Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

With Daniel Horowitz, Yoram Ettinger, Kevin Freeman and Nina Shea

DANIEL HOROWITZ, Senior Editor at The Conservative Review, Author of “The Conservative Consciousness with Daniel Horowitz,” Former Policy Director for the Madison Project:

• Implications of the Omnibus Bill
• Gun control provisions on a budget bill?
• A blueprint for new conservatives

YORAM ETTINGER, Former Minister for Congressional Affairs at Israel’s Embassy in D.C., Consultant to Israeli and U.S. Legislators:

• The appoint of John Bolton to role of NSA
• Significance of the US Posture of deterrence
• Current state of the Israeli-Palestinian ‘peace process’

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 looming trade war with China
• The story of US telecom software contract in Sweden
• Gulftainer to take over 2^nd US port
• Russian and Iranian cyber-attacks on US critical infrastructures 

NINA SHEA, Director of the Center for Religious Freedom and Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, Commissioner on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom:

• Persecution of Christians in the Middle East
• The UN’s failure to aid persecuted Christians
• Saudi Arabia’s messaging to children via textbooks

With Gordon Chang, Richard Pollock, Bill Gertz and Elaine Donnelly

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:”

• U.S. closes Russian consulate in Seattle
• Prospects for a trade war with China
• The re-negotiation of the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement
• John Bolton’s views on North Korea

RICHARD POLLOCK, Senior Investigative Reporter at The Daily Caller:

• John Bolton to replace H.R. McMaster
• The Trump White House 2.0
• Significance of current events in Guatemala

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):

• The expulsion of Russian officers in U.S. and E.U.
• The threat of hyper-sonic weapons
• Significance of John Bolton’s appointment
• The intensifying Chinese threat to Taiwan

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:

• Dangers of political correctness in the military
• The Obama policy vs. Mattis policy

With Ambassador Henry 'Hank' Cooper

AMB. HANK COOPER, Director of the Strategic Defensive Initiative Organization (SDIO) during the Bush Administration, Associate of the National Institute of Public Policy:

• John Bolton as new NSA
• Why personnel is policy
• Promising prospects of Trump’s recent appointments

(PART TWO):

• 35^th anniversary of Reagan missile defense speech
• Key figures in influencing SDI speech 

(PART THREE):

• Why is space defense such a controversial topic?
• The threat from hyper-sonic maneuvering vehicles
• Why space was never a ‘sanctuary’ post WWII 

(PART FOUR):

• SDI’s Brilliant Pebbles progam
• Significance of Aegis systems 

(PART FIVE):

• How US adversaries have technologically gotten ahead
• Predictive algorithms and strategic defense measures

With Fred Fleitz, David Goldman, Dr. Lawrence Sellin and Jose Cardenas

FRED FLEITZ, Senior VP for Policy and Programs at CSP, Former CIA analyst, Former Chief of Staff for Amb. John Bolton in the State Dept.:

• John Brennan’s attacks on President Trump
• The politicization of the intelligence community
• The Russia collusion narrative 

(PART TWO):

• Prospects of a NK summit
• Will Trump pull out of the Iran deal?
• How H.R. McMaster undermines the President

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

• How China plans to dominate technology & trade industries
• Aborting Broadcom’s takeover of Qualcomm
• Significance of tariffs targeting Chinese goods

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:

• Geo-political implications of the Iran-Pakistan border
• China’s military buildup
• Policy recommendations regarding Beijing

JOSE CARDENAS, Associate at VisiónAméricas, Blogs at Foreign Policy Magazine’s “Shadow Government”, Served in senior positions at the State Department, National Security Council, and USAID, Former Acting Assistant Administrator for Latin America at the U.S. Agency for International Development in the George W. Bush Administration:

• Trump’s upcoming visit to Peru for Summit of the Americas
• How Colombia and Brazil are affected by Maduro’s regime
• Venezuela’s crypto-currency

With Diana West

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

• Stalin’s influence in US gov’t during Roosevelt era
• The significance of policy manipulation study
• The explosion of government under the New Deal 

(PART TWO):

• FDR’s decision to embrace relations with Soviet Union
• Soviet tradecraft & information operations
• The effort to exonerate Alger Hiss 

(PART THREE):

• Are information operations merely a myth?
• The role of Harry Dexter White
• How WWII could have ended earlier

(PART FOUR):

• The importance of the Venona documents
• Implications of criticizing investigative history
• What is The March Through the Institutions?

(PART FIVE):

• The “Red Thread” series
• The continuity of Soviet/Russia influence operations in the US

With Kevin Freeman, Luis Fleischman, George Rasley and Justin Miller

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:

• Russian attacks on US energy grid
• Serial bombings in Texas
• Importance of UK acknowledging threat from Russia 

LUIS FLEISCHMAN, Advisor for the Menges Hemispheric Security Project at the Center for Security Policy, Author of “Latin America in the Post-Chavez Era: The Threat to U.S. Security,” Adjunct Professor at Florida Atlantic University:

• The arrest of a Cuban national in Colombia
• Sanctions on Venezuela’s crypto-currency
• Trump and Pence to speak at Organization of American States in Peru

GEORGE RASLEY, Editor of Conservative HQ:

• Are Russian influence operations new?
• The significance of understanding the threat
• Nancy Pelosi’s ambitions 

JUSTIN MILLER, Ambassador Outreach, Objective Zero:

• Suicide among veterans
• Responsiveness of the V.A. to veterans in need
• The functioning of Operation Zero
• Bridging the gap between civilians and veterans

With Gordon Chang, Claudia Rosett, Ken Timmerman and Jessica Vaughan

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:

• Probability of President Trump and Kim Jong Un meeting
• Will NK ever denuclearize?
• The future of wireless communications
• Vladimir Putin’s unsurprising victory 

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

• The re-election of Putin
• The poisoning of ex-Russian spy in the UK
• Implications of the Skolkovo transfer 

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:

• The incoming arrival of Saudi’s crown prince
• How Iran deal sparked region-wide proliferation of weapons
• What is the US doing in Yemen?
• Turkey’s actions in Northern Syria 

JESSICA VAUGHAN, Director of Policy Studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, Former Foreign Service Officer with the State Department where she served in Belgium and Trinidad & Tobago:

• How the Feds are pushing back against the sanctuary state policy
• Lizbeth Mateo’s appointment and background

With Benjamin Weingarten, Tom Popik, Michael Mabee and Charles LiMandri

BENJAMIN WEINGARTEN, Founder and CEO of ChangeUp Media LLC, Senior Contributor at The Federalist, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research, 2015 Publius Fellow to the Claremont Institute:

• Is the departure of H.R. McMaster underway?
• Adam Schiff on Russia collusion narrative

TOM POPIK, Chairman, President, Director and co-founder of the Foundation for Resilient Societies & MICHAEL MABEE, Author of The Civil Defense Book: Emergency Preparedness for a Rural or Suburban Community:

• What’s wrong with our electric grid?
• The effectiveness of FERC and NAERC
• Successes of The Foundation for Resilient Societies

(PART TWO):

• The vulnerability of US electric grid
• Threat of Russian cyber attacks

CHARLES LIMANDRI, President and Chief Counsel of the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund, Attorney at Limandri & Jonna LLP:

• The Anti-Islamic bullying project
• The Coronado church directory controversy
• CAIR attempts to implement agenda on public schools

With Dan Perkins, Dr. Anne Pierce, David Goldman and Raymond Ibrahim

DAN PERKINS, Author of The Brotherhood of the Red Nile, Writings can be found on Constitution.com, The Hill, Daily Caller and Daily Surge:

• Upcoming North Korean Summit
• Trump vs. Obama on nuclear diplomacy
• Should the EU stay out of NK talks?

 DR. ANNE PIERCE, Contributor to the Washington Times, Richochet.com, Real Clear Politics and The Washington Examiner, Author of A Perilous Path: The Misguided Foreign Policy of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry

• The attempted murder of former Russian spy in UK
• British and US response to Russian spy attack

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

• Economic policy in the Trump administration
• Larry Kudlow to replace Gary Cohn
• The case for tariffs regarding national security

RAYMOND IBRAHIM, Author of Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians, Ibrahim’s writings, translations and observations have appeared in The New York Times, CNN, LA Times, Fox News, Financial Times, etc., Born and raised in the U.S. by Coptic-Egyptian parents born and raised in the Middle East:

• Iraqi Arch Bishop describes persecution of Christians
• STPC Campaign

With Dr. Herbert London, Diana West, Mark Krikorian, Rachelle Peterson and Dr. Peter Pry

DR. HERBERT LONDON, President of the London Center for Policy and Research, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute:

• Is Rex Tillerson’s exit a good thing?
• President Trump’s planned summit with Kim Jong-Un
• The ‘Russian chessboard’

DIANA WEST, Author of Death of the Grown Up and American Betrayal:

• President Trump’s recent staff shake-ups
• Is the American Left beginning a course correction on Russia?
• Operation Ghost Stories

MARK KRIKORIAN, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies:

• Democrats’ call to abolish the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency
• How eliminating ICE would be a disaster for public safety
• California laws interfering with enforcement of federal immigration law
• Where DACA amnesty stands

RACHELLE PETERSON, Director of Research Projects at the National Association of Scholars, Policy Advisor for the Heartland Institute:

• Chinese funded Confucius Institutes on American college campuses
• How Beijing exerts control over what is taught about China in American universities
• FBI investigations into Confucius Institutes
• Why colleges and universities should voluntarily close every Confucius institute

 DR. PETER PRY, Executive Director of the Congressional Task Force on National and Homeland Security:

• Russia’s overwhelming advantage in nuclear weapons
• Putin’s ‘Escalation Dominance’
• The ‘blind leading the blind’ on EMP