Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

With Fred Fleitz, Bruce Bechtol, Matthew Brodsky and Kevin Freeman

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):

• President Trump designates the IRGC a terrorist organization
• Implications of the politicization of U.S. intelligence agencies 
• The status of the Iranian nuclear program

BRUCE BECHTOL, Professor of Political Science at Angelo State University, Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Korea Observer, Member of the Board of Directors of the Council on U.S.-Korea Security Studies, President of the International Council on Korean Studies, Author of North Korean Military Proliferation in the Middle East and Africa: Enabling Violence and instability (August 2018):

• Dangers of Moon Jae-In’s enabling of the North Korean regime
• Prospects of a “peaceful reunification” of the Korean peninsula
• Kim Jong Un’s weapons capabilities

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:

• Prospects of today’s Knesset election in Israel
• The reality of Netanyahu’s comments on West Bank annexation
• Trump recognizes Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights

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

• Saudi Arabia threatens to sell oil in currencies other than U.S. dollar
• What would happen if U.S. dollar was replaced as world currency?
• The danger cyber-warfare poses to our financial system

With Robert Charles, Harold Rhode, Gordon Chang and Suzanne Scholte

With Robert Charles, Harold Rhode, Gordon Chang and Suzanne Scholte

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

• Chief of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen, resigns
• The significance of President Trump designating the IRGC a terrorist organization

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):

• Details on upcoming election in Israel
• Netanyahu promises to permanently annex West Bank if re-elected
• The reality of the Iranian threat

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):

• How Beijing poses a direct threat to Taiwan
• Prospects of real progress regarding US-China trade deal
• Why we need strong commitments on behalf of the US to defend Taiwan
• Implications of South Korea enabling Pyongyang

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

• Dangers of South Korea’s efforts to prop up North Korean regime
• The underground railroad of North Korea
• Why China must halt its enabling of Pyongyang

With Russ Dallen, Shoshana Bryen, Rosemary Jenks and Robert Spalding

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”:

• Russian deployments in Venezuela
• Prospects of the presidency of Guaido
• Why humanitarian intervention may be required in Venezuela

SHOSHANA BRYEN, Senior Director of the Jewish Policy Center, Former Senior Director for Security Policy at JINSA:

• Ominous implications of the future of Syria
• The threat Iranian proxies pose to Israel
• Trump recognizes Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights

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

• The massive crisis at our southern border
• Why the Democrats have a clear incentive to keep the border open

ROBERT SPALDING, Former Special Assistant to the U.S. Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, Former Military Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations, Former Chief China strategist for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, Former Senior Defense Official and Defense Attache to China in Beijing, China, Former Senior Director for Strategic Planning at the National Security Council:

• Upcoming 40^th anniversary of Taiwan Relations Act
• Dangerous implications of China’s military buildup
• How the U.S. could be involved in China-Taiwan conflict

With Peter Huessy, Grant Newsham and David Goldman

PETER HUESSY, Director for Strategic Deterrent Studies at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, Former Senior Defense Consultant at the National Defense University Foundation, Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council:

• The survivability of our submarine force
• How far along are our adversaries in pursuing dramatic nuclear force modernizations?

(PART TWO)

• Implications of the advocacy of unilateral nuclear disarmament by the U.S.
• Prospects that China is covertly building up its nuclear arsenal

GRANT NEWSHAM, Senior Research Fellow at Japan Forum for Strategic Studies:

• Why China’s intellectual property theft must be addressed in any future trade deal
• Why Beijing’s production of Fentanyl is a U.S. national security issue

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

• The persecution of Christians in China
• Dangerous implication of Xi’s ‘Social Credit Score’ system

With Lawrence Sellin, J. Michael Waller, Andrew Arthur and Curtis Ellis

 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:

• Beijing’s role in the current conflict in Afghanistan
• What is the China-Pakistan economic corridor?
• Implications of Xi’s expanding One Belt One Road Initiative

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

• Dissecting motivations behind the Mueller investigation
• The state of political warfare in the U.S. against Trump

ANDREW ARTHUR, Resident Fellow in Law and Policy for the Center for Immigration Studies:

• The state of U.S. border insecurity
• Why Trump’s declaration of a national emergency was critical

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

• Xi Jinping’s plan for global supremacy
• The current state of U.S.-China trade deal  
• Why Rep. Adam Schiff must be removed from the House Intelligence Oversight Committee

With Diana West

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

• Dissecting the Anti-Trump conspiracy
• The impact of Mueller’s investigation conclusions

(PART TWO):

• What were Nellie Or’s motivations?
• Implications of James Comey and John Brennan’s ideological groundings
• How socialism is manifesting itself in the Democratic party

(PART THREE):

• The reality of Clinton-Russia collusion
• How senior officials in the Obama administration abused FISA warrant procedures

(PART FOUR):

• Dangers of the politicization of U.S. intelligence and security agencies
• Why Mueller protects the Deep State

With Fred Fleitz, Gordon Chang, Kevin Freeman and Dr. George Baker

With Fred Fleitz, Gordon Chang, Kevin Freeman and Dr. George Baker

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):

• Nancy Pelosi’s encouraging speech supporting Israel at AIPAC
• The demise of the Southern Poverty Law Center

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):

• The flaws within Beijing’s One Belt One Road Initiative
• Why China was never a superpower

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

• Why Beijing’s intellectual property theft must be addressed in trade deal talks
• Dangerous implications of China’s social credit score system
• What is the National Security Investment Consultants Institute?

DR. GEORGE BAKER, Director of the Foundation for Resilient Societies, Professor Emeritus at James Madison University, Previously led the Defense Nuclear Agency’s EMP program, Member of Congressional EMP Commission Staff:

• President Trump signs Executive Order to counter EMP threat
• The vulnerability of U.S. electric grid

With David Goldman, Joe diGenova, Dr. Peter Pry 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:

• Xi’s ambitions include global supremacy
• Trump recognizes Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights
• Dangers of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

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:

• The abuse of unmasking by senior officials in the Obama administration
• Dissecting the Trump-Russia collusion hoax

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:

• President Trump’s Executive Order addressing EMP
• The vulnerability of the U.S. electric grid

MIKE WALLER, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs at the Center for Security Policy, Author of Apocalypse Unknown: The Struggle To Protect America From An Electromagnetic Pulse Catastrophe and Electric Armageddon:

• Adam Schiff’s role in the Trump-collusion narrative
• The demise of the Southern Poverty Law Center
• Implications of Sharia blasphemy restrictions

With Elaine Donnelly, Diana West, Robert Charles and Bill Gertz

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

• Why the social engineering of U.S. defense forces is dangerous
• Implications on the morale and readiness of the U.S. military

DIANA WEST, Nationally syndicated columnist, Blogs at Dianawest.net:

• The Mueller investigation’s conclusion
• Implications of the anti-Trump conspiracy

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:

• How China is implicated in the US Fentanyl abuse crisis
• Why some republicans don’t consider our border crisis a security issue?
• Trump’s declaration regarding free speech on campus

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):

• Pentagon conducts successful missile defense test
• Dangers of China’s land-attack missile disguised in shipping container
• The launch of the Committee on the Present Danger: China

With Bill Koenig

BILL KOENIG, President of Kroenig – World Watch Daily, Publishes weekly “Koenig’s Eye View From the White House,” Author of Eye to Eye: Facing the Consequences of Dividing Israel (2004), and Revealed: Obama’s Legacy (2016):

• The biblical significance of Israel
• The Judeo-Christian roots of the United States

(PART TWO):

• Shared interests and values between the US and Israel
• The strategic significance of the US-Israel relationship
• Dangers of the Iranian threat

(PART THREE):

• The impact of Obama’s legacy in the Middle East
• Why Trump’s decision to move US embassy to Jerusalem is so critical
• The failure of the JCPOA

(PART FOUR):

• Prospects of Jared Kushner’s Middle East plan
• Consequences of dividing the land of Israel
• Why the Golan Heights and the West Bank are strategically essential to Israel