Frank Gaffney

Frank Gaffney
Gaffney speaking at CPAC in 2018
Born
Frank J. Gaffney Jr.

(1953-04-05) April 5, 1953 (age 71)
EducationGeorgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (BS)
Johns Hopkins University, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (MA)
OccupationDefense policy analyst
Known forCounter-jihad, popular conspiracy theories, conservative political commentary
TitleDeputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (1983–87)
AwardsDepartment of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service (1987)
Zionist Organization of America's Louis Brandeis Award (2003)[1]

Frank J. Gaffney Jr. (born April 5, 1953) is an American anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist[2] and the founder and former president of the Center for Security Policy (CSP). In the 1970s and 1980s, he worked for the federal government in multiple posts, including as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy from 1983 to 1987, and seven months as Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs during the Reagan administration. He then founded the CSP in 1988, serving as its president until 2023, thereafter as executive chairman.[3]

  1. ^ "Frank Gaffney". Center for Security Policy. June 7, 2013. Archived from the original on August 18, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "4 Conspiracy Theories Promoted by Frank Gaffney, Ted Cruz's New Adviser". Haaretz. March 18, 2016. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
    "Frank Gaffney Jr". Southern Poverty Law Center. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
    Carden, James. "The Iran Deal Opponents Are Going to Fight to the Bitter End". The Nation. No. September 11, 2015. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
    Woodruff, Betsy (March 15, 2015). "Glenn Beck Thinks Grover Norquist Is a Muslim Brotherhood Mole. Now, the NRA Is "Investigating."". Slate. Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
    "Bachmann, Gaffney, and the GOP's Anti-Muslim Culture of Conspiracy". The Daily Beast. July 23, 2012. Archived from the original on July 11, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  3. ^ "Center for Security Policy improves its approach to changing national security challenges". Center for Security Policy. August 19, 2022.

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