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National Security Predictions from Super Tuesday

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With Ben Weingarten, Diana West, Fred Fleitz, Peter Huessy

BEN WEINGARTEN, Founder and CEO of ChangeUp Media LLC, Publius Fellow at the Claremont Institute:

  • Super Tuesday results
  • Republican candidates’ positions on national security
  • NYPD report mentioning Islamic supremacy being scrubbed from official records

DIANA WEST, Author of “The Death of the Grown Up” and “American Betrayal”:

  • Trump’s success on Super Tuesday
  • Similar use of subversion by Communists and Islamists
  • Trump supporters drawn to his rejection of globalism

FRED FLEITZ, Senior VP for Policy and Programs at the Center for Security Policy, former CIA analyst:

  • Former Speaker of the House John Boehner’s recent criticism of the Iran nuclear deal
  • Moderate candidates barred from participating in Iran’s elections
  • United Nations sanctions on North Korea being tampered with by the Chinese
  • Last batch of Hillary Clinton emails released by the State Department

PETER HUESSY, Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council:

  • Arguments made for unilateral cuts to US nuclear deterrent capabilities
  • Importance of the nuclear umbrella
  • Danger of unilaterally disarming

Will Obama Give Guantanamo Bay Back to Cuba?

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With Rep. Brad Wenstrup, Frank Calzon, Dr. Peter Brooks and Fred Fleitz

Rep. BRAD WENSTRUP (OH-2), Member of the House Intelligence and Armed Services Committees:

  • The President’s plans regarding transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees into the United States
  • Lost intelligence gathering capabilities if base closure occurs
  • The American Centrifuge Project in Ohio
  • Defense Budget and titanium in nuclear weapons?

FRANK CALZON, Executive Director at the Center for a Free Cuba in Washington, D.C.:

  • Possibility of Gitmo being released to the Castro Regime, opening it to Russian and Chinese influence
  • The Kremlin’s interest in Cuba
  • 1996 shoot-down of the “Brothers to the Rescue” civilian aircraft

Dr. PETER BROOKES, Served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs, national security senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation:

  • Increased human rights abuses and detention of political dissidents in Cuba
  • Faulty argument of Guantanamo Bay as a jihadist recruitment tool
  • History of the Russian and Chinese military presence in the Caribbean
  • Failures of reducing nuclear tensions in the Korean Peninsula
  • Combat operations resumed in Libya against al Qaeda and the Islamic State

FRED FLEITZ, former CIA analyst, Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs at the Center for Security Policy:

  • Apple and the FBI standoff
  • Iran’s testing of a long-range missile next week
  • Outcome of the Syrian peace accord
  • CIA requiring recruitments and promotions based on social engineering

Iranian-backed Shiite Militas Complicating Fight Against ISIS

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With Michael Pregent, Bill Gertz, Brent Scher and Fred Fleitz

MICHAEL PREGENT, Director of Veterans Against the Deal, Adjunct Fellow at the Hudson Institute:

  • Iranian backed Shiite militias complicating the fight against ISIS
  • Ramadi is not a model for retaking Mosul
  • Three Americans kidnapped by Shiite militias in Baghdad

BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor at The Washington Free Beacon:

  • Iran is preparing to launch a covert missile in violation of the UN Resolution that implemented the nuclear deal
  • China deploying an advanced air defense missile
  • North Korean’s nuclear missile test
  • ISIS has managed to obtain government air defense missiles

BRENT SCHER, Staff writer for The Washington Free Beacon:

  • The Clintons can’t escape their 90s scandals
  • Sidney Blumenthal’s shady role as Hillary Clinton’s advisor during her tenure as Secretary of State
  • The Clinton Foundation slush fund

FRED FLEITZ, Former CIA Analyst, Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs at the Center for Security Policy:

  • Munich Peace Conference results
  • Obama’s Syria non-strategy
  • Should Apple unlock the San Bernardino terrorists’ iPhone?

Worldwide Threat Assessment Conclusion: US Not Safe

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With Claudia Rosett, Fred Fleitz, Dr. Keith Payne, Bill Gertz

CLAUDIA ROSETT, foreign affairs columnist/blogger at Forbes.com and PJ Media:

  • Hermit Kingdom developing nuclear missiles that can reach the US
  • Obama Administration and the UN only lobbing words at the Kim Regime
  • South Korea deploying missile defenses and shutting down an industrial park at its Northern border
  • Build up of an axis of nations and groups hostile to the US

FRED FLEITZ, CSP VP for Policy and Programs, former CIA analyst:

  • Intelligence community presenting Congress with its annual Worldwide Threat Assessment
  • James Clapper doesn’t know whether Iran will pursue nuclear weapons or not
  • John Kerry’s diplomacy at it again in Syria’s “suspension of hostilities”
  • Has the Obama Administration deliberately destroyed data on Islamic terrorism inside the US?

Dr. KEITH PAYNE, President and co-founder of the National Institute for Public Policy:

  • New Russian national security strategy
  • The Kremlin’s nuclear weapon “first use” policy
  • Moscow’s long history of violating arms control agreements
  • Putin’s goals of creating the most advanced weaponry man has ever seen

(PART TWO):

  • NATO’s Flexible Response Doctrine compared to Russia’s “escalate to deescalate” doctrine
  • Status of the current US deterrent posture
  • Urgent need to reinvest in the US defense infrastructure

BILL GERTZ, senior editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

  • Congressional threat briefing on Chinese continued cyber espionage
  • Mike Rogers’ Senate testimony on the security of US critical infrastructure
  • Threat of North Korea detonating an EMP device in the atmosphere, rendering the US electric grid useless
  • Intelligence on China upgrading its long range ballistic missiles from one to three warheads
  • US downgrading its Multiple Independently Targetable Missile capacity

 

The (Worst) Deal of the Century

Today on Secure Freedom Radio, Jim Hanson, the Executive Vice President of the Center for Security Policy – who’s also a former U.S. Army Green Beret – spoke to Fred Fleitz, the Senior Vice President at the Center for Security Policy – who’s also a former CIA analyst.

The main topic of their discussion was Obama’s awful Iran deal. Fleitz said Iran has been enjoying their new economic freedom:

“We know that Iran has been going on a shopping spree in Europe, trying to spend its sanctions relief, the administration tried to play off how much sanction relief Iran would receive. They were saying it would be $50 billion dollars when experts were saying it would be $100 to $150 billion, however the Treasury Department yesterday said it in fact would be $100 billion dollars. The State Department tried to depict this as a rounding error.”

Only in the federal government can such a rounding error occur.

Hanson asked Fleitz if there’s anything that can be done to roll back this awful deal but Fleitz pointed out that Democrats are going to do whatever they can to protect this as part of Obama’s legacy. Which brings us to the election in November.

Fleitz says that while the Iran Deal hasn’t come up in the Democratic primary debates, it will surely come up in the general election debates and that if Hillary Clinton is the nominee, she is going to have to answer some difficult questions about this, considering that she has bragged about laying the foundation for the deal.

At the tail end of the discussion, Hanson brought up the upcoming Syrian peace talks and asked Fleitz if there’s any good which can come from them. Fleitz called the talks a “fiasco” and pointed out that many of the groups included in the talks refuse to deal with each other. This is an attempt by the Obama administration to “look like it’s doing something” although it could make matters worse.

Even if Assad were to step down in Syria, no one knows what would happen next. ISIS or another group could step in to fill the void.

“I’m really concerned about  if the administration actually…if this dog actually caught this car, what will happen?” Fleitz said.

Syria Peace Talks Halted, What’s the President’s Plan?

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With Diana West, Samuel Bendett, Joseph Humire and Fred Fleitz

DIANA WEST, nationally syndicated columnist, author of “American Betrayal” and “Death of a Grownup”:

  • Geert Wilders’ resistance to Europe’s infiltration of Islamism
  • Europe has brought Tahrir Square into every town square
  • What the US can learn from Europe

SAMUEL BENDETT, defense and foreign policy analyst:

  • Russia’s plans for global dominance
  • What Putin’s aggression may mean for former Soviet satellite states
  • How the West was overly optimistic about democratization after the fall of the USSR

JOSEPH HUMIRE, Executive Director at the Center for a Secure Free Society:

  • What will Cuba look like after the death of the Castro brothers?
  • Cuba’s internal population control
  • Islamist penetration of Latin America

FRED FLEITZ, Senior Vice President at the Center for Security Policy, former CIA analyst:

  • Iran’s shopping spree with sanctions relief
  • How JCPOA will play into the elections & possibly hurt Clinton’s presidential bid
  • Upcoming Syrian peace talks

Military Budget Cuts Costing Lives?

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With Rep. Jim Bridenstine, Dr. Gene Kopelson, Elaine Donnelly and Fred Fleitz

Rep. JIM BRIDENSTINE (OK-1), House Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces:

  • Iran’s behavior since the JCPOA
  • Likelihood of continued Iranian aggression
  • Zero-Tolerance for Terrorism Act
  • Consequences of a weakened American military

Dr. GENE KOPELSON, author of the forthcoming “Reagan’s 1968 Dress Rehearsal: Ike, RFK, and Reagan’s Emergence as a World Statesmen”:

  • Reagan’s ‘golden age of politics’
  • How Dwight Eisenhower influenced Reagan while governing California
  • Looking at Reagan’s potential grasp as the 1968 republican presidential nominee

ELAINE DONNELLY, President and Founder of the Center for Military Readiness:

  • Assault on the culture of the US military
  • Defense Ash Carter ignoring advice of the USMC, regarding female soldiers in direct combat

ELAINE DONNELLY (PART TWO):

  • Upcoming Senate Armed Services Committee hearing where Sec. of the Navy Maebus and Marine Commandant Dunford will speak on women in direct ground combat
  • Marine helicopter training accident part of a much larger issue

FRED FLEITZ, Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs at the Center for Security Policy, former CIA Analyst:

  • The dangerous fantasy behind Obama’s Iran deal
  • Upcoming Iranian elections
  • Will Hillary be indicted by the Justice Department?
  • National security consequences of Clinton’s private email server

Tehran Continues Nefarious Actions Undeterred

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With Fred Fleitz, Dr. Luis Fleischman, Gordon Chang, Diana West

FRED FLEITZ, Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs at the Center for Security Policy, former CIA analyst:

  • Swap of American hostages for Iranian criminals
  • Payment of ransom has endangered Americans abroad
  • Ability of the IAEA to insure Iran’s compliance with the nuclear agreement
  • Iran’s plans for ten new nuclear reactors

Dr. LUIS FLEISCHMAN, Senior Advisor for the Menges Hemispheric Security Project at the Center for Security Policy:

  • Nicolas Maduro’s actions after taking over for Hugo Chavez
  • Newest political fraud in Venezuela
  • Possibility of “el Chapo” being extradited to the U.S.
  • Review of Sean Penn’s interview with “el Chapo”
  • Encouraging prospects in Guatemala

GORDON CHANG, author of “The Coming Collapse of China”:

  • Results of the Taiwanese elections
  • Concern of China’s military build up in Asia
  • South Korea possibly obtaining nuclear weapons?
  • North Korea, Chinese, and Iranian nuclear cooperation
  • Update on China’s economy

DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault On Our Nation’s Character”:

  • Huma Abedin’s history with suspicious groups
  • Importance of barring sharia adherent migrants to the U.S.
  • Possible demotion of General David Petraeus?

Iran and North Korea’s Dangerous Partnership

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With Rep. Chris Stewart, Fred Fleitz, Dr. Michael Rubin, Bill Gertz

Rep. CHRIS STEWART (UT-2), Member, House Select Committee on Intelligence:

  • Reports of the NSA spying on congress
  • Administration’s aggressive policy towards Israel
  • Dangers in not vetting individuals coming to the U.S.

FRED FLEITZ, Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs at the Center for Security Policy, former CIA Analyst:

  • Views on NSA spying scandal
  • Disparities in reports of Iranian exports of enriched uranium
  • North Korea’s history of violating nuclear agreements
  • Iranian and North Korean nuclear cooperation

Dr. MICHAEL RUBIN, Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute:

  • Analysis of Iranian-Saudi conflict
  • North Korea’s ultimate goal in the recent nuclear test
  • Importance of having aircraft carriers in the Asian theater
  • Advice to future presidents regarding terrorist ideology

BILL GERTZ, senior editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

  • Latest intel assessment of the North Korean underground nuclear test and submarine-launched ballistic missile test
  • Thaw in relations between Pyongyang and Beijing
  • Obama Administration using the Muslim Brotherhood to ‘combat violent extremism’
  • China’s blinding laser weapon system in direct violation of UN statutes

Growing Dangers to Western Society

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With Fred Fleitz, Joseph Humire, Michael O’Hanlon, Gordon Chang

FRED FLEITZ, Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs at the Center for Security Policy, former CIA Analyst:

  • Update regarding the ObamaBomb deal with Iran
  • Chances of Islamic reformation

JOSEPH HUMIRE, Executive Director at the Center for a Secure Free Society:

  • Growing threat of Iranian activity in Latin America
  • Recap of Tehran’s act of terrors in the Western hemisphere
  • Venezuela’s role in supporting terrorism
  • Dangers of Canadian refugee resettlement

MICHAEL O’HANLON, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution:

  • Overview of the security situation in Afghanistan
  • Risks of conducting counter offensives in Ramadi
  • Prospects for future governments in Iraq

GORDON CHANG, author of “The Coming Collapse of China”:

  • Are US diplomats safe in China?
  • Japan defending its interests in the East China Sea
  • US policy towards Taiwan
  • Australian plane in the South Pacific receives threat to be shot down from Chinese forces