Secure Freedom Minute

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. 

Without explicitly saying so, two recent official disclosures suggest we are at war. 

The first, issued by the National Counter-Terrorism Center, warned that al Qaeda cells have embedded themselves across major urban centers in this country. Consistent with the group’s 9/11 attacks, their targets appear aimed at maximizing casualties and chaos by targeting transportation systems and crowded public spaces.

The second, just revealed by the Secret Service, indicates that a devastating attack on telecommunications networks in the New York City region was narrowly averted this week. It’s being described as the work of an unnamed foreign government and individuals here. 

We need an informed national debate about the war we are in, the fact that it could go fully – and potentially devastatingly – kinetic at any moment and how Americans can be read-in and crowdsourced to help authorities identify and counter enemies within. 

This is Frank Gaffney.

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. 

President Trump will address the United Nations today amidst an outbreak there of mass psychosis. Fully one-hundred-fifty countries believe there is a Palestinian state and recognize its existence.

Presumably, Mr. Trump will point out the obvious: There actually is no state of Palestine. Indeed, the closest thing to one was the former Hamas-controlled Gaza. It was a terrorist safe-haven, endlessly attacking Israel. 

Pretending that there is such a state will not conduce to peace. Rather, Hamas dead-enders who refuse to surrender will fight on, convinced they’ll be rescued from the complete defeat Israel is determined to achieve. 

Mr. Trump is expected to reject the sort of mob-rule with Chinese characteristics inherent in the UN’s global governance agenda in favor of national sovereignty and constitutional rule. The Palestinian state delusional gambit is a prime example of why we must put America First.  

This is Frank Gaffney.

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. 

One of the most important take-aways from the extraordinary funeral service for Charlie Kirk on Sunday was the insight that he committed his life, and ultimately gave it, to the conduct of spiritual warfare. Few of any age, let alone his tender one, have done it better, or more impactfully.

Among the forces of evil Charlie fought tirelessly were atheistic Communism, demonic Sharia-supremacism and godless globalism – a “totalitarian trifecta” currently pursuing the destruction of Judeo-Christian civilization. He valiantly taught students, and the rest of us, that the United States is essential to the defeat of such enemies, foreign and domestic.

The power of that message – and the imperative need to make a redoubled effort to carry it forward – was showcased brilliantly by Charlie’s formidable widow, Erika, and numerous friends, many of them in high office, including President Trump. 

Let’s make it so.

This is Frank Gaffney.

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. 

Yesterday, Jimmy Kimmel lost his late-night gig for describing Charlie Kirk’s alleged murderer as MAGA. 

Other outrageous comments about Charlie himself deserve condemnation, too – including claims on social media to the effect that Israel was somehow involved in his assassination and that he was an asset of Israeli intelligence. 

The evident contradiction between such lies notwithstanding, they exemplify intensifying efforts to divide Americans and foster in particular enmity towards the Jewish State and Jews.

Who’s behind this agenda? Obviously, anti-Semites come to mind. Sharia-supremacists bankrolled by Qatar are doubtless in the mix, as well. 

And Chinese and Russian bots are reportedly promoting narratives about Charlie Kirk that inflame hostilities between Americans and otherwise advance China’s long-running,         “unrestricted warfare” aimed at taking down our country.

Irrespective of the source, such lies about Charlie Kirk must be denounced and their perpetrators held accountable. 

This is Frank Gaffney.

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. 

I had the privilege last night of being among thousands of friends, associates and admirers of Charlie Kirk who gathered for a Kennedy Center prayer vigil to remember and revere the man and his legacy. 

I encourage every American to view its video recording.

There are now two urgent action items. First, as his widow, Erika, pledged in an absolutely extraordinary eulogy, Turning Point USA must be made even more formidable. Fortunately, we were told last night requests for new TPUSA campus chapters exceed thirty thousand.

Second, President Trump has promised to “find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it.” He’s promised to “look into [George] Soros, because I think it’s a RICO case against him and other people.” 

Let’s roll.

This is Frank Gaffney.

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. 

Charles “Sam” Faddis served for two decades as a covert operative – a spy – for the Central Intelligence Agency, much of it confronting enemies waging jihad or “holy war” to impose Islam’s toxic Sharia code worldwide.

Among the most dangerous of such adherents are Shiite Muslims known as “12ers.” They want to cause the apocalypse to prompt a messiah to emerge from a well in Iran where he has resided for over a thousand years to bring about the Golden Age of Islam. 

In Sam’s last job at the CIA, he was responsible for protecting us against Weapons of Mass Destruction terrorism. In an interview this week, we discussed the prospect of having an avowed 12er like Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani be ultimately responsible for the security of New York City.

Obviously, that should be disqualifying and must not happen.

This is Frank Gaffney.

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.

The political assassination of Charlie Kirk – one of America’s most beloved, influential and courageous thought-leaders – is an abomination. 

So far, it is unclear who was responsible for silencing this brilliant man, or what effect Charlie’s murder will have on the country he loved so profoundly and the young people he inspired and empowered so impactfully.

What is clear is that we can no longer ignore the international and increasingly the domestic threats about which he warned relentlessly. 

In particular, as we mark twenty-four years to the day when nineteen men called to jihad by Islam’s Sharia doctrine inflicted unprecedented mass destruction on our country, we must heed Charlie’s admonitions that its adherents are here – and determined to achieve that goal and the demise of Judeo-Christian civilization, more generally. 

We must honor our friend, Charlie Kirk, by carrying on his vital work. 

This is Frank Gaffney.

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.

Israel’s attacks on Hamas safe-havens in Qatar are the latest indication that she is determined to “finish the job” in Gaza. President Trump has repeatedly urged the Israeli government to do just that – and should affirm such support again at this juncture.

To date, however, Mr. Trump has expressed regret that the strike occurred and promised it would not be repeated. That should only be the case if Qatar stops hosting and abetting Hamas –  the sort of material support for international jihadism that makes it the world’s most generous state-sponsor of terrorism.

If Qatar expelled and otherwise cut off Hamas, instead of – as a purported “mediator,” effectively enabling its survival – the only acceptable outcome in Gaza could be quickly achieved: Namely truly finishing the job by securing Hamas’ unconditional surrender, freeing all remaining Israeli hostages, and incarceration by Israel.  

This is Frank Gaffney.