Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

With Mark Schneider and Col. (Ret.) John Mills

MARK SCHNEIDER, Senior Analyst, National Institute for Public Policy, Former Director, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Former Senior Foreign Service Officer, US Department of State

• Was the world fooled into thinking the Chinese would only pursue “minimum deterrence” and “no first use” nuclear policies?
• Does China have upwards of 3,500 nuclear warheads?
• U.S. Airforce Chief: China is trying to acquire a first strike capability
• Mark Schneider: China’s new hypersonic missile missed its target by about 5 miles, making it unreliable for practical use. However, it’s fully ready to be used for an EMP strike

COL. (RET.) JOHN MILLS, Former Director, Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense

• Col. John Mills: Parades matter - Shift from a parade military to a battle-ready military under the stewardship of Xi Jinping
• Col. Mills: China’s civil-military fusion can send confusing messages
• Col. Mills talks about election integrity efforts underway in Virginia ahead of the 2021 election

With Dr. William Schneider

DR. WILLIAM SCHNEIDER, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Former Associate Director for National Security and international Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Former Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology, U.S. State Department

• Dr. William Schneider: The next phase of China’s military buildup is to invest heavily in its strategic nuclear forces
• Why does China store most of its nuclear capabilities in hardened underground concrete tunnels?
• What does the Type 096 Submarine, which is currently under construction in China, has install for the U.S. military?
• Dr. Schneider talks about the practical applications of China’s new fractional orbital system
• Dr. Schneider: Space will be China’s next frontier after it lays down the groundwork for its strategic nuclear forces

With David Yerushalmi

DAVID YERUSHALMI, Esq, Co-Founder, American Freedom Law Center

• David Yerushalmi talks about why he co-founded the American Freedom Law Center
• Yerushalmi: Radical Islam’s conflict with the West is not a political but religious one
• Yerushalmi talks about a study he and others conducted after September 11, 2001 that looked into the presence of Sharia in American Mosques - What were its findings?
• Yerushalmi details Muslim Brotherhood stealth operations within the U.S.: Muslim Student Associations, Mosques’ Board of Directors, etc.

With Col. (Ret.) John Mills, Gordon Chang and Patty-Jane Geller

COL (RET) JOHN MILLS, Former Director, Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense

• Col. John Mills: The President’s commitment on a CNN Town Hall to defend Taiwan should China invade was most definitely taken seriously by the Chinese - But what about the White House?
• Should the U.S. blockade the Taiwan straits to deter a potential Chinese amphibious invasion?
• Col. Mills talks about election integrity efforts underway in Virginia ahead of the 2021 election

GORDON CHANG, Contributor, Gatestone Institute, Newsweek, Author, “The Coming Collapse of China,” “Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes the World, “Losing South Korea,” and “The Great US-China Tech War,” @Gordongchang

• Gordon Chang: We need to offer a mutual defense treaty to Taiwan and possibly nuclear arms to make sure deterrence is ensured
• Does Taiwan still possess the ability to develop a nuclear weapon?
• Are Chinese parents going to accept the loss of their only child due to military misadventure abroad? 

PATTY-JANE GELLER, Policy Analyst, Center for National Defense, The Heritage Foundation, Former Staff Assistant, Senate Armed Services Committee, @pj_geller

• Patty-Jane Geller: Our current force posture might not be enough to deter China when they start fielding more nuclear capabilities
• Geller: Most of the U.S. military’s nuclear capabilities are relics of the Cold War and must be updated/replaced now if we are to stand a chance against our adversaries
• What will the U.S. Congress do next to aid American’s aging weapon systems?

With Nick Ballasy, Dustin Carmack and Robert Charles

NICK BALLASY, Senior Correspondent, Just The News, @NicholasBallasy

• Although the war in Afghanistan has come to an end, defense spending continues to rise
• How is the voting rights agenda going for the Democrats?
• What does the John Lewis Voting Rights Act entail?

DUSTIN CARMACK, Research Fellow, Center for Technology Policy, Heritage Foundation, Former Chief of Staff, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Former Chief of Staff, Congressman John Ratcliffe (TX-04) and Congressman Ron DeSantis (FL-06), @DustinCarmack

• Can the U.S. still compete with China in the realm of Artificial Intelligence?
• Dustin Carmack: The FBI is opening a new investigation into Chinese espionage once every 10 hours
• Frank Gaffney: Did the Obama administration’s “reset” with Russia provide it, as well as other U.S. adversaries, with the technological knowhow to wage war against us?

ROBERT CHARLES, Spokesman, Association of Mature American Citizens, Former Assistant Secretary, State at the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs in the Bush Administration, Author, "Eagles and Evergreens," @RCharles4USA

• Robert Charles: There is a “constitutional prerogative” that gives the Congress the authority to oversee the Executive - a power that cannot legally be used for political persecution
• Charles: We don’t use our governing power to “ring political vengeance” in this country
• A tribute to the late Colin Powell

With Dr. Steve Hatfill

DR. STEVE HATFILL, M.D., Physician, Virologist and Bio-Weapons Expert, Former Fellow, Oxford University and the National Institutes of Health and the National Research Council, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

• Dr. Steve Hatfill: The first time we had an actual pandemic response plan was during the first term of the Bush administration
• Has the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stopped counting non-life-threatening breakthrough infection cases for COVID-19?
• Why did the U.S. government downgrade the effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine?
• Natural immunity Vs. Covid vaccines: Which is more effective at preventing COVD-19?
• Back in the mid-1990s, a checklist for how to cope with a biological attack to the homeland was drafted
• Dr. Hatfill delves into the hydroxychloroquine saga

With Michael Listner, Sam Faddis and Elaine Donnelly

MICHAEL LISTNER, Attorney and Space Policy Expert, Space Law & Policy Solutions

• During the Johnson Administration, when the Soviet Union was first testing its Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS), it was debated whether FOBS violated the Outer Space Treaty - Ultimately, the administration found that it did not
• Michael Listner: There are no capabilities known to the public that can counter China’s new nuclear delivery system
• The Treaty on the Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space (PPWT) was the closest the international community came to updating laws governing nuclear capabilities in space

SAM FADDIS, Former Clandestine Operations Officer, CIA, former Congressional Candidate, Editor, ANDMagazine.com, Author, “Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA,” @RealSamFaddis

• Allegedly, around 600-700 Navy Seals are not vaccinated against COVID-19 - Will these soldiers still be permitted to deploy?
• Are vaccine mandates and the “Defund the Police” movement diminishing police forces across America?

ELAINE DONNELLY, Founder and President, Center for Military Readiness

• Elaine Donnelly: We are seeing an inversion of priorities in the military
• Donnelly: This year’s National Defense Authorization Act is not a simple funding bill but an initiative to merge the U.S. military with the Left’s woke agenda

With Leo Hohnmann and Bill Walton

LEO HOHMANN, Independent Investigative Journalist, LeoHohmann.com

• Leo Hohmann talks about Charles Schwab’s “Global Reset” and the fourth industrial revolution - Is a fusion of our biological and technological identities underway?
• Hohmann talks about the numerous effects vaccine mandates and passports have had on societies around the world

BILL WALTON, Chairman, Resolute Protector Foundation, Host, The Bill Walton Show, Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth, Poverty and Morality, @billwaltonshow

• Bill Walton talks about China’s newly tested nuclear-capable hypersonic missile: Much of China's military hardware relies on microchips manufactured by Taiwan-based companies
• Walton: Arbitrary standards for what constitutes an “essential industry” have done more harm than good to the U.S. economy
• Walton: To reach our currently climate goals, half of the energy in the U.S. would have to be derived from batteries 

Caroline Glick, Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier and Jonny Vance

CAROLINE GLICK, Contributor, Newsweek, Author, "The Israeli Solution: A One State Plan for Peace in the Middle East," Senior Fellow, Center for Security Policy, Host, Caroline Glick's Mideast News Hour, @CarolineGlick

• Caroline Glick: The current Israeli government made an agreement with the Biden administration that it would not launch any military attacks against Iran without first obtaining permission from the United States
  Glick: According to media reports, or a lack thereof, Iran's nuclear program has continued unimpeded over the past 3 months

LT. COL. MATTHEW LOHMEIER, Former Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Space Force, Author, "Irresistible Revolution," @matthewlohmeier

• Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier talks about his new book, “Irresistible Revolution,” and the Defense department’s initial stand down order
• How lessons from the Cold War can better inform us about Marxism's influence in America today? 

JONNY VANCE, Director, Tuttle Twins, @tuttletwinstv

• Jonny Vance talks about the contributing factors for Marxism’s appeal in America: Communism always seems like the new idea. Freedom always seems like an old idea.
• Vance recaps his new, crowd-funded, animated show, Tuttle Twins

With Gordon Chang, Todd Bensman and David Horowitz

GORDON CHANG, Contributor, Gatestone Institute, Newsweek, Author, “The Coming Collapse of China,” “Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes the World, “Losing South Korea,” and “The Great US-China Tech War,” @Gordongchang

• Gordon Chang talks about Chinese influence operations throughout Africa
• Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act: Encourages the State Department to start negotiations between North and South Korea to have both parties formally sign a peace treaty

TODD BENSMAN, Senior National Security Fellow, Center for Immigration Studies, Former Department of Homeland Security Official, Author, "America's Covert Border War: The Untold Story of the Nation's Battle to Prevent Jihadist Infiltration," @BensmanTodd

• Fox News reports that between March and August 2021, the Biden administration paroled around 160,000 illegal migrants into the country
• The U.S. Supreme Court recently enforced the Trump administration’s stay in Mexico policy
•  How many illegal migrants did the Biden administration let into the United States - 1 million?

DAVID HOROWITZ, Founder, David Horowitz Freedom Center, Author, "The Enemy Withing," and “I Can’t Breath: How A Racial Hoax is Killing America” @horowitz39

• David Horowitz: We are back in the Cold War where our Democratic Party is aligning with our enemies
• Were George Floyd’s and Breonna Taylor’s murders racially motivated?