Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

With Rosemary Jenks

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

• What is the House of Representatives debating this week?
• Trump’s campaign promises regarding immigration
• The Ryan Bill vs. Goodlatte Bill

(PART TWO):

• Trump’s four immigration pillars
• Implications of chain migration
• Will President Trump support Ryan amnesty plan?

(PART THREE):

• Significance of a physical wall for national security
• Why e-verify system is controversial 

(PART FOUR):

• How sanctuary cities violate federal law
• Influx of MS-13 members with DACA

With Dr. Stephen Blank

DR. STEPHEN BLANK, Senior Fellow for Russia at the American Foreign Policy Council, 26 years of experience as a Professor of National Security Studies at the Strategic Studies Institute of U.S. Army War College:

• Soviet nuclear strategy in the Cold War
• The formation of “Team B”

(PART TWO):

• Significance of Ukraine in Russia’s history
• Putin’s investment in Russia’s nuclear weapon arsenal

(PART THREE):

• Putin’s goal to control escalation
• Russia’s involvement in Syria and greater aims for the Middle East

(PART FOUR):

• The current state of Russia-China strategic partnership
• Are Austria and Hungary pro-Russian states?

With Kevin Freeman, Admiral James 'Ace' Lyons, Paul Prentice and Dr. Harold Rhode

KEVIN FREEMAN, Author of Game Plan: How to Protect Yourself from the Coming Cyber-Economic Attack (2013), Author of Secret Weapon: How Economic Terrorism Brought Down the U.S. Stock Market and Why It Can Happen Again (2012), Founder of Globaleconomicwarfare.com,Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy:

• Trump and Kim Jong Un meet in Singapore
• US to suspend military exercises i South Korea?
• Chinese hacks sensitive information from naval ship 

ADMIRAL JAMES ‘ACE’ LYONS:  Former Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, the largest single military command in the world, Served as Senior U.S. Military Representative to the United Nations:

• Will North Korea ever denuclearize fully?
• Details on the Singapore summit
• Why China is not a natural ally in containing NK threat 

PAUL PRENTICE, Fellow in Economics, Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University, Former Chief Macroeconomist at the US Department of Agriculture under Reagan:

• How US has strengthened China’s economy
• Why we should support Trump’s tariffs

DR. HAROLD RHODE, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute, Former Turkish Desk Officer at the US Department of Defense:

• Why Turkey is no longer a US ally
• Erdogan’s direct threats to Israel
• Manifesto against new anti-Semitism in France

With Secretary John Lehman

JOHN LEHMAN, Author of Oceans Ventured: Winning the Cold War at Sea (2018), Served as Secretary of the Navy in the Reagan administration, Serves on the National Security Advisory Council for CSP:

• Reagan’s wartime strategy to defeat the Soviet Union
• Why US maritime power was essential in fighting Cold War
• How geography is determining in military balances 

(PART TWO):

• Why Reagan emphasized deterrence
• Significance of the buildup of US military forces during Cold War

(PART THREE):

• Admiral James ‘Ace’ Lyons significant contributions to Cold War win
• Russia’s strategic modernization programs 

(PART FOUR):

• Dangers of emerging Chinese threat
• The militarization of space
• A call to restore US naval power

 

With Bill Gertz, Rachel Ehrenfeld, Kevin Freeman and David Goldman

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):

• Three pending Chinese spy recruitment cases
• Possible consequences of Chinese hacks OPM data
• Implications of Beijing’s telecommunications equipment 

RACHEL EHRENFELD, Founder, President and Director of the American Center for Democracy:

• The Obama administration’s appeasement of Iran
• The threat of political Islam domestically
• The collaboration of the red-green axis

KEVIN FREEMAN, Author of Game Plan: How to Protect Yourself from the Coming Cyber-Economic Attack (2013), Author of Secret Weapon: How Economic Terrorism Brought Down the U.S. Stock Market and Why It Can Happen Again (2012), Founder of Globaleconomicwarfare.com,Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy:

• The plan to de-dollarize the global economy
• How China prioritizes the long-game of economic warfare

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

• National security implications of certain transactions with China
• ZTE takes an enormous hit in fines

With Diana West, Clare Lopez, Hans Von Spakovsky and Russ Dallen

DIANA WEST, Nationally Syndicated Columnist, Blogs at DianaWest.net, Author of “Death of the Grown Up” and “American Betrayal”:

• The smears against NSC Chief-of-Staff Fred Fleitz
• Implications of Clinton’s Russia ties

CLARE LOPEZ, Vice President for Research & Analysis at the Center for Security Policy, Former CIA Clandestine Officer:

• The Obama administration’s appeasement of Iran
• Dangers of Iran’s enrichment capabilities
• Turkey: US ally no more?

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 anniversary of the Battle of Belleau Wood
• Alabama lawsuit against the Census Bureau
• Political ramifications of voter fraud 

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”:

• Venezuela’s continuous deterioration
• VP Pence hosts The Organization of American States conference

With Roger Kimball, Dr. Daniel Pipes, Bill Marshall and Tom Popik

ROGER KIMBALL, Editor and Publisher of the New Criterion, President and Publisher of Encounter Books:

• 50^th anniversary of the cultural revolution
• The Reagan legacy in US society
• Significance of the ‘peace through strength’ mantra

DR. DANIEL PIPES, Founder and President of the Middle East Forum, Affiliate Professor at the University of Haifa:

• Implications of huge migrant influx to western countries
• The rise of the red-green axis
• Why Turkey should no longer be considered a US ally

BILL MARSHALL, Senior Investigator for Judicial Watch:

• Corruption in the Clinton State Department
• Implications of Huma Abedin’s email scandals
• Background investigations on gov. employees under the Obama administration

TOM POPIK, Chairman, President, Director and Co-founder of the Foundation for Resilient Societies:

• The Dept. of Energy’s efforts to secure our electric grid
• North American Electric Reliability Corporation
• How US adversaries could exploit grid vulnerabilities

 

With Gordon Chang, Claudia Rosett, Matthew Continetti and Luke Rosiak

GORDON CHANG, Forbes.com Columnist, World Affairs Journal Blogger, the Daily Beast Contributor, Author of “The Coming Collapse of China” and “Nuclear Showdown; North Korea Takes on the World:”

• Former North Korea Spy Chief visits Trump in White House
• Will North Korea summit proceed before NK fulfills commitment?

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

• Why US officials must consider NK human rights abuses
• How China props up brutal North Korea regime
• Why we must counteract the threat posed by China

MATTHEW CONTINETTI, Editor in Chief of the Washington Free Beacon, Contributing Editor to the Weekly Standard, Author of “The K Street Gang: The Rise and Fall of the Republican Machine,” Author of “The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star”:

• What is the ‘China problem?’
• China's adversarial relationship to the US
• Ben Rhodes and the Obama echo-chamber

LUKE ROSIAK, Investigative Reporter at The Daily Caller:

• Significance of the House IT scandal
• Why isn’t law enforcement taking this scandal seriously?

With Bill Gertz, Diana West, Michael Cutler and Robert Ramano

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):

• Fred Fleitz appointed NSC chief-of-staff and executive secretary
• China’s artificial intelligence warfare capabilities
• Why the US should launch counterintelligence program against theft

DIANA WEST, Nationally Syndicated Columnist, Blogs at DianaWest.net, Author of “Death of the Grown Up” and “American Betrayal”:

• Shortfalls of the Russian ‘collusion’ narrative
• Clinton’s ties to Russian characters

MICHAEL CUTLER, Retired Senior Special Agent of the former Immigration and Naturalization Services, Hosts the radio show, “The Michael Cutler Hour” on Friday evenings on BlogTalk Radio:

• Democrats response to Trump’s MS-13 ‘animals’ comment
• Canada’s stronger border security policies

ROBERT RAMANO, Vice President of Public Policy at Americans for Limited Government:

• China’s attack on US intellectual property and assets
• Why ports are essential to US national security

With Adm. Ace Lyons, Dan Blumenthal, David Goldman and Robert Ramano

ADM. JAMES ‘ACE’ LYONS, Former Commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Served as Senior U.S. Military Representative to the United Nations, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations from 1983-1985:

• Will NK ever fully denuclearize?
• Could Russia play a peaceful role on the Korean peninsula?
• Drugs & political warfare

DAN BLUMENTHAL, Director of Asian Studies and Resident Fellow at AEI:

• Prospects of North Korean summit
• China’s influence on the Pyongyang issue
• Dangers of the China-Russia relationship

DAVID GOLDMAN, Founder and CEO of ChangeUp Media LLC, His writing has appeared at TheFederalist.com City Journal and Conservative Review, 2015 Publius Fellow to the Claremont Institute:

• Consequences of current governing crisis in Italy
• Germany & Italy: An unlikely coalition
• The immigration issue in Europe 

ROBERT RAMANO, Vice President of Public Policy at Americans for Limited Government:

• China’s attack on US intellectual property and assets
• Why ports are essential to US national security