Coalition for Security, Liberty and the Law
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The FBI could get a wiretap to investigate the mafia, but they could not get one to investigate terrorists. To put it bluntly, that was crazy! 
The government’s prevention of any further attacks on the American homeland since September 11, 2001 has largely been the result of a number of policies and programs implemented since that fateful day.
In October 2001, Congress enacted the Patriot Act by overwhelming, bipartisan margins, arming law enforcement with new tools to detect and prevent terrorism: The USA Patriot Act was passed nearly unanimously by the Senate 98-1, and 357-66 in the House, with the support of members across the entire political spectrum.
When it became time to renew the Patriot Act, the Center for Security Policy played an integral part in helping the administration and responsible lawmakers overcome obstructionist efforts from a variety of sources. Through a television ad campaign and an influetial letter to Congress, the Center’s efforts helped ensure that the intelligence and law enforcement communities would have the tools they need to keep America protected from future terrorist attacks.
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| President Bush signs the Military Commissions Act to try suspected terrorists. (White House photo) |
The Coalition for Security, Liberty and the Law is committed to ideas such as the belief that Islamofacists should not be rewarded with a “Terrorist Bill of Rights” and that Guantanamo Bay is an appropriate location to detain al Qaeda’s most dangerous operatives.
The Coalition also remains vigilant of efforts that seek to undermine the United States through what we call “Lawfare” – a strategy of the weak employed to debilitate and defeat the United States through the minipulation of international and domestic legal fora, opinion and processes. Calls for the United States to provide terrorists with Geneva Convention protections and to end its Terrorist Surveillance Program are just a few of the more recent examples. As further challanges to the United States emerge, the Center will continue to be the leading advocate for the promotion of liberty through sound laws that protect, not endanger, American security.
Mr. Gaffney is the host of Secure Freedom Radio, a nationally-syndicated radio program heard weeknights throughout the country. He is an associate author of highly acclaimed Shariah: The Threat to America and the publisher of over a dozen other books and monographs from the Center for Security Policy Press.
In April 1987, Mr. Gaffney was nominated by President Reagan to become the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, the senior position in the Defense Department with responsibility for policies involving U.S.-USSR relations, nuclear forces, arms control, missile defense policy and U.S.-European defense ties. He acted in that capacity for seven months during which time, he was the Chairman of the prestigious High Level Group, NATO’s senior politico-military committee. He also represented the Secretary of Defense in key U.S.-Soviet negotiations and ministerial meetings.
From August 1983 until November 1987, Mr. Gaffney was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy under Assistant Secretary Richard Perle.
From February 1981 to August 1983, Mr. Gaffney was a Professional Staff Member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, chaired by the late Senator John Tower (R-Texas). And, in the latter 1970’s, Mr. Gaffney served as an aide to the late Senator Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson (D-Washington) in the areas of defense and foreign policy.
Mr. Gaffney holds a Master of Arts degree in International Studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.
Mr. Gaffney’s leadership has been recognized by numerous organizations including: the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Award (1987), the U.S. Business and Industry Council’s Defender of the National Interest Award (1994), the Navy League of the United States’ Alfred Thayer Mahan Literary Achievement Award (1999), and the Zionist Organization of America’s “Louis Brandeis Award” (2003), the Western Conservative Summit’s Stephen H. Long Award (2015), the Council for National Policy’s George Washington Military Leadership Award (2016) and the IMPACT Award from Ginni Thomas and United in Purpose (2017).
Mr. Gaffney was born in 1953 and resides in the Washington, D.C. area.
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