Frank Gaffney
Frank J. Gaffney Jr. (born April 5, 1953) is an American anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist 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.
Frank Gaffney | |
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Gaffney speaking at CPAC in 2018 | |
| Born | Frank J. Gaffney Jr. April 5, 1953 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Georgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (BS) Johns Hopkins University, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (MA) |
| Occupation | Defense policy analyst |
| Known for | Counter-jihad, popular conspiracy theories, conservative political commentary |
| Title | Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (1983–87) |
| Awards | Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service (1987) Zionist Organization of America's Louis Brandeis Award (2003) |
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