Erdogan’s authorization of the Turkish military’s incursion into northeast Syria has been a disaster to U.S. foreign and security interests in the fight against ISIS. Following the incursion, roughly 1,000 ISIS fighters and their relatives escaped prisons and the al-Hawl detention camp. Despite al-Bagdahdi’s death, ISIS could re-gain thousands of followers to plan and execute …
In my latest article, I pointed out that as the United States withdraws from the world and international affairs, China and Russia step in, to the detriment of U.S. interests. I noted that withdrawal from world affairs could affect not only our interests but also our own national security. Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Bolivia are …
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. America achieved an important victory over the Islamic State yesterday with the elimination of ISIS’ founder, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Commander-in-Chief Trump deserves credit for ordering such a dangerous mission, second only to that earned by the heroic special operators who executed it flawlessly. Two facts must …
During the United Nations General Assembly last month, President Trump pointed out, “The future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots.” In this speech, Trump’s message was that each country should worry about its own interests. This, however, seems out of keeping with a major policy reversal that followed a couple weeks …
President Trump green-lighted the Turkish cross-border assault against the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday 6 October 2019—but the influence operation to prep him for that moment began many months ago. Events in the Middle East have unfolded rapidly since Trump’s decision to pull …
Yesterday, a gunman opened fire with what has been described as a submachine gun near a synagogue in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, in Germany. At least two people have been killed. There are reports that the attacker also threw a hand grenade in the attack. This attack was on Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish …
On 25 September 2019, the Trump administration hosted a Faith Based Safety and Security Symposium at the White House. Islamic Movement leader Oussama Jammal, Secretary General of the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), was present at the event. The White House meeting included Vice President Mike Pence and officials from the U.S. Department of …
The crisis in Venezuela is already having major regional consequences. Two events highlight the drama. First, a dissident group from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a terrorist group that fought the Colombian State for 50 years, and the Colombian guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN), are openly operating from Venezuelan territory with …
The New York Times has confirmed Center for Security Policy President Fred Fleitz’s analysis that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff had advance knowledge of the whistleblower who accused President Trump of wrongdoing in a conversation with the president of Ukraine. “Schiff Got Early Account of Accusations as Whistle-Blower’s Concerns Grew,” said an October 2 …
This is not an intelligence matter. It is a policy matter and a complaint about differences over policy. Presidential phone calls are not an intelligence concern. The fact that IC officers transcribe these calls does not give the [intelligence community inspector general] jusrisdiction (sic) over these calls.