Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

DIANA WEST, syndicated columnist and author:

• Nullification of the border
• Border issue as a long term national emergency
• Using the power of the purse to fix the border problem

Father ANTHONY HANNA,  adviser to Coptic Pope:

• The plight of Coptic Christians in the Middle East region
• Relationship between the decline of American prestige and the current persecution Christians face from radical Islamists
• Silence from the White House on Christian persecution

ANNE KORIN, Co-Director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security: 

• A new fuel choice bill that offers automakers incentives to produce cars that can use non-petroleum fuel sources
• Examining the benefits of flex-fuel vehicles
• Role of the Chinese market's use of methanol in the development of engine components that can withstand higher levels of corrosion
• The need for fuel diversification, given the current instability in many oil-producing countries

GEORGE O'CONOR- Founder and CEO of Chime Media:

• True extent of Chinese cyber espionage against the U.S.
• Security concerns surrounding Chinese internet giant Alibaba's upcoming initial public offering

Congressman PETER ROSKAM, representative for Illinois' 6th Congressional District:

• Assessing the likelihood that Israel will be able to permanently mitigate the threat posed to it by Hamas
• Thoughts on how the U.S. should respond to the crisis in Gaza
• Is the Obama Administration gung-ho on striking a deal with Iran as a way to "cement" its legacy?
• An update from the House Select Committee on Benghazi

DAKOTA WOOD, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation and former USMC strategy analyst officer:

• Waning stability in the world today
• How recent budget cuts have affected the U.S. military's state of readiness
• The effects of social engineering in the military

Dr. LARRY PONEMON, Founder and Chairman of the Ponemon Institute:

• New findings of a study focusing on the readiness of international critical infrastructure against cyber attacks
• Modernized and new threat vectors to the infrastructure that remain hidden and unknown

ANDY McCARTHY, author of "Faithless Execution: Making the Case for the Impeachment of Barack Obama":

• Presidential overreach on immigration policy
• Denouncing the idea that Putin's Russia can be a strategic partner
• What is the optimal outcome of the conflict in Gaza?

ITAMAR MARCUS, Founder and Director of Palestinian Media Watch:

• Differences between Hamas' long-term ideological goals and short-term political goals in the conflict with Israel
• Fatah's masking of its anti-Semitic sentiments from the non-Arabic speaking world

GORDON CHANG, author of "The Coming Collapse of China":

• Assessing the potential for instability as a result of China's "anti-corruption" campaign
• Resistance in China towards the internal leadership of the Communist Party
• The US Navy's displeasure with China for sending an intelligence ship to watch the RIMPAC exercises

Dr. JAIME SUCHLICKI, Director of the University of Miami's Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies:

• Putin's motives for strengthening Russian-Cuban ties, and that relationship's possible impact on tensions between Russia and the United States
  
• Concerns that a satellite tracking station in Cuba will be a front for Russian eavesdropping operations
  
• Potential next steps for Putin's expansion of Russian influence further into Latin America
• The US's possible isolation in Latin America in contrast with countries like Russia finding new avenues of trade and building new relationships in the region

CLAUDIA ROSETT, Journalist In Residence at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies:

• Mystery surrounding a North Korean cargo ship that entered the Gulf of Mexico, turned off its transponder for nine days, and is now run-aground off the coast of Mexico
• Potential Russian involvement in the downing of airliner Malaysian MH-17
• Extension of the Iranian nuclear negotiations past the July 20th deadline

PAUL KENGOR, author of "11 Principles of a Reagan Conservative":

Part 1:

• The fundamental transformation of America's role in the world and who might be next to fill this power void
• Polish concern about Russian aggression in Eastern Europe
• The relationship between China's regional aggression and the perceived decline of American global leadership

Part 2:

• Comparing the foreign policies of Presidents Obama, Carter, and Reagan
• Putin's opinion of Obama's foreign policy, particularly towards Russia
• Influence of President Obama's upbringing on his foreign policy decisions

Part 3:

• Barack Obama's political background and relationship with US Communist Party member Frank Marshall Davis
• Influence of White House staffers Valerie Jarett and David Axelrod on the Administration
• Arguing the need for a loyal opposition to hold the president accountable

Part 4:

• A history of Hillary Clinton's religious beliefs, and a look at her current seemingly indifference to religious freedoms
• Dangers of the Clinton-sponsored Istanbul Process
• Recommendations for how the Republican Party can create a pro-American alternative to the status-quo

Former Israeli Ambassador YORAM ETTINGER:

• Situation report on the conflict between Israel and Hamas
• Global consequences of not dealing successfully dealing with Hamas
• Ways in which Israel can make use of the knowledge it gained from past disputes with Hamas

BILL ROGGIO, of The Long War Journal:

• Exploitation of the U.S. border crisis by enemies of America
• The conflict in Gaza and how Hamas is fairing
• Analyzing why Israel is still viewed as a pariah by the international media, despite exercising restraint in its tactical strikes in Gaza
• Iraqi military's recent surprise defeat in Tikrit at the hands of the Islamic State

MICHAEL S. SMITH II, co-founder of Kronos Advisory:

• The concept of ba'yat amongst Al Qaeda and other terror groups
• Growing rift between ISIS and Al Qaeda
• Similarities in goals and ideologies among terror groups such as ISIS, Hamas, and Al Qaeda

FRED FLEITZ, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy:

• Have the security implications of Chinese internet giant Alibaba's IPO entry into the US marketplace been sufficiently analyzed?
• New reports about the NSA's data collection program
• Approaching July 20th deadline for the Iranian nuclear talks, and the possibility of sanctions if a deal is not made

MICHAEL LEDEEN, Freedom Scholar at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies:

• Status update on the nuclear talks with Iran
• Uncovering the extent of Iran's global influence
• What the United States can do in response to Iran's rising regional power
• Arguing the need for a global response to a global war

JOHN WAGNER, former member of the CENTCOM task force that searched for Bowe Bergdahl:

• Explanation of why the Pentagon has returned Bowe Bergdahl to active duty
• Options for the Army as it investigates Bergdahl's disappearance
• What are the potential legal and/or punitive outcomes for Bergdahl?

JOHN WOHLSTETTER, a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute:

• Hamas' rejection of the Egyptian-proposed cease-fire and the continuing conflict in the Gaza Strip
• Societal differences between the Palestinian and Israeli populations
• Could Israel and the Fatah government in the West Bank unify to combat Hamas in the Gaza Strip?

NOAH POLLAK, of The Weekly Standard:

• Criticism of Hamas' tactics of placing critical terrorist infrastructure, leaders, and weapons in densely-populated civilians areas within Gaza
• Hamas' use of UN and foreign aid to carry out its civil responsibilities to the citizens of Gaza
• Israel's inability to adopt an isolationist foreign policy and the need for the international community to rally against state sponsors of terrorism

BILL COWAN, former member of the Pentagon’s Intelligence Support Activity:

• The role the Syrian conflict played in helping the Islamic State emerge from al-Qaeda in Iraq
• Analyzing the extent of Iranian influence within Iraq’s government
• Intelligence and military options for the United States in Iraq
• The national security threat posed by unknown people crossing the US’s southern border

REBECCAH HEINRICHS, a nuclear deterrence and missile defense expert who formerly managed the Congressional Missile Defense Caucus:

• Problems within the U.S. Air Force missile crews responsible for maintenance and operations of the land-based leg of the US strategic triad
• Failures to modernize U.S. nuclear forces and Ohio-class nuclear submarines
• Solutions for improving the U.S. missile defense systems

DANIEL SILVA, #1 New York Times best selling author:

• Origins of Israel’s Operation Protective Edge
• The 14th anniversary of the Two State Solution’s rejection by Yasser Arafat
• Silva’s new New York Times best seller, “The Heist”

ANDY McCARTHY, author of “Faithless Execution: Making the Case for the Impeachment of Barack Obama”:

• Government inaction that helped lead to the current immigration crisis
• Ways the Cloward-Piven Social Welfare Theory may be at work in U.S. immigration policy
• The systemic problems facing the Obama administration

JASON BLACK, grid expert at Battelle Memorial Institute:

• The vulnerabilities to and challenges of protecting the electrical grid
• Steps that comprise a "holistic approach" to strengthening the security of the grid

ROGER NORIEGA, American Enterprise Institute:

• Electrical grid incidents in Mexico and Arizona
• How the Guatemalan and Mexican governments have played a role in the invasion of the southern U.S. border
• Brazil's embarrassing loss in the World Cup and how it's contributing to political upheaval in the country
• The current BRIC summit in Brazil and the challenges these economies face

Rep. JOHN FLEMING (LA-4), member of the House Armed Services Committee and former U.S. Navy Medical Officer: 

• Hamas rocket attacks on Israel
• The Caliphate newly established by the Islamic State
• 1 Trillion in cuts to U.S. defense capability in the past five years
• Missile defense and nuclear posture 

GORDON CHANG, Forbes.com:

• A surprising US agreement to collaborate with China on smart grid technology 
• Implications of Chinese giant Alibaba's initial public offering for U.S. investors
• Evidence of internal strife within the Chinese government
  

Rep. LUKE MESSER, Indiana's 6th District:

• Japan's changing defense policy and the current US-Japanese relationship
• Proposed IPO move to the U.S. Market by Alibaba, a company with known ties to the Chinese government
• Israeli-American relations in light of the escalating violence between Israel and Hamas

LENNY BEN-DAVID, former Deputy Chief of Mission for Israel's embassy in Washington, DC:

• Hamas's decision to order civilians to serve as human shields on houses identified as targets for Israeli air strikes
• Evaluating the wisdom of relinquishing Gaza to the Palestinians
• Questioning the notion that Fatah can be a viable partner for peace
• The prospect for the use of ground forces to neutralize threats to Israel in Gaza

BILL GERTZ, of the Washington Free Beacon and Washington Times:

• Rundown on two new parts to the Chinese military build up: Scramjet technology and a next generation nuclear attack submarine
• Comments made by a US official indicating that the Chinese will be given access to US electric infrastructure
• US policy towards Iraq and the Islamic State

FRED GEDRICH, foreign policy and national security analyst:

• Threats of ballistic missiles to America's homeland security
• The successes and failures of missile defense in the U.S.
• Credible threats of an EMP attack against the U.S.

FRED FLEITZ, fellow at the Center for Security Policy:

• New documents leaked by Edward Snowden detailing NSA and FBI surveillance practices
• Misleading claims made by Glen Greenwald about the NSA's spying targets in the American Muslim community
• The Council on American Islamic Relations' connections to Hamas

JOSHUA MURAVCHIK, author of "Making David Into Goliath: How the World Turned Against Israel":

• Influence of the works of Columbia University Professor Edward Said on the international attitude towards the US-Palestinian conflict
• The current threat Hamas poses to Israel
• State of the Obama Administration's relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel
• Material and intellectual trends in the second half of the 20th century that transformed international attitudes towards Israel
• The role the United Nations has played in legitimizing the demonization of Israel

BILL ROGGIO, editor of the Long War Journal:

• ISIS and the shifting alliances in Syria and Iraq
• Internal conflict within Al-Qaeda
• The Iranian presence in Iraq