Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

With Taysir Abu Saada, Diana West, Trevor Loudon and Russ Dallen

With Taysir Abu Saada, Diana West, Trevor Loudon and Russ Dallen

Taysir Abu Saada, Chairman and CEO Hope for Ishmael, Author of Once an Arafat Man:

• The intended reach and impacts of the Hope for Ishmael organization

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

• The significance of President Trump’s State of the Union address
• Trump presents critical dichotomies to Democrats in the House
• How to counter the Anti-American enemy within

TREVOR LOUDON, Creator of The Enemies Within (out September 2016), Author of Barack Obama and the Enemies Within (2011) and The Enemies Within: Communists, Socialists and Progressives in the U.S. Congress:

• Trump vows the US will never turn Socialist
• Why the Left must be defunded
• We must call out radicals in Congress

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”:

• How Maduro and Socialism destroyed Venezuela
• The significance of major nations supporting opposition leader Guaido
• Do economic sanctions alone work?

With Fred Fleitz, Fred Galvin, Joseph Humire 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):

• Consequences of intelligence officials critiquing Trump’s North Korea plan
• Dangers of officials undermining Trump’s foreign policy agendas
• A review of President Trump’s Iran policies

FRED GALVIN, Commander of the MARSOC 7, Also working with Rep. Walter Jones to have the Commandant award the MARSOC 7 the newly approved raider insignia, Maj. Galvin (Ret.) has fought for eleven years to have the MARSOC 7 fully exonerated:

• The vindication of MARSOC 7
• Recent 12-page report from Department of Navy exonerating MARSOC 7 team

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):

• Is the Venezuelan military the deciding factor in future of the country?
• Why Russia and China continue to prop up Maduro 

KEVIN FREEMAN, Host of Economic War Room, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy, Author of “Game Plan” and “Secret Weapon”:

• Strategic implications of China’s economic manipulations in Venezuela
• Consequences of Beijing’s advancing surveillance tactics

With Mark Krikorian and J. Michael Waller

With Mark Krikorian and J. Michael Waller

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

• Is the shut-down really about immigration?
• How physical barriers make a profound impact on migration control

(PART TWO):

• Democrats prohibit Trump from using new wall prototypes
• Details on concessions given to the Democrats so far
• Consequences of amnesty

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

• The devastating impacts of Maduro’s regime
• Dangers of terror groups and adversarial state actors functioning freely in Venezuela
• What do our adversaries stand to lose in Venezuela?

(PART TWO):

• What should the U.S. be doing to protect interim President Guaido
• The ‘Troika of Tyranny’ in Latin America

With Robert Charles

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 devastating impacts narcotics have on society

(PART TWO):

• Consequences of the misinformation campaign on marijuana
• How national security is impacted by drug abuse and trafficking

(PART THREE):

• 5 steps to counter drug addiction and abuse
• The public safety damage to society caused by legalizing drugs
• Why protecting our borders is essential to public health and safety

(PART FOUR):

• How to coordinate with countries to reduce production of drugs

With Rick Fisher, Kevin Freeman and Diana West

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:

• Significant findings in The China Military Power Report
• Dangers of the power projection capabilities of Beijing

(PART TWO):

• How to sufficiently deter our adversaries
• The communist control of China’s military

KEVIN FREEMAN: Host of Economic War Room, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy, Author of “Game Plan” and “Secret Weapon”:

• Implications of relying on Huawei
• Will Canada extradite Huawei executive to the U.S.?
• Details on Xi Jinping’s recent speech to top party officials

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

• Frankfurt schools and the spread of cultural Marxism
• Consequences of the ‘Red Thread’

With Tony Nnadi

TONY NNADI, Secretary General of the Lower Niger Congress:

• Why the U.S. must pay attention to Nigeria

(PART TWO):

• Dangers of Sharia supremacist forces in Nigeria
• The reality of the Boko Haram resurgence

(PART THREE):

• The activities of the global Islamic movement in Africa
• The widespread religious persecution in Nigeria

(PART FOUR):

• Details on Nigeria’s Fulani tribe
• Why the U.S. should increase involvement in Nigeria

With Clarence Vold, J. Michael Waller, Amb. Hank Cooper and David Goldman

CLARENCE VOLD, Author of Farmer’s Son, Military Career:

• Detail’s on Vold’s inspiring memoir highlighting his military experiences

AMB. HANK COOPER, Director of the Strategic Defensive Initiative Organization (SDIO) during the Bush Administration, Chairman of Applied Research Associates, Senior Associate of the National Institute of Public Policy, Visiting Fellow at the Heritage Center:

• Details on the Pentagon's Missile Defense Review 
• Why a strong space defense system should be a priority 

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

• The unveiling of Trump’s Missile Defense Review
• Debunking the Trump-Russia collusion narratives

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

• How will China respond to Trump’s missile defense initiative?
• Implications of Erdogan’s plans for Syria
• Pompeo’s repudiation of Obama’s Middle East strategy

With Dr. Peter Pry

With Dr. Peter Pry

DR. 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:

• Implications of Russia’s undisputed nuclear superiority across the spectrum
• Impacts of the United States prohibiting itself from advancing generation nuclear weapons

(PART TWO):

• Dangers of China’s theft of nuclear weapons design
• Beijing nears critical military milestone

(PART THREE):

• Prospects of North Korean denuclearization
• Can we trust intel regarding Iran’s nuclear program?
• Consequences of a Pakistan-India nuclear war

(PART FOUR)

• Why EMP poses an existential threat to our nation

With Aaron Kleigman, Diana West, Joe diGenova and Elaine Donnelly

AARON KLEIGMAN, News Editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

• Details on India’s Cold Start military doctrine
• Why the US needs a more robust stance towards Pakistan

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

• All forms of supremacism should be opposed equally
• Debunking the Trump-Putin conspiracy narratives

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:

• Who is behind the counter-narrative to smear Trump?
• The Mueller investigation’s evident obstruction of justice

ELAINE DONNELLY, Founder and President of the Center for Military Readiness, Appointed by President George H.W. Bush to the Presidential Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces in 1992:

• Implications of women in combat roles
• Dangers of diminished standards in basic training courses

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

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

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:

• Open border policies and drug trafficking
• The FBI’s counter-intelligence operation against President Trump

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)

• Is confidence in our justice system fading?
• Debunking the Trump-Putin conspiracy narratives
• Mainstream media lies continue

GORDON CHANG, The Daily Beast contributor, Author of The Coming Collapse of China and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World:

• Why we must protect Qualcomm
• The importance of an American company dominating 5G technology

KEVIN FREEMAN, Host of Economic War Room, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy, Author of “Game Plan” and “Secret Weapon”:

• Grave consequences of China’s intellectual property theft
• Why the US must maintain a competitive position in the 5G sector