RYAN MAURO, National Security Analyst for ClarionProject.org
- Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist's ties to Sami Al-Arian, a Palestinian-American civil rights activist indicted on terrorism charges
- Al-Arian's efforts to pressure the George W. Bush administration to turn national security manners into issues of civil rights
- Nefarious dealings of an organization stared by Norquist, the Islamic Free Market Institute
- A warning from an FBI informant that the International Institute of Islamic Thought, a major financier of Al-Arian’s dealings, was attempting to infiltrate the U.S. government
DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character:
- Dutch politician Geert Wilders' campaign to prevent the “Islamization” of his native Netherlands and the rest of Europe
- Shariah law's advancement into Western civil liberties
- Is Islam expansionist, according to its authoritative text and history?
- Will Wilders be prosecuted for his recent comments in Vienna?
JIM HANSON, Executive Vice President of the Center for Security Policy, and former Army Special Operations officer:
- Conflicting accounts from Washington and Tehran regarding the nuclear "agreement" framework
- Lessons from Bill Clinton's failed deal with North Korea
- The futility of inspections via the IAEA
- The worldwide reach of the Global Jihad Movement in Africa
KATHERINE ZIMMERMAN, Research Fellow and lead analyst on al-Qaeda for the American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project:
- Yemen’s transition from “managed chaos” to civil war seen in the post-Arab Spring political marginalization of the al-Houthi group
- Funding, weapon shipments, allegations of military training, and on-the-ground advisors given to the Houthi rebels from Tehran
- Yemen’s strategic position on the Red Sea and, from there, the Suez Canal
- How the Sunni Arab Gulf Coalition and Shia Iran are using the conflict in Yemen to expand the greater sectarian war in the Middle East
- Limited U.S. options going forward in the Arabian Peninsula