Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

With David Wurmser and Grant Newsham

DAVID WURMSER, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs, Center for Security Policy, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander

• An on-site update of the Israel-Hamas war
• What is the role of Iran in this war?
• Was Israel aware of a potential Hamas attack?
• Who is Maher Bitar?
• What has the Biden administation’s policy been towards Israel?

GRANT NEWSHAM, Senior Fellow, Center for Security Policy, Senior Research Fellow, Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, Contributor, Asia Times, @NewshamGrant

• Chinese connections to Iran
• Is China able to “counter” any sanctions the U.S. may put on Iran?
• China’s funding of “insurgents” around the world
• Reports of military-aged Chinese males entering the United States’ southern border

With Sam Faddis and Bill Walton

SAM FADDIS, Former Clandestine Operations Officer, CIA, Former Congressional Candidate, Editor, ANDMagazine.com, Author, “Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA,” @RealSamFaddis

• Analyzing how Hamas is a “creature” of Iran
• Looking at the doctrine of Hamas members
• Other “proxies” Iran has control over in the Middle East
• Is the Biden administration responsible for the “rise” of Iran?
• How decisions of the Biden administration have benefitted Beijing

BILL WALTON, Host, The Bill Walton Show

• The Iranian regime’s connection to the Chinese Communist Party
• A “both sides” debate taking place in the Israel-Hamas war
• Is China paying attention to how the U.S. reacts to the situation in Israel?

With Stanley Ridgley

STANLEY RIDGLEY, Author, Brutal Minds

With Chuck DeVore, Scott Powell and Bill Walton

CHUCK DEVORE, Vice President of Public Policy, Texas Public Policy Foundation

• Will China ever “pull the trigger” with respect to invading Taiwan?
• Is China enhancing the weapons systems of their ships?
• Is Joe Biden going to be the democratic presidential nominee in 2024?
• Analyzing the impact of Dianne Feinstein’s passing on the makeup of the U.S. Congress

SCOTT POWELL, Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, Former fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution

• A history of the life of Christopher Columbus
• Why do some Americans want to change the name of Columbus Day?

BILL WALTON, Host, The Bill Walton Show

• What is Evergrande?
• Is China undergoing an economic crisis?
• Members of Congress who have benefited from relationships with China

With Col. John Mills

COL. JOHN MILLS, Senior Fellow, Center for Security Policy

• Col. Mills’ new book War Against the Deep State
• An overview of the establishment of the “surveillance state”
• What is the administrative state?
• How do law enforcement, intelligence and big tech work together?
• “Basic rules” of U.S. non-profit organizations
• What is the “most incredible” form of government ever created?

With Cheryl Chumley, Bill Marshall and Tyler O’Neil

CHERYL CHUMLEY, Author, “The Devil in DC,” Opinion Editor, The Washington Times, Twitter: @ckchumley

• Is there going to be “election interference” in the 2024 presidential election?
• What is the basis for the new case against Donald Trump?
• What is the most persecuted religion around the world?

BILL MARSHALL, Senior Investigator, Judicial Watch

• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being denied Secret Service protection
• Who is making the decision on providing Secret Service protection to RFK Jr.?
• An update on investigations into potential criminal activity by the Biden family

TYLER O’NEIL, Managing Editor, The Daily Signal

• A new “hate group” labeled by the Southern Poverty Law Center
• Why does the SPLC have bank accounts in the Cayman Islands?
• Has the federal government “teamed up” with the SPLC?
• How the SPLC has “bolstered” their hate group list

With Amb. Robert Joseph

AMB. ROBERT JOSEPH, Senior Scholar, National Institute for Public Policy

• How North Korea may be “exponentially expanding” their nuclear weapons arsenal
• What could North Korea’s nuclear arsenal look like in 2027?
• How the United States’ defense against nuclear weapons was initially developed
• Can the U.S. missile defense system defeat North Korea’s weapons?
• What has to be done by the United States to slow down North Korea’s nuclear program?
• Does the U.S. have a nuclear containment policy?
• When could Iran realistically create a nuclear weapon?
• Does the United States fully understand the nuclear threat Iran poses?

With Dr. Bradley Thayer and Elaine Donnelly

DR. BRADLEY THAYER, Director of CSP’s China Policy program

• “Internal” problems facing the Chinese Communist Party
• Does Xi Jinping see himself as the “new” Mao?
• The CCP’s desire to dominate the South China Sea
• Why the U.S. needs to stand with the Philippines in their battle against China

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

• “Extremism” being advocated for in various areas of public policy
• The ongoing conflict between Senator Tuberville and the Pentagon
• Discrimination taking place within the U.S. military
• What is C.Q. Brown’s view on transgenders in the military?

With Col. John Mills, Lauren Homer and Dr. Stephen Bryen

COL. JOHN MILLS, Senior Fellow, Center for Security Policy

LAUREN HOMER, President, Law and Liberty International

STEPHEN BRYEN, Senior Fellow, Center for Security Policy

With Rep. John Moolenaar, Lunelle Siegel and Preston Noell

REP. JOHN MOOLENAAR, Representative, MI 4th District

• Issues with the Chinese company Gotion operating in Michigan
• What is Gotion’s connection to the Chinese Communist Party?
• An amendment propose by Rep. Moolenaar to restrict Chinese companies operating in the U.S.
• How Xi Jinping has taken a “dramatically different” approach to China compared to previous rulers

LUNELLE SIEGEL, Defend Arlington Coalition

• A background history of Arlington National Cemetery
• Controversy over a certain memorial at Arlington National Cemetery

PRESTON NOELL, President – Tradition, Family, Property Inc. (TFP)

• What does TFP stand for?
• A “revolution” aimed at destroying the Catholic church
• What is “liberation theology”?