With Matt Brodsky, Jim Simpson, Bill Gertz and Patrick Dunleavy

MATT BRODSKY, Senior Analyst in Wikistrat’s Analytic Community:

• Status report on the war against ISIS  
• Strategic considerations for the United States
• The future of Qatari relations and the Al Udeid Air Base

PATRICK DUNLEAVY, Author of The Fertile Soil of Jihad: Terrorism’s Prison Connections:

• Edwin Lorenzo Lemmons: a case study of prison radicalization
• Vetting prison religious volunteers and clergy for criminal background and social media activity 

BILL GERTZ, Senior editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

• Pentagon security breaches by the Chinese and Russians
• Robert Mueller’s special investigation turns to China
• Chinese efforts to hinder U.S.-South Korean relations
• John Lenczowski’s efforts in fighting the ideology battle against terrorism

JIM SIMPSON, Freelance Investigative Journalist, Former Budget Examiner for the White House Office of Management and Budget:

• SPLC and its history with the socialist Frankfurt School
• The refugee crisis and why they should share American values