Editing Center for Security Policy (section)

==History and programs==
In April 1987, [[Frank Gaffney Jr.]] was nominated to serve as [[Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs]] during the [[Reagan Administration]], having served in that role for seven months until being removed in November of that same year.<ref name=disarmed>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/11/23/richard-perle-disarmed-but-undeterred/b83a9f49-8d43-41bd-8e6f-1316efd52075/|last=Blumenthal|first=Sidney|author-link=Sidney Blumenthal|title=Richard Perle: Disarmed but Undeterred; His Once Pervasive Power Waning, The Hard-Liner Awaits the Summit|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 23, 1987|access-date=February 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215115157/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/11/23/richard-perle-disarmed-but-undeterred/b83a9f49-8d43-41bd-8e6f-1316efd52075/|archive-date=February 15, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In a meeting with former [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] officials after Gaffney's ouster, [[Richard Perle]], for whom Gaffney had previously served as a top deputy,<ref name=disarmed/> said, "What we need is the Domino’s Pizza of the policy business. ... If you don’t get your policy analysis in 30 minutes, you get your money back."<ref name="SilversteinBurton-Rose2000">{{cite book|author1=Ken Silverstein|author2=Daniel Burton-Rose|title=Private Warriors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TiupK2xAX6cC&pg=244|year=2000|publisher=Verso|isbn=978-1-85984-325-3|page=244}}</ref> Gaffney founded the CSP a year later in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/about-us/frank-gaffney/|title=Center for Security Policy – Frank Gaffney|date=June 7, 2013|publisher=Center for Security Policy|access-date=September 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925072006/https://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/about-us/frank-gaffney/|archive-date=September 25, 2015|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> One of the center's annual reports later echoed Perle's words calling the CSP "the Domino's Pizza of the policy business."<ref name=arkin />

In 2010, there were 19 co-authors of the CSP "Team B II" report ''[[Shariah: The Threat To America]]'' that claimed [[sharia law]] was a major threat to the national security of the United States.<ref name= Bergen/><ref name=hauslohner>{{cite news|last1=Hauslohner|first1=Abigail|title=How a series of fringe anti-Muslim conspiracy theories went mainstream — via Donald Trump|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/how-a-series-of-fringe-anti-muslim-conspiracy-theories-went-mainstream--via-donald-trump/2016/11/05/7c366af6-8bf0-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 5, 2016|access-date=March 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518051145/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/how-a-series-of-fringe-anti-muslim-conspiracy-theories-went-mainstream--via-donald-trump/2016/11/05/7c366af6-8bf0-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html|archive-date=May 18, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2012, Gaffney released a 50-page document titled, "The Muslim Brotherhood in the Obama Administration".<ref name= Bergen/> The document questioned the [[Obama administration]]’s approach to the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] in the Middle East.<ref name=gertz>{{cite news|last1=Gertz|first1=Bill|title=Obama Secretly Backing Muslim Brotherhood|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/3/inside-the-ring-muslim-brotherhood-has-obamas-secr/|newspaper=[[The Washington Times]]|date=June 3, 2015|access-date=February 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208204323/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/3/inside-the-ring-muslim-brotherhood-has-obamas-secr/|archive-date=February 8, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The CSP has since accused a number of US officials of having ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, including [[Huma Abedin]]<ref name="SPLC" /> and [[Grover Norquist]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Terkel|first1=Amanda|title=Frank Gaffney Escalates Crusade To Take Down Grover Norquist|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/frank-gaffney_n_4905219.html|access-date=26 July 2015|work=[[Huffington Post]]|date=March 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150805202053/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/frank-gaffney_n_4905219.html|archive-date=August 5, 2015|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In 2013, CSP received donations from [[Boeing]] ($25,000); [[General Dynamics]] ($15,000); [[Lockheed Martin]] ($15,000); [[Northrop Grumman]] ($5,000); [[Raytheon]] ($20,000); and [[General Electric]] ($5,000).<ref name=clifton>{{cite news |url=http://www.salon.com/2014/10/01/far_right_birthers_secret_funders_look_whos_backing_islamophobe_frank_gaffney/ |title=Look who's backing Islamophobe Frank Gaffney |last1=Clifton |first1=Eli |date=October 1, 2014 |newspaper=[[Salon (website)|Salon]] |access-date=October 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725140801/http://www.salon.com/2014/10/01/far_right_birthers_secret_funders_look_whos_backing_islamophobe_frank_gaffney/ |archive-date=July 25, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The group has also received $1.4 million from the [[Bradley Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Anti-Islam Group Cited by Trump Roils Wisc. Politics |date=December 16, 2015 |newspaper=The Chronicle of Philanthropy |url=https://philanthropy.com/article/Anti-Islam-Group-Cited-by/234634 |access-date=December 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121063831/https://philanthropy.com/article/Anti-Islam-Group-Cited-by/234634 |archive-date=January 21, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

The CSP helped to organize a rally on [[Capitol Hill]] on September 9, 2015, against the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]], commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Keating|first1=Joshua|title=Trump and Cruz Stump Against Iran Deal|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/09/09/trump_and_cruz_join_forces_for_anti_iran_rally.html|publisher=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=September 9, 2015|access-date=February 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207011105/http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/09/09/trump_and_cruz_join_forces_for_anti_iran_rally.html|archive-date=February 7, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Republican presidential candidates [[Ted Cruz]] and [[Donald Trump]] spoke at the rally.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump, Cruz Pair Up to Slam Iran Deal at Capitol Hill Rally|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/trump--cruz-pair-up-to-slam-iran-deal-at-capitol-hill-rally-522537027668|work=[[NBC News]]|date=September 9, 2015|access-date=March 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301230250/https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/trump--cruz-pair-up-to-slam-iran-deal-at-capitol-hill-rally-522537027668|archive-date=March 1, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In a separate report about Iran, the CSP declared that [[Susan Rice]], [[Richard Haass]], and [[Dennis Ross]] were being secretly controlled by a covert "Iran lobby".<ref name="SPLC" />

On March 16, 2016, Republican presidential candidate [[Ted Cruz]] said he would appoint Gaffney to be his [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]]. Cruz also said his foreign policy team would also include three other employees of Gaffney's think tank: [[Fred Fleitz]], [[Clare M. Lopez|Clare Lopez]], and Jim Hanson.<ref name="Cruz Names">{{cite news |title=Ted Cruz Names Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorist As Top Foreign-Policy Adviser |url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/03/cruz-names-anti-muslim-paranoic-as-top-adviser.html# |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=March 17, 2016 |access-date=March 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318141854/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/03/cruz-names-anti-muslim-paranoic-as-top-adviser.html |archive-date=March 18, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> During his presidential campaign, [[Donald Trump]] cited a CSP poll in support of his [[Trump travel ban|restrictions on travel from several Muslim countries]].<ref name=bbc /><ref name=hauslohner />

===Trump administration===
Since 2017 several people with ties to the CSP have joined the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]], including [[Counselor to the President]] [[Kellyanne Conway]] in 2017, chief of staff for the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]] [[Fred Fleitz]] in 2018,<ref>{{cite book |last=Uddin |first=Asma |date=2019 |title=When Islam is Not a Religion |publisher=Pegasus Books |page=93 |isbn=9781643131740 }}</ref> and [[Deputy National Security Advisor (United States)|Deputy National Security Advisor]] [[Charles Kupperman]] in 2019.<ref name="Archived copy">{{Cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/190117160447367.html |title=Trump's new 'anti-Muslim' appointee worries civil rights groups |access-date=January 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190118023327/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/190117160447367.html |archive-date=January 18, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Kupperman served on the board of directors for CSP between 2001 and 2010.<ref name="Archived copy"/>

The Trump administration used reports released by the CSP when it proposed to ban all Muslims from entering the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019|title=Far-right group warning of Islamist infiltration to hold banquet at Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/far-right-group-warning-of-islamist-infiltration-to-hold-banquet-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-club/2019/11/21/52dbc47c-0bb7-11ea-97ac-a7ccc8dd1ebc_story.html|access-date=May 25, 2020|archive-date=December 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228172122/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/far-right-group-warning-of-islamist-infiltration-to-hold-banquet-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-club/2019/11/21/52dbc47c-0bb7-11ea-97ac-a7ccc8dd1ebc_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>