Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

With David Goldman and Rick Fisher

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

• Dissecting the current Hong Kong protests
• Is the autonomy of Hong Kong in danger?
• Implications of China’s extradition arrangement

RICK FISHER, Senior Fellow, Asian Military Affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, Former Consultant on PLA issues for the Congressionally chartered U.S. China Security and Economic Review Commission:

• The PRC’s massive naval buildup
• Beijing’s ultimate nuclearization of destroyers and submarines
• The size of China’s nuclear arsenal today?

(PART TWO):

• Chinese media threatens force against Hong Kong and Taiwan
• Why the U.S. must be concerned with the PLA’s military capabilities
• The potential for Russia-China collusion regarding Taiwan

(PART THREE):

• Where is Beijing currently establishing infrastructure and projection capabilities?
• Dangers of military influence building in China
• What are the PLA’s strategic chokepoint objectives?

With Fred Fleitz, Kevin Freeman, Dr. Harold Rhode and Diana West

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):

• Why the U.S. must maintain reliable relationship with Saudi Arabia
• Implications of the recent relentless attacks against John Bolton

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”:

• Joe Biden changes view on Chinese threat
• Why Americans should be cautious of investing in Chinese companies
• The current state of the U.S.-Beijing trade deal

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):

• Holy-War between Saudi Arabia and Iran on the Red Sea
• U.S. officials admit Iran is violating nuclear deal

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

• John Brennan’s involvement in the anti-Trump conspiracy
• Dissecting the current state of the “Red Thread”

 

With Steven Mosher

STEVEN MOSHER, President of the Population Research Institute:

• The confrontation of the 21^st Century
• 1989 uprising in Tiananmen Square

(PART TWO):

• CCP’s murder of those wounded in Tiananmen Square to eliminate witnesses
• Chinese reproduction control
• The world’s first high-tech digital dictatorship
• PRC’s export of Orwellian technology to other authoritarian regimes

(PART THREE):

• What a CCP-dominated world would look like for the rest of the world
• The Trump administration’s China policy
• Why a compromise with the U.S. will be unacceptable for Beijing

(PART FOUR):

• What U.S.-China policy should be
• Prospects of a lasting Sino-Russian alliance

With Brad Johnson, Gordon Chang and Capt. Jim Fanell (USN, Ret.)

BRAD JOHNSON, Former CIA Clandestine Officer, Founder of Americans for Intelligence Reform:

• Importance of Humint in age of decentralized threats
• John Brennan’s “modernization” of intelligence and reduction of human intelligence

(PART TWO):

• Brennan’s central role in the dissemination of the Steele dossier
• Update on Sabrina DeSousa

 

GORDON CHANG, Author of The Coming Collapse of China, Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World and Losing South Korea:

• 1-million-person protest in Hong Kong over Extradition Bill
• What the Extradition Bill would mean for multi-nationals and business in Hong Kong
• Debate within White House about exemptions for Huawei

Capt. Jim Fanell (USN, Ret.), former Director of Intelligence and Information Operations at the U.S. Pacific Fleet:

• Near Navy collusion between U.S. and Russian vessels
• Chinese aggression in the South China Sea
• Beijing’s ‘unsinkable aircraft carriers’

With Phil Haney

With Phil Haney

PHIL HANEY, Retired Homeland Security Officer, Author of National Security Meltdown and See Something, Say Nothing:

• Career at DHS
• What has led to the national security meltdown?

PART TWO:

• Lengths national security officials eliminated information that did not fit a narrative
• Brennan and Clapper’s role in purging Muslim Brotherhood intelligence

PART THREE:

• How the San Bernardino attack could have been prevented
• The process of jihadists’ radicalization
• Should the Muslim Brotherhood be designated a terrorist organization?

PART FOUR:

• How to reverse damage done to our national security
• The damage the Muslim Brotherhood does to American Muslim communities

With Michael Walsh

MICHAEL WALSH, Author of six novels, including two New York Times best-sellers, Latest book The Fiery Angel: Art, Culture, Sex, Politics and the Struggle for the Soul of the West (2018):

• What’s at stake in the ‘Culture Wars’?
• Commemorating the 75^th anniversary of D-Day
• How politics is culture

(PART TWO):

• Has the willingness to sacrifice for our country declining?
• Cumulative effects of cultural Marxism
• Dangers of political correctness

(PART THREE):

• Consequences of the radicalization of the American Left
• Implications of the agendas of new Congressional staff members
• The demise of the Democratic party

(PART FOUR):

• Dissecting the Red-Green Axis
• How can we prevent the demise of the American public?

With Paula DeSutter

PAULA DESUTTER, United States Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance and Implementation from 2002 to 2009:

• Is the U.S. still the world’s only superpower?
• How Russia and China aim to intimidate and overpower America
• An overview of the current U.S. adversaries

(PART TWO):

• Dissecting the administrations’ objectives in arms control
• How turning a blind eye to non-compliance encourages bad behavior

(PART THREE):

• Implications of Beijing’s buildup and concealment of nuclear forces
• Characterizing the Chinese threat
• Why strong missile defense is critical to U.S. national security

(PART FOUR):

• The recent escalation of tensions on the Persian Gulf
• Why Bolton’s Iran policy is working

With Fred Fleitz, Gordon Chang, Kevin Freeman and Robert Charles

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):

• How American power and influence has historically been a force for liberty and freedom
• Remembering D-Day as 75^th anniversary nears
• Consequences of escalating tensions on the Persian Gulf 

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):

• 30^th anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre
• Dissecting Kim Jong Un’s reported purges 

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 current state of the U.S.-China trade war
• Will Trump be able to persuade allies to avoid Huawei contracts?
• Would China engage in underwater-warfare?

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:

• The crisis at our southern border
• Remembering D-Day as 75^th anniversary approaches
• Implications of Mexico’s asylum laws
• Has Robert Mueller been show-boating?

With Bill Gertz, Todd Bensman, Dr. Harold Rhode and Michaela Dodge

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):

• Why we must investigate motives behind anti-Trump conspiracy
• The current state of the Chinese nuclear arsenal

TODD BENSMAN, Senior Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies:

• The crisis at our southern border
• Implications of U.S. asylum policy
• Dangers of large numbers of convicted terrorists being released in the U.S.

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):

• President Trump’s successful Iran policy
• Escalating tensions on the Persian Gulf
• Dissecting Israel’s election process

MICHAELA DODGE, Senior Policy Analyst, Defense and Strategic Policy at the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation, Former National Security Fellow with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, Former Publius Fellow at the Claremont Institute:

• Russia’s engagement in low-yield nuclear testing
• Why the U.S. must improve deterrence capabilities
• Dangers of China’s nuclear arsenal buildup

 

 

With Hans Von Spakovsky, Steven Mosher, David Goldman and Dr. Lawrence Sellin

 

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:

• Implications of Robert Mueller’s press conference
• Prospects of impeachment hearings
• The anti-Trump conspiracy continues

STEVEN MOSHER, President of the Population Research Institute, Author of A Mother’s Ordeal: One Woman’s Fight Against China’s One-Child Policy:

• 30^th anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre
• The reality of the Chinese threat
• The current state of the U.S.-China trade deal

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

• An overview of Beijing’s economy
• Xi’s goal to replace the dollar as world reserve currency
• Dissecting the Taiwan question

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:

• A review of the leaked Syria Chemical Investigation Memo
• The current state of South Asia
• China’s involvement in India-Pakistan conflict