Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

VICTORIA TOENSING, founding partner of diGenova & Toensing LLP, discusses the client she is defending who has  information relating to the 9/11/12 attack in Benghazi but claims they are being frightened out of testifying by the US government. BOB LORSCH, president and CEO of MMRGlobal Inc, talks about the Free Afridi campaign he and his wife are spearheading to get Dr. Shaki Afridi released from a Pakistani prison, and the latest news that a ruling on the case has been delayed yet again. Shillman Analyst for JNS.org BEN COHEN explains the nationalist and Islamic forces that Turkish prime minister Erdogan must appeal to in the context of his recent announcement of an upcoming visit to Gaza. FRED FLEITZ of Lignet.com analyzes why, despite President Obama's recent call to do so, the Guantanamo Bay detention facility will not be closed in the near future.

CORRECTED 5/1 File: With Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin, Michael Rubin, Janice Kephart, Diana West. Ret. Lt. Gen. JERRY BOYKIN of Special Operations Speaks discusses the recent discovery that witnesses to the Benghazi attack of last year are being blocked by the Department of State and CIA from telling their stories. MICHAEL RUBIN, Resident Scholar at AEI, talks about the current crisis in Syria and the threats coming from an increasingly unstable Iran. JANICE KEPHART, National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, provides data she has found--which the Obama administration doesn't want made public--that details the increasing number of border crossing attempts since the talk of amnesty began. The most shocking statistic? A 500% increase in activity in the Tuscon sector over the past year. DIANA WEST, author of The Death of the Grownup, reports on suspicious links between the Boston bombings and Saudi Arabia.

With Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin, Michael Rubin, Janice Kephart, Diana West. Ret. Lt. Gen. JERRY BOYKIN of Special Operations Speaks discusses the recent discovery that witnesses to the Benghazi attack of last year are being blocked by the Department of State and CIA from telling their stories. MICHAEL RUBIN, Resident Scholar at AEI, talks about the current crisis in Syria and the threats coming from an increasingly unstable Iran. JANICE KEPHART, National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, provides data she has found--which the Obama administration doesn't want made public--that details the increasing number of border crossing attempts since the talk of amnesty began. The most shocking statistic? A 500% increase in activity in the Tuscon sector over the past year. DIANA WEST, author of The Death of the Grownup, reports on suspicious links between the Boston bombings and Saudi Arabia.

Jim Hanson of BlackFive.net guest hosts. Former special prosecutor ANDY MCCARTHY goes over the reasons for why the Obama administration is choosing to try the surviving Boston bombing suspect in a US criminal court rather than as an enemy combatant. MATTHEW BRODSKY, Director of Policy for the Jewish Policy Center, explains the dangers of the US appearing weak-willed in response to Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons. CLAUDIA ROSETT, writer at Forbes.com, reports on the way the United States is breaking its own laws by funding UNESCO. JEREMY SCAHILL, author of the book "Dirty Wars"--released as a documentary film this year--discusses the legal and ethical questions raised by Obama's drone campaign against terrorists in the Middle East.

CLARE LOPEZ, former CIA officer and Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy, walks us through the traps of realistic contingencies in Syria. ROGER NORIEGA of InterAmerican Security Watch warns that the new president of Mexico is making a “short term pact with the devil” that allows narco-traffickers to continue their work in exchange for a decrease in violence. Chairman of the US House Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs DANA ROHRABACHER makes the case for why the US should stay out of the conflict in Syria, arguing that there is no side that the US could support that would not turn against it in the long run. GORDON CHANG, writer at Forbes.com, reports on the breaking story that North Korea is essentially creating a hostage situation by refusing to allow some South Korean citizens to leave the demilitarized zone between the two countries—a move that Chang believes points to North Korean threats being more than mere rhetoric.

United States Congressman LOUIE GOHMERT of Texas discusses the Boston bombing and the decision of when to Mirandize the surviving suspect. ADAM KREDO of the Washington Free Beacon looks at the DHS's stockpiling of lethal rounds of ammunition, and whether this is simply a result of excessive waste or points to something more sinister. KEVIN FREEMAN, founder of Freeman Global Investor Council, analyzes the mini "flash crash" that occurred on Wall Street this week, and explains how the incident highlights the wider problem of economic terrorism. BILL GERTZ, writer for the Washington Times, discusses his article on the alarming shift in China's nuclear policy.

Author CLYDE PRESTOWITZ, author of The Betrayal of American Prosperity, outlines the impact of industrial policy on national security policy in terms of what happens when we trade high tech access for major markets. How do agents of influence work?  SAM NUNBERG of the Middle East Forum explains how Iran influences U.S. policy by lobbying the administration to ease and lift sanctions through Iranian oil conglomerates and a non-profit advocacy group whose policy analysis plays to Iran’s advantage. Former CIA officer FRED FLEITZ of the Langley Intelligence Group Network covers role of ideology and technology in the Boston terrorist attack, the Al Qaeda-Iran relationship, and the Al Qaeda train plot in Canada. Author and columnist DIANA WEST tracks the Saudi angle of the Boston Marathon terror attack.

Former CIA officer CLARE LOPEZ of the Center for Security Policy maps the threat matrix between Al Qaeda and Iran, and details the Gramscian strategy of the Muslim Brotherhood in connection to the Islamic Society of Boston Mosque. Military blogger and former Army Special Operator JIM HANSON cuts through the politics of the drone debate on civil liberties. Oklahoma Senator JAMES "JIM" INHOFE reviews presidential priorities in national security from counter terrorism assets like Gitmo to strategic losses in the defense infrastructure from pre-sequestration budget cuts, job killing program delays, and blunders in nuclear posture. Professor BARRY RUBIN, director of the Global Research in International Affairs center in Herzliya, breaks down the dynamic in the Middle East between Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan and President Obama, as well as identifies the main supporters of the would-be Islamist regime in Syria.

MARK KRIKORIAN of the Center for Immigration Studies recaps the testimony he provided yesterday to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the similarities between the new Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill and the amnesty granted to illegal immigrants in 1984. Former CIA analyst Dr. SUE MI TERRY discusses the mutually dependent relationship between North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un and the country’s military, and predicts that if a power struggle was taking place at the moment, the international community likely wouldn’t know until it was long over. Former U.S. Attorney ANDY McCARTHY and  former CIA officer, Russia expert,  and Incubus author, MICHAEL DAVIDSON address the Boston Marathon bombing investigation.

With Charles Jacobs, Thor Halvorssen, Elliott Abrams, Gordon Chang. CHARLES JACOBS, co-founder of the American Anti-Slavery Group, examines the connections between the Boston bombers and a mosque they lived near that has links to the controversial Muslim American Society. THOR HALVORSSEN, founder of the Human Rights Foundation, explains the three conflicting groups operating in Chechnya: dangerous radical Islamic terrorists; a puppet government set up by Russia’s Putin; and a legitimate government in exile whose members genuinely believe in a separation of Mosque and State. ELLIOTT ABRAMS, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the close relationship between the Emir of Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood—a relationship that stands in odds to the hostility with which other Gulf states regard the group. GORDON CHANG of Forbes.com explains the brinkmanship of military forces along the Indian Chinese border in the Himalayas and what bearing it has on understanding Chinese strategy for the U.S. and cyber warfare.