Frank Gaffney

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Born1953-04-05
Founder ofCenter for Security Policy
Member ofAmerican Committee for Peace in Chechnya, Committee on the Present Danger/Members, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Project for the New American Century, United States Committee for a Free Lebanon
Described as "one of America’s most notorious Islamophobes"

Frank J. Gaffney, Jr (born 5 April 1953) is the American founder and president of the think tank Center for Security Policy. He is a contributor and contributing editor for a number of publications, including the Washington Times, National Review Online, WorldNetDaily, and Jewish World Review.

Career in government

Frank Gaffney began his government career in the 1970s, working as an aide in the office of Democratic Senator Henry M. Jackson, under Richard Perle. From August 1983 until November 1987, Gaffney held the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy in the Reagan Administration, again serving under Perle.[1]

In April 1987, Gaffney was nominated to the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. He served as the acting Assistant Secretary for seven months. During this time, despite his official post, he was excluded by senior Reagan administration officials from the then-ongoing arms control talks with the Soviet Union. Gaffney was ultimately forced out of the Pentagon; The Washington Post observed at the time that within four days of Frank Carlucci's appointment as Secretary of Defense, "Gaffney's belongings were boxed and he was gone".[2][3] Following his departure from government, he immediately set about criticising Ronald Reagan's pursuit of an arms control agreement with the USSR.

Journalism

Gaffney contributes to the media site Newsmax, writing opinion pieces on topics such as politics, terrorism, and international affairs in a column titled "Security Watch."[4] Formerly, Gaffney wrote a column for The Washington Times.[5] He also hosts a podcast that has featured guests such as white supremacist Jared Taylor.[6]

Islamophobe

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) describes Gaffney as "one of America’s most notorious Islamophobes".[7]

Gaffney has been associated with David Yerushalmi for being responsible in spreading misinformation about Islam and for encouraging the enactment of anti-Muslim laws, including anti-Sharia legislation in the United States.[8]

Affiliations

According to the Modern History Project, the following are Gaffney's affiliations:[9]

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndDescription
Colloquium on Intelligence and Policy9 November 198410 November 1984A spooky conference in November 1984

 

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Document:David Cameron's 'counter extremism' experts work with far-right Donald Trump sympathisersArticle19 December 2015Nafeez Mosaddeq AhmedThe link between the two organisations (Henry Jackson Society and Quilliam Foundation) and Donald Trump is Frank Gaffney, who was the chief inspiration for Trump’s call to ban Muslims from entering the United States
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References

  1. Shadow Elite, Janine R. Wedel, 2009. pp.147–91
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  4. Gaffney, Frank. "Frank Gaffney – Security Watch". Newsmax. Retrieved 16 December 2013.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  5. "Frank J. Gaffney Jr. Stories – Washington Times". Retrieved 2016-06-21.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
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  7. "Frank Gaffney Jr". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 11 December 2015.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  8. Green, Todd (2015). The Fear of Islam: An Introduction to Islamophobia in the West. Fortress Press. ISBN 9781451469905. Retrieved 11 December 2015.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  9. Gaffney, Frank J. Jr., The Modern History Project website, accessed 6 Oct 2009