Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

CAROLINE GLICK, author of “The Israeli Solution: A One State Plan for Peace in the Middle East”:

• Important differences between politicians and leaders that affect the security of the free world
• What the President’s recent address says about the national security interests of the U.S. and Israel
• How the ISIS crisis has made the Administration blind to the Iranian threat

DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character”:

• Congress' deliberations over whether to support the President’s new ISIS strategy
• Arming rebel groups has never boded well for the U.S. so why the push to do so in Syria?
• The threat posed by Syrian refugees bringing radical Shariah law to the U.S.

JOHN STRAUCHS, former CIA operations officer and expert on physical security:

• A homeland security update 13 years post 9/11
• Vulnerabilities of the U.S. transportation infrastructure
• The withering of NYC's counterterrorism defenses because of political concessions
• Stuxnet-like malware capable of penetrating system controls in the U.S. prison system

JIM HANSON, former US Army Special Operations Weapons Sergeant:

• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey's claim that military boots on the ground is a potential option for fighting ISIS
• Does the US government have a strategy to defeat ISIS through military, political, cultural, and diplomatic efforts?
• An argument in support of a broader Authorization of Force to defeat offensive, global jihad
• What arming "moderate rebels" in Syria entails

MELIK KAYLAN, co-author of the new book “The Russia–China Axis: The New Cold War and America’s Crisis of Leadership”:

Segment One:

•  Long-term consequences of the world's failure to take note of Russia's invasion of Georgia in 2008
• Why did Pres. George W. Bush decide to treat Russia as an ally?
• Putin's ongoing quest to regain territory lost after the collapse of the Soviet Union
• Russia vs. NATO

Segment Two:

• China's move into America’s backyard via domination of the Panama Canal and other valuable resources
• Communist China's return to old dynastic territorial ambitions
• The intertwining of the U.S. economy with Russia and China that makes treating them as enemies complicated

Segment Three:

• Russia and China's expansion of old empirical spheres of influence in central Asia
• The continued growth and adaptation of the Russian and Chinese military arsenals despite the end of the Cold War
• Plans for a new alternative reserve currency to the dollar—backed by Russia and China—that would devastate the U.S. economy

Segment Four:

• The dangers of losing track of historical geopolitical rivals
• Is America a major combatant in the "War for Ideas"?
• How Middle Eastern conflicts are diverting American attention from Russian/Chinese subversion

Rep. LOUIE GOHMERT (TX-1), Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security:

• Failed US policy and the consequences of dealing with the crisis in Syria
• A look ahead at the Benghazi Select Committee's first hearing on Wednesday
• Did the Administration’s actions in Libya help lead to the chaos there today?
• The Congressional fight against amnesty

LUIS FLEISCHMAN, author of “Latin American in the Post-Chavez Era”:

• Connections between the Venezuelan government and various jihadists organizations
• Findings of a Judicial Watch report claiming ISIS is operating out of Juarez, Mexico
• Venezuela’s bid for a seat at the United Nations Security Council
• Rising anti-Israeli sentiments in the Western Hemisphere

JON IADONISI, Founder of the White Canvas Group:

• The Islamic State's online information campaign
• The use of social media to spread radical Islam
• Differences between the Islamic State and Al Qaeda in tactics and world views

GORDON CHANG, author of “The Coming Collapse of China”:

• Doubtful prospects for Alibaba's IPO
• Russia and China’s energy alliance with lucrative oil contracts
• China’s increasingly tenuous economic growth

Rep. JIM BRIDENSTINE (OK-1), member of the House Armed Services Committee and House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology:

Part 1:

• Barack Obama's change in rhetoric on Iraq after he entered the 2008 presidential race
• Is a new Authorization to Use Military Force necessary for fighting the Islamic State?
• The uncharacteristic manner in which the 2011 Status of Forces Agreement for Iraq was pursued

Part 2:

• The potential for the U.S. to cripple the Russian economy by exporting energy resources to Europe
• Contrasting Vladimir Putin's augmentation of Russia’s nuclear arsenal while the U.S.’s atrophies
• Horrific realities if the U.S. electrical grid is compromised, and an unusually large solar storm expected to hit Earth this weekend

Rep. MIKE KELLY (PA-3), House Committee on Ways and Means member:

• The proposed U.N. Arms Trade Treaty's relationship to the 2nd Amendment and American strategy abroad
• The Senate’s responsibility to protect the country from inadvisable international agreements
• An upcoming conferences on the Arms Trade Treaty that bans opponents of the agreement from attending

BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

• ISIS' threats to behead a third Westerner
• Russia’s increasingly capable nuclear armament and willingness to employ it
• China’s growing understanding of modern warfare and brinksmanship with U.S. flights

BILL ROGGIO, managing editor of The Long War Journal:

• On the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, does the US truly understand the nature of the enemy it faces?
• The President's concerning rhetoric about the Islamic State in yesterday's speech
• Can the Saudis be trusted to properly combat the jihadist threat?

FRED FLEITZ, former CIA intelligence officer:

• The President’s plan to attack Islamic State targets in Syria with airstrikes
• Iranian influence in Iraq and Syria
• Russia's involvement in negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program
• Under Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller’s chances of curbing Russian violations of the INF Treaty

Rep. ROB WITTMAN, Chairman of the Readiness Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee:

• The extent of jihadist extremism and the American ability to respond: 2014 vs. pre-9/11
• The need for President Obama to present Congress with specifics—not just objectives—for confronting the Islamic State
• Sequestration's impact on US military readiness
• Lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan concerning Congress's role in preparing the US budget for a possible long term military engagement

ADM. JAMES LOY, former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, Administrator of the TSA, and Commandant of the US Coast Guard:

• Reflections on building up DHS and TSA after the 9/11 attacks
• The currently accelerating pace of change in US counter-terror planning in response to the formation of new terror groups after the weakening of "core Al Qaeda"
• Where is the federal government not adequately focusing on potential security vulnerabilities?
• Improving US resiliency planning to deal with possible cyber attacks on critical infrastructure

Rep. Scott Rigell (VA-2), member of the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces

• Why President Obama's transfer of five senior Taliban members for American Bowe Bergdahl, violated the law
• The House's decision to pass Rigell's Resolution 644, which condemns Obama for the illegal prisoner trade
• President Obama's failure to provide a permanent solution to sequestration

JIM HANSON, former Army Special Operations Weapons Sergeant:

• A look back at the 9/11/11 Benghazi tragedy and potential “stand-down” orders
• President Obama’s loose rhetoric concerning the U.S. mission abroad
• A preview of what's to come in the fight against the Islamic State

AVI JORISCH, former policy advisor at the Treasury Department's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence:

• How American financial war techniques can help weaken state sponsors of terror
• The need for the U.S. to redefine Turkey, Qatar and others as “frenemies”
• Arguments for continuing to apply economic and financial pressure on Iran

BILL SQUADRON, Founder of Energypolicy.org:

• The upcoming documentary "Pump" and America's dependence on foreign oil
• Developing a non-partisan and inclusive dialogue on energy security policy
• The extent of the risks posed by manmade and natural threats to energy infrastructure

ROBERT “BUD” McFARLANE, former National Security Advisor to President Reagan:

• ISIS’ procurement of oil and military resources that help make it a global threat
• Jihadist recruitment numbers exponentially increasing due to radical Islamist education
• Comparisons between the ideological war of the Cold War and the current rise in radical Islam

ROGER NORIEGA, former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs:

• Brazil’s upcoming presidential election and economic policy debate
• President Obama’s decision to defer amnesty until after the midterm elections
• Challenges of passing Venezuelan sanctions through Congress

GORDON CHANG, author of “The Coming Collapse of China”:

• A reconstitution of Russian aggression and the vital need to rollback Vladimir Putin
• North Korean efforts to develop a sea-based nuclear launch capability
• Communist indoctrination in Chinese society

KELLY CARLSON, renowned Hollywood actor:

• Vulnerable substations in close proximity to the southern border
• The dubious reliability of energy infrastructure security
• Ways to improve public awareness of the the risks to critical infrastructure

DEBRA BURLINGAME, member of the board of directors of the 9/11 Memorial Museum:

• Links between border security, a strong economy, and American national security
• Is the U.S. justice system's reach long enough to bring jihadists to justice?
• Islamist claims that parts of the 9/11 Memorial Museum are racist

A.B. STODDARD, Associate Editor and Columnist at “The Hill”:

• The significance of a new Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF)
• Congressional hesitance to take definitive positions on Iraq so close to election season
• Inconsistencies on national security policy within the Republican Party
• The President’s announcement of a delay on an executive decision on amnesty

Rep. MARK MEADOWS (NC-11), Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee:

• Should harsher, more direct military action be applied against the Islamic State?
• The case against a specifics-based authorization of military force in Iraq
• Updates on the current West African Ebola crisis

PAUL BONICELLI, former Assistant Administrator for USAID Bureau of Latin America and the Caribbean:

• The nexus between Venezuela and Cuba
• The Monroe Doctrine’s lasting relevance to American national security
• Venezuela’s crumbling stability under Chavez-successor Nicolas Maduro

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON, the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoover Institution:

• Vladimir Putin’s ambition of ending the NATO Alliance
• Are nuclear weapon capabilities still an effective deterrence to conflict?
• President Obama’s increasingly isolationist foreign policy strategy
• Differing views of immigrants and Congress on immigration reform

BRUCE WEINROD, Former Secretary of Defense Representative to Europe and Defense Advisor to the U.S. Mission NATO:

• Is a contingency force of several thousand troops a useful deterrent against Vladimir Putin?
• The atrophying of American strategic and tactical nuclear capabilities
• Finding the political will to ensure that NATO is a credible alliance

BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor at The Washington Free Beacon:

• The case of eleven Libyan commercial jetliners missing after an Al-Qaeda-linked group captured the Tripoli Airport
• ‘Politicization of intelligence” in the Obama Administration
• A new FBI report that omits radical Islam as a domestic terrorist threat
• Concerns over Yemeni citizens training in the US to navigate oil tankers
• Advances in Chinese and North Korean military technology that threaten the U.S. pivot to Asia
• An FBI warning that Cuban intelligence is actively trying to recruit American assets, and especially liberal academics

OLIVIER GUITTA, a security and geopolitical risk expert on Africa and the Middle East:

• The continued downward spiral of the Libyan state after the Western-backed overthrow of the Gaddafi regime
• Threats stemming from the disappearance of 11 commercial jetliners in Libya
• Special techniques used to recruit females into jihadist organizations

ZALMAY KHALILZAD, former US Ambassador to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the UN:

• Where the Obama Administration is failing in dealing with ISIS
• Recommended steps to defeat the Islamic State
• Will Congress authorize new military action in Iraq?
• Predictions for a unity government in Afghanistan

BILL ROGGIO, Managing Editor of the Long War Journal:

• Al Qaeda's declaration of a new affiliate in the Indian subcontinent
• Is the Jordanian government in denial about the threat posed to it by the Islamic State?
• A U.S. airstrike that may have critically damaged Al Shabaab’s leadership in Somalia

Dr. JUDITH CURRY, President of Climate Forecast Applications Network:

• The “ground truth” about global warming
• What scientific validity says about energy consumption?
• Comments made by Admiral Locklear of the U.S. Pacific Command regarding climate change
• Criticism faced by those who oppose the liberal stance on climate topics

FRED FLEITZ, senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy:

• Does President Obama take his intelligence briefs seriously?
• How NATO can deter Russian aggression
• North Korea's use of American detainees as bargaining chips