Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

RICK MANNING, of Americans for Limited Government, focuses on the increasingly damaging political rhetoric that is coming from officials in the Obama Administration towards mostly conservative group, rhetoric that can have damaging consequences.

JIM HANSON, of Blackfive.net, delves deeper into the topic of political rhetoric and looks at how biases in government officials are starting to affect the military.

ANDY MCCARTHY, a former federal prosecutor and columnist for National Review, examines the recent attacks against the GOP and shares his thoughts in regards to the claims of U.S. drone use constituting war crimes.

DALE BEATTY, of Purple Heart Homes, explains the journey which led to the development of his organization, Purple Heart Homes, and what this organization is doing to give back the veterans of this country.

ROBERT REILLY, a former Senior Adviser for the Secretary of Defense and currently a Senior Fellow at the Westminster Institute, joins Frank for the full show to discuss information operations. Robert explains what the U.S. is not doing and the counter-effective policies it has implemented in the war of ideas. Because of flawed policies, he argues, the U.S. has been unable to properly address the issue of containing radical Islamists. Robert also describes the expansion of Al Qaeda in recent years, the spread of Sharia law, and the continuing influence of the Muslim Brotherhood.

GORDON CHANG, of Forbes.com, sheds light on the desire of the Chinese to take Taiwan and claim it for their country.

CLAUDIA ROSETT, of PJ Media, touches on several topics including; Syria's chemical weapons, North Korea and the Iranian partnership with the United Nations.

OLIVIER GUITTA, the Director of Research at the Henry Jackson Society, shares the problems of biological warfare, and how dangerous the threat is at the moment.

DANIEL GALLINGTON, a senior policy and program adviser at the George C. Marshall Institute, explains the role and mission of the National Security Agency (NSA), and what Edward Snowden has done to impact the agency and our country.

CHRISTIAN WHITON, a principle at the D.C. International Advisory, joins Frank for a full show to discuss his new book Smart Power: Between Diplomacy and War. Christian is able to draw from a diverse mix of history, captivating personal accounts, as well as important recent events, to help convey his idea of "Smart Power". By using past examples from previous Presidential administrations, Christian is able to show successful implementations of smart power. Events such as the Cold War, not only show U.S. implementation of smart power, by also dangerous examples such as Russia, who has previously used and is currently using smart power to try and defeat the west.

JOHN BOLTON, of Fox News and former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., explains the treatment of Abu Anas al-Libi, and how it represents a throwback to the pre - 9/11 mentality.

ROGER NORIEGA, of the American Enterprise Institute, discusses the difficult political challenges in Central and South America, and how they posses a threat to U.S. safety.

BILL GERTZ, of the Washington Times and senior editor of the Washington Free Beacon, talks about the progression of a new Russian long range missile, that is specifically designed to defeat U.S. missile defenses in Europe.

DIANA WEST, of Death of A Grown Up, explains the Obama Administration's consent evasion of questions surrounding the true events in Benghazi, as well as the surprising judicial treatment by the U.S. towards Abu Anas al-Libi.

With Ali Alfoneh, Fred Fleitz, Andy McCarthy, Gordon Chang

ALI ALFONEH, a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, discusses the domestic complications  in Iran that will prove to be the reason for skepticism for this week's nuclear negotiations in Geneva.

FRED FLEITZ, founder of LIGNET.com, talks about Iranian sanctions, as well as China's effort to "de-Americanize" the world's currency.

ANDY MCCARTHY, of the National Review, explains the Abu Anas Al-Libi case that will be in federal court in New York this week.

GORDON CHANG, of Forbes.com, elaborates on his op-ed piece about the U.S. debt crisis, and the prospect that China won't buy more of our debt.

Ilan Berman, of the American Foreign Policy Council, joins Frank to discuss his new book, Implosion: The End of Russia and What It Means for America. Ilan discusses that while America is preoccupied with threats in the Middle East and China, a massive transformation is happening in the world's largest nation, a nuclear - armed Russia. Ilan paints a grim picture of Russia's future, and how the former superpower might unravel.

BILL GERTZ, reporter for the Washington Times and senior editor of the Washington Free Beacon, explains the implications of the government shut down and looming default, and its direct impact on US relations with China.

LEE ANN DE REUS, of the Panzi Foundation, sheds light on why there is a sexual assault epidemic occurring in the Congo and the work the Panzi Foundation is trying to do to help the victims of those assaults.

DAVID COKER, President of the Fisher House Foundation, talks about the work being done by the Foundation on behalf of wounded military men and women and their families, and its recent offer to pay for the military death gratuities that were cut off by the government shut down.

SUZANNE SCHOLTE, of the North Korea Freedom Coalition, exposes the human rights crisis in North Korea and explains what Americans can do to help make the situation in North Korea better.

Rep. TRENT FRANKS (R-AZ.), joins guest host Jacki Pick, to discuss his new bill, the U.S.-Iran Nuclear Negotiation Act, which debuts in Congress this week.

FRED FLEITZ, a retired CIA analyst and founder of LIGNET.com, talks about conflicts over water supplies in Asia.

MICHAEL AUSLIN, of the American Enterprise Institute, gives an overview of the ASEAN conference and how Obama's absence has affected the standing of the U.S. in the region.

RAFAL ROHOZINSKI, of the SecDev Group, discusses the dangers presented to the US and Canada by instability in Mexico, and the border issues amplified by these threats.

SETH JONES, Associate Director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation, joins guest host DAN BONGINO, to help explain the terror threat from and historical background of the terrorist organization al-Shabaab.

BRUCE THORNTON, a research fellow at the Hoover Institute, talks about the loss of the "warrior" mentality in the U.S.

PETER PHAM, of the Atlantic Council, discusses Somalia and terrorism in Africa in the context of American national security.

DIANA WEST, author of "Death of the Grown Up," delves deeper into the government shutdown and explains why she believes the Obama administration is putting on a show by shutting out veterans from memorials and denying death benefits to the families of fallen soldiers.