Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

Rep. PETER ROSKAM, House Chief Deputy Whip:

• P5+1 nuclear negotiations with Iran
• The economic boost to Iran due to an unraveling of economic sanctions
• A congressional bill that would force the Administration to report on Iranian compliance with the sixth-month interim agreement

ELIZABETH HARRINGTON, of the Washington free Beacon:

• The recent congressional sub-committee hearing on Electromagnetic Pulse (E.M.P.)
• A need for more public awareness and legislative focus on the topic of E.M.P.

STEPHEN COUGHLIN, author of “Catastrophic Failure”:

• Quranic basis of Shariah Law, recently implemented by the Sultan of Brunei
• Coughlin’s recent trip to Egypt and observations about the Muslim Brotherhood; Egyptian General el-Sisi’s presidential candidacy and animosity towards the Brotherhood
• Religious ideology motivating Boko Haram, the group responsible for the recent kidnapping of nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls

GORDON CHANG, columnist at Forbes.com and World Affairs Journal:

• A Chinese ship’s physical assault on a Vietnamese vessel, including the use of water cannons; understanding the historical tensions between China and Vietnam; the status of the US-Vietnamese relationship
• Chinese government’s recent attacks on underground Christianity; the potential destabilizing effects of Protestant religious fervor
• Upcoming IPO from Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce giant, which must use illegal tactics to avoid Chinese laws against internet commerce; possible outcomes for Americans who buy into what may be the largest IPO in US history

Rep. ROB WITTMAN, of Virginia's 1st District and Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness:

• Sequestration's destructive impact on the US military's readiness
  
• Playing catchup with the 2014 NDAA through increased funding of the military's equipment and training programs
  
• Implications of the upcoming period where no US aircraft carrier will be in the Western Pacific because of short supply

KAY DALY, of Daly and Associates:

• Her brother's treatment at the VA Hospital
  
• The problems with the VA's culture that have led to multiple cases of medical malpractice
  
• The role unions have played in the VA's culture

BILL Gertz, Senior Editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

• China's increased aggression in the South China Sea, and its growing naval assets and force projection capabilities
  
• Russia's recent "massive nuclear forces" military exercise 

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

• Using the upcoming House select committee on Benghazi to prevent the Obama Administration from playing a "jurisdiction game"
  
• Hillary Clinton's refusal to designate Boko Haram a terrorist organization when Secretary of State, and the Administration's broader hesitation to use the word "terrorist"
  
• Putin's claims to be pulling troops back from the Ukrainian border
  
• Security implications of a new bill limiting the NSA's metadata collection program

Representative ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Chair Emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee:

• Cuba's protests against the State Department's designation of it as a "state sponsor of terrorism"
• Human rights abuses in Cuba
• Cuban influence campaigns in Venezuela
• Failing US efforts to create an Israeli-Palestinian deal

BILL ROGGIO, Editor of the Long War Journal:

• Recent counter-terrorism military offensives within Yemen
• The historical backstory of Boko Haram and its place in the global jihadist movement

CAITLIN POLING, Director of Government Relations at the Foreign Policy Initiative

• Factors that made Boko Haram's swift rise to prominence possible, and its status as an unofficial affiliate of Al Qaeda
• Possible tactical and strategical approaches to fighting Boko Haram
• Logistical problems of rescuing the nearly 300 kidnapped Nigerian girls, many hidden in the Sambisa Forest--a wildlife preserve now serving as Boko Haram's safe haven

DAN BONGINO, former Secret Service agent and author of "Life Inside the Bubble":

• Government failures before, during, and after the Benghazi attack on 9/11/12
• Possible questions to be asked in the select committee on Benghazi

DIANA WEST, author of "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault On Our Nation's Character":

• State Department's 2014 country report on terror
• The influence of inaccurate historical data on pop culture; history of U.S. cold war counter intelligence

Lt. Gen. JERRY BOYKIN, original Delta Force member:

• Bipartisan select committee on Benghazi—why does Benghazi matter, and how will the House Select Committee differ from previous hearings on the topic?
  
• What was America purpose in Libya prior to the Benghazi attack?
  
• Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria
  

ANDY MCCARTHY, former federal prosecutor and author of "Spring Fever: The Illusion of Islamic Democracy":

• The policy considerations behind the Benghazigate coverup and US involvement in the Libyan civil war
  
• Legal benefits of investigating Benghazi in a select committee, versus a typical congressional standing committee
  
• Obama's behavior and claims that Al Qaeda was "on the path to defeat" in the immediate days following the Benghazi attack

JIM HANSON, former Army Green Beret weapons sergeant:

• Critiquing President Obama's past decision not to install missile defense systems in Eastern Europe; in light of new calls for a permanent NATO troop presence there
  
• CIA and US military withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the deadly implications of Obama's decision to surge without an intent to win
  
• Holding the VA leadership accountable for its failures
  
• New "smart rifle" technology

Part 1:

• Iranian President Rouhani's role in the Khomeini Revolution that restored shariah law to Iran, and which created a constitution calling for international jihad
  
• What available polling data suggests about the likelihood that Iranians would vote against shariah law in a truly free election
  
• The characteristics of Islam in Iran

Part 2:

• Distinguishing between the Shia and Sunni views on jihad
• Iran's engagement in civilization jihad
• Shariah law versus secular, "western" thought
• Polling data showing that the majority of Muslims worldwide want shariah law

Part 3:

• The threats Iran and radical Islam pose to Israel
• Interpretations of the Quran that have led to anti-Semitic, anti Zionist sentiments in Iran
  
• Unintentional legitimization of Iran's nuclear program in the P5 + 1 agreement

Part 4:

• The mistakes the US made in Iraq and Afghanistan by enshrining shariah as an accepted part of their societies
• Nuclear negotiations with Iran, and Iran's spurious claims that an energy shortage necessitates a nuclear energy program
• Debate over the religious or cultural origins of female genital mutilation

MICHAEL RUBIN, author of "Dancing with the Devil":

• Continued negotiations with Iran about its nuclear program, and the financial freedom Iran is gaining from the weakening of sanctions
• Reasons behind the crumbling Israeli and Palestinian peace talks 
• The formation of a new unity government between Fatah, Hamas and PLO
• New information suggesting Turkey is not a free state after all 

ROGER NORIEGA, former Ambassador to the Organization of American States:

• Cuban influence in Venezuela's Maduro regime
• Russian influence throughout Latin America
• The Panamanian and Brazilian presidential elections
• Details on the Chevron vs. Equador fight

CHRISTIAN WHITON, Principle at D.C. International Advisory and author of Smart Power:

• State of play in Ukraine: Russian special forces/ provocateurs and NATO assessment
• German/ Russian and German/ US relations
• Defense posture and spending of European nations
• Benghazi Select Committee
• US role in South Sudan

GORDON CHANG, of Forbes.com:

• North Korean ICBM capabilities
• Beating the projected 2017 deployment date for deploying anti-missile destroyers to the Pacific
• China's response to the enhanced cooperation agreement between the United States and the Philippines

SEBASTIAN GORKA, Associate Dean at the National Defense University and Senior Editor at Breitbart.com:

• An off the record meeting with the Russian Ambassador
• Putin's way of war and strategic movements
• The disbandment of the NYPD's special unit charged with monitoring jihadist activity in New York

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

• The discovery of an email outlining how Susan Rice should present the Benghazi talking points
• Peace talks between Israel and Palestine being undermined by anti-Semitic tactics of U.S. administration

BILL ROGGIO, Long War Journal:

• Lack of groups in Syria that could be entrusted with American weapons
• Smaller rebel groups in Syria end up under the umbrella of Al-Qaeda
• Keeping American forces in Afghanistan and the chances of Taliban becoming the victor of the war

BILL GERTZ, Washington Free Beacon:

• The rejection of legal restrictions proposed by Russia on missile defense
• Open Skies Treaty and the controversial Russian desire to upgrade some of the sensors
• The news that another top official, General Flynn, in the Obama Administration is stepping down

CHRIS FARRELL, Judicial Watch's Director of Research and Investigation:

• Newly released emails show White House officials purposefully altered Ambassador Susan Rice's talking points to falsely blame an internet video for the attack on the US mission in Benghazi
• Implications of the over 600,000 security clearances "flushed," or faked, by federal government contractor USIS—the company responsible for Edward Snowden's background check
• Degraded standards for government security clearances, which now permit people with no "significant" ties to terrorism
• 23 incursions into the US by armed Mexican military and law enforcement personnel

DIANA WEST, author of "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault On Our Nation's Character":

• Administration's decision to use military force in Libya, rather than support a more peaceful regime transition with the exile of Muammar al-Gadaffi
• Recent arrest of British politician Paul Weston for quoting Winston Churchill's speech about Islam
• An attempt to change the narrative of the 9/11 attacks at the Twin Towers memorial site

PETE HEGSETH, CEO of Concerned Veterans for America:

• America's "loss of the peace" in Iraq, and fears that Afghanistan will suffer the same fate after the withdrawal of US forces
• Secret lists in a Veteran Affairs hospital meant to falsify wait times, but which led to at least 40 deaths
• The cultural problem with the VA, and the tendency to throw money at it as a solution

RAYMOND STOCK, the Shillman-Ginsburg Fellow at the Middle East Forum:

• The recent mass trials and subsequent death sentences in Egypt
• The likelihood that Egyptian Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi will reconcile with the Muslim Brotherhood in the near future
• Effect of Egyptian sentences against Muslim Brotherhood members on the organization's ability to send operatives into the United States

Congressman BRAD WENSTRUP representing Ohio's 2nd district:

• Afghanistan's future, and the roles the US and the Taliban will play
• Observations about the morale and suicide rate amongst young military veterans
• The continuing hollowing out of the military and the possibility of more upcoming defense budget cuts

Dr. HENRY NAU, author of "Conservative Internationalism":

• How the elements of conservative internationalism could help stabilize Ukraine if implemented properly and quickly
• Evidence that Putin is taking advantage of America's weakness
• Argument for the establishment of small but permanent NATO bases around Russia

ANDY MCCARTHY, former federal prosecutor:

• President Obama's tendency to rewrite immigration and refugee laws
• The mass trial in Egypt that has resulted in hundreds of court ordered death sentences
• Secretary of State's John Kerry recent statement about a possible "Israeli apartheid"

GAL LUFT, co-director of the Institute for Analysis of Global security:

• America's energy posture and the opportunities that natural gas and coal present
• China's ability to warranty vehicles for methanol use, and the US's inability to do the same
• Proposed South Korea-North Korea natural gas pipeline controlled by Russia

PETER HUESSY, President of GeoStrategic Analysis:

• New report that outlines five disorders with the US nuclear enterprise under President Obama's leadership
• Disconnect between military branches and lack of post-Cold War nuclear roadmap
• Dangers of keeping up a nuclear force on the cheap, and where money can be found in federal budget to maintain the force
• Morale issues amongst the nuclear personnel

BRUCE WEINROD, Former Secretary of Defense Representative for Europe and the US Mission at NATO:

• The increasingly dire situation in Ukraine
• The NATO-US alliance
• NATO's limited military capabilities

MATT CONTINETTI, editor-in-chief of the Washington Free Beacon:

• The oligarchical presence within the Washington D.C. political structure
• The left's blind spot regarding income inequality
• An anti-constitutional cultural movement within the U.S.
• Hilary Clinton's service as Secretary of State, and its impact on her likely presidential candidacy

GORDON CHANG, of Forbes.com:

• President Obama's latest trip to the Far East
• Does the U.S. pivot to Asia policy have any teeth to it?
• Communications giant Huawei's close relationship to Chinese state security services
• The resignation of the South Korean Prime Minister following the tragic ferry disaster