Trinidad & Tobago:

• Why sanctuary cities pose a danger to society
• Lower courts continue to block President Trump’s sanctuary policies
• Implications of number of Chinese students overstaying visas

HANS VON 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 presence of voter fraud in America
• Why valid I.D.s are essential to the integrity of our voting system

With Roger Robinson

ROGER ROBINSON, Co-Founded and presently Chairs the Prague Security Studies Group, President and CEO of RWR:

n  Insights gained from working under Chase Bank’s David Rockefeller

n  Implications of the financing of the Siberian gas pipeline

n  Western Europe’s former dependence on Soviet gas

(PART TWO):

n  The development of the Reagan strategy which took down the USSR

n  Why we must monitor China’s economic warfare activities

n  Dissecting the “China lobby”

(PART THREE):

n  Chinese efforts to recruit American investors

n  Consequences of Beijing’s surveillance state tendencies

n  The dangerous trend of investors becoming underwriters of our enemies

(PART FOUR):

n  The importance of ensuring disclosure of material risks in our capital markers

n  What is the Thrift-Savings Plan?

n  Recommendations for how to most effectively counter communist China

With Andy McCarthy

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:

• Pinpointing the conspiracy theory distinction
• The presumption of legitimacy and regulatory regarding official actions
• Implications of the weaponization of U.S. agencies

(PART TWO):

• Dissecting the key players in the anti-Trump conspiracy
• The unethical effort to get Hillary Clinton elected
• President Obama’s involvement in the Trump-Russia collusion investigation

(PART THREE):

• Consequences of James Comey’s role in the Trump investigation
• What is the “insurance policy”?
• Did the FBI have a double standard in the Trump/Clinton investigations?

(PART FOUR):

• Do we adequately understand the threat Sharia supremacism poses to our country?
• The growing repression of ideas in America
• Dangers of the radicalization of the Left

 

We Need More Kenny Bialkins

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.

There’s no good time for our country to lose a man like Kenneth Bialkin.  This happens, however, to be a particularly bad moment, as the American Jewish community and Israel’s friends in this country of all faiths and political philosophies are in urgent need of a steady, experienced and respected leader.

Sadly, Kenny Bialkin’s recent passing deprives us of his passionate advocacy for what is best about this country and the Jewish State – their shared commitment to the exercise and defense of freedom. Today, this bond is under vicious assault, notably from anti-Semitic partisans intent on using economic weapons to delegitimize, weaken and ultimately destroy Israel.

Let’s pray that the goodness, decency and strategic acumen that informed Mr. Bialkin’s leadership of myriad organizations and his generous philanthropy that supported countless more will find new champions inspired by Kenny’s shining example.

This is Frank Gaffney.

With David Goldman, Diana West, Kevin Freeman and Peter Pry

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

• Iranian proxies pose increasing threat to Israel in Syria
• Dangerous implications of Tehran’s possible warhead capabilities
• Why the absence of U.S. troops in the Middle East could be detrimental

DIANA WEST, Nationally syndicated columnist, Blogs at Dianawest.net, Author of Death of the Grown Up, American Betrayal and Red Thread: A Search for Ideological Drivers Inside the Anti-Trump Conspiracy:

• Dissecting the true narrative of America’s origin
• Consequences of the radicalization of the Left
• Online-extremism and the “After-Charlottesville” project
• Ideological drivers behind the anti-Trump conspiracy

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”:

• Are we still underwriting the growing threat from communist China?
• Beijing’s penetration of our capital markets
• How the “thrift-savings” plan has been funding Chinese activities
• Implications of a no-deal Brexit

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

• Why does EPRI refuse to recognize the reality of the EMP threat?
• The vulnerability of the U.S. electric grid
• The significance of President Trump’s acknowledgement of the EMP threat