Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

With Diana West, Joe Bosco, Gordon Chang and Raheem Kassam

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:

• Implications of the betrayal of U.S. POWS/MIAS

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:

• A review of Henry Kissinger’s China policy
• How Beijing is enabling North Korea’s nuclear program
• The reality of the threat we face from China

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):

• Beijing’s monopoly of rare-earth minerals
• The Trump administration’s Taiwan policy
• The current state of the U.S.-China trade deal

RAHEEM KASSAM, 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 Enoch Was Right: ‘Rivers of Blood 50 Years On’:

• Dissecting the recent European parliamentary elections
• What to expect from Theresa May’s successor

With Fred Fleitz, Ken Timmerman, Kevin Freeman and Sam Faddis

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 a strong U.S.-Japan relationship is crucial
• Trump open to bilateral meeting with Iranian President
• Implications of North Korea’s recent missile tests

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:

• High-ranking Iranian official defects to U.S.
• Why regime change is essential in Iran
• Dissecting the recent elections in France

SAM FADDIS, Former CIA Ops Officer, Spent twenty years as an Operations officer in the Middle East, South Asia and Europe., Former Candidate for Congress, Senior Subject Matter Expert at Axon/Lockheed Martin, Author of Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA (2009):

• John Brennan’s involvement in anti-Trump conspiracy
• Brennan and Clapper lash out at Trump for declassifying 2016 election intelligence

KEVIN FREEMAN, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy, Creator of Global Economic Warfare.com, Author of “Game Plan” and “Secret Weapon”:

• Beijing’s plan to replace the dollar as global reserve currency
• The current state of the U.S.-China trade deal
• Implications of Chinese government ties to Huawei

With Sasha Gong, Bill Gertz, Claudia Rosett and J. Christian Adams

SASHA GONG, Former VOA’s China Branch Chief, Author of “Born American: A Chinese Woman’s Dream of Liberty”:

• Voice of America employee accusations
• How China spreads propaganda in the U.S.
• Implications of Beijing engaging in information warfare against America

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):

• How Russia and China are enabling Pyongyang’s nuclear program
• Why we must act against Beijing’s proliferation activities
• Why North Korea’s short-range missiles are significant

CLAUDIA ROSETT, Foreign Affairs columnist at Forbes.com, Blogs at “The Rosett Report” at PJ Media:

• Huawei’s predatory agenda
• The dangerous threat China poses to the U.S.
• Theresa May resigns from office as UK Prime Minister

J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS, Election lawyer served in the Voting Rights Section at the U.S. Department of Justice, Author of New York Times bestseller Injustice: Exposing the Racial Agenda of the Obama Justice Department, Columnist at PJ Media:

• The Left’s engagement in defamation campaigns
• The efforts to silence conservative organizations
• Implications of the selective outrage over Attorney General Barr

With David Goldman, Rowan Scarborough, Matt Brodsky and Mike Waller

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

• Implications of recent Qualcomm ruling
• Why we must remain wary of Huawei
• Prospects of the U.S.-China trade deal

ROWAN SCARBOROUGH, National Security Reporter at The Washington Times, Author of the best seller Rumsfeld’s War: The Untold Story of America’s Anti-Terrorist Commander:

• Dissecting the anti-Trump conspiracy
• Implications of Rep. Adam Schiff’s agenda
• How mainstream media perpetuated the false Trump-Kremlin narrative

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:

• The dangers Iran’s proxies pose to Israel
• How Iran smuggles weapons into Gaza
• A review of Jared Kushner’s Middle East ‘peace plan’

J. MICHAEL WALLER, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs at the Center for Security Policy:

• The current state of Venezuela
• How the US can help overthrow the Maduro regime
• Putin’s fear of Western encroachment on Russian youth

With Diana West, Joe diGenova, Rosemary Jenks and Stella Morabito

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

• Independence Day for Sgt. Derrick Miller

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

• Did Obama know Comey was planning to ‘blackmail’ Trump?
• Impacts of the appointment of Attorney General Barr
• Dissecting the anti-Trump conspiracy

ROSEMARY JENKS, Director of Government Relations at NumbersUSA.com, Former Senior Legislative Analyst at the Center for Immigration Studies:

• President Trump rolls out immigration vision
• Democrats refuse to recognize the crisis at our southern border
• A review of the consequences of amnesty

STELLA MORABITO, Senior Contributor at The Federalist, Creator of blog Stellamorabito.net where she writes about society, culture and education:

• Implications of Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s comments about the Holocaust
• Implications of perception propaganda
• Defining the ‘public opinion cascade’

With Paul Coyer, Fred Fleitz, Kevin Freeman and Bill Marshall

PAUL COYER, Contributor at Forbes.com, Research Professor at the Institute of World Politics:

• The current state of affairs in Venezuela
• How external support systems are propping up Maduro’s regime
• Implications of Iran’s intel networks in Caracas

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):

• Anniversary of Trump’s withdrawal from the JCPOA
• Debunking Ben Rhodes’ 5 myths about Iran
• The source of heightening tensions on Persian Gulf
• South Korea’s enabling of Pyongyang

KEVIN FREEMAN, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy, Creator of Global Economic Warfare.com, Author of “Game Plan” and “Secret Weapon”:

• Dangers of Huawei’s infiltration globally
• The current state of U.S.-China trade deals
• Consequences of Beijing’s control of rare earth minerals

BILL MARSHALL, Has been an intelligence analyst and investigator in the government, the private sector, and the non-profit sector for 30 years, Senior Investigator for Judicial Watch:

• Introducing a new character in the anti-Trump conspiracy
• Were FISA warrants granted illegally by the Obama administration’s DOJ?

With Sam Faddis, Peter Pry, Robert Charles and Gordon Chang

SAM FADDIS, Former CIA Ops Officer, Spent twenty years as an Operations officer in the Middle East, South Asia and Europe., Former Candidate for Congress, Senior Subject Matter Expert at Axon/Lockheed Martin, Author of Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA (2009):

• Implications of rising tensions on the Persian Gulf
• The current “shadow war” with Iran
• How the U.S. should respond to Tehran’s aggression

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:

• Dangers of Iran’s use of asymmetric warfare
• The vulnerability of U.S. electric grid to EMP attacks
• Why U.S. adversaries’ prioritization of critical infrastructure is significant
• How President Trump can better protect our grid

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:

• Iran’s engagement in asymmetric warfare against the U.S.
• Dissecting the continuing anti-Trump conspiracy
• Implications of attacks on Attorney Barr

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):

• What is China’s existential challenge?
• How Xi Jinping is weaponizing rare earth minerals in U.S.-China trade disputes
• The increasing totalitarian character of China’s current regime

 

With Trayce Bradford, Diana West, Faith McDonell and Suzanne Scholte

TRAYCE BRADFORD, President of Texas Eagle Forum:

• What is the ‘Red Flag’ law in Texas?
• Implications of Texas’ ‘Mental Health Initiative’

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

• Why the Steele dossier’s influence on the Mueller report must be exposed
• Implications of the Putin-Clinton relationship
• Dissecting John Brennan’s ideological motivations

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

• The agenda of racist Islamists in North Sudan
• The current state of South Sudan-U.S. relations
• The persecution of Christians in Nigeria

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

• The anniversary of North Korea Freedom Week
• Why China is complicit in Pyongyang’s crimes against humanity
• South Korea’s treatment of Northern defectors

With Russ Dallen, Joseph Humire, Sam Westrop and Kevin Freeman

RUSS DALLEN, President & Editor in Chief at The Latin American Herald Tribune, Head of the international investment bank, Caracas Capital Markets, Served as President of Venezuela’s “The Daily Journal”:

• Should the U.S. intervene militarily in Caracas?
• Interim President Guaido seeks foreign assistance
• Dissecting Cuba’s involvement in Venezuela

JOSEPH HUMIRE, Executive Director of the Center for a Secure Free Society, Former Director of Institute Relations at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Author of Iran’s Strategic Penetration of Latin America (2014):

• The role external actors playing in the Venezuelan crisis
• How Maduro and other U.S. adversaries weaponize illicit activities to perpetuate their agendas
• Why we can’t rely on Venezuela’s military as a sole solution

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

• Examining Sharia supremacism
• Dangers of the agenda to impose theocracy on the West
• Dangers of the Muslim Brotherhood’s use of stealthy Jihad

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 U.S.-China trade negotiations
• Why Trump should not bail out Beijing in trade talk outcomes
• China’s history of intellectual property theft and unrestricted warfare

With Jim Fanell, Hans von Spakovsky, Gordon Chang and Lawrence Peck

JIM FANELL, Retired from US Navy in 2015 concluding 30 year career as a naval intelligence officer specializing in Indo-Asia Pacific security affairs with an emphasis on the Chinese Navy, Assignments included tours as the Assistant Chief of Staff for intelligence for the U.S. Seventh Fleet aboard the USS Blue Ridge, the Office of Naval Intelligence China Senior Intelligence Officer, etc., Former National Security Affairs Fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University:

• Two Saudi oil tankers attacked in Persian Gulf
• Implications of rising U.S.-Iran tensions
• Why the U.S. must improve naval capabilities

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:

• Is comparing Eric Holder and William Barr productive?
• Barr being held in contempt by Democrats
• Dissecting the voter fraud phenomenon in the U.S.

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):

• Xi Jinping announces retaliatory tariffs against the U.S.
• Prospects of the U.S.-China trade deal
• Has North Korea resumed testing shorter range missiles?

LAWRENCE PECK, Advisor at the North Korean Freedom Coalition:

• Trump’s downplaying of Pyongyang’s recent missile test
• Prospects of the reunification of the Korean peninsula
• Danger of Pro-NK influence operations in the U.S.