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SRS #170 [Video] with Mike Benz (Patreon)

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2025-02-12 01:10:07
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2025-02-14 21:48:29
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Are you happy with how your tax dollars are being used?Mike Benz is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Freedom Online, a non-profit watchdog group dedicated to protecting digital liberties and restoring the free and open Internet. He previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Communications and Information Technology at the US State Department during the Trump administration, where he formulated US policy on Internet diplomacy issues and interfaced with private industry. Benz has been a vocal critic of technological government overreach, most recently in his critiques of USAID and his advocacy against online censorship.Due to the early access delay, all Behind-the-Scenes content featuring Mike Benz will be accessible to all membership tiers.

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Sam Ferrell

Pure wickedness grips our government and the associated agencies.

Ya'aqov

Shawn, you’re a rock star! Thank you for conducting such fantastic interviews.

Sniper Bait

Love Mike Benz! Been following him for a long time Let’s Go Mike and Shawn!

Jimmy Wusinich

Excellent episode! I don’t know which guest stresses me out more than Mike Benz and Sarah Adams. I can’t take it! Keep kicking ass SRS team, and thank you for picking my question Shawn. 🇺🇸🔥🇺🇸🔥

Sam Savage

What an informed guy!... The off the cuff knowledge and data this guy comes out with...! He's a walking encyclopaedia for dates, relevant geo-political events and scenarios. Holy moly!..... Don't play a trivia night against this guy hahahha!!

Tony Porter

It’s sad that people have to worry about losing their life over sharing govt info. As soon as this was released he posted on X “well, they might kill me.”

Sniper Bait

We need oversight regardless of how US AID and other dysfunctional agencies operate within our Government- and their budget needs to be reconciled annually. The necessary operations that need to be covert do not need disclosure - but they should be at least identified to allow transparency to Taxpayers and appointed / elected government officials. There has to be checks and balances to keep these agencies from becoming corrupt or compromised by Foreign Governments or Agents that do not have our Best interests in mind. Unethical practices are also going to need evaluation to deter if it is necessary for the protection or national security interests of the United States.

Robert Diggins

CRIMINALLY. INVESTIGATE. NINE. ELEVEN. TWO. THOUSAND. ONE. ASAP. FULL 🛑

Robert Diggins

Great information, Mr. Benz. But, you kinda blurred the hostage situation in Iran during Carter. The beginning of Iran Contra selling arms to Iran came with the stipulation that they held the American hostage until after the election, to make Carter look bad (which you just reinforced!). They were released on the day Reagan was inaugurated. 🧐 ⚠️ There's a lot of sugar here. Listen carefully for the medicine going down. It's obvious that Benz has been putting it out that he doesn't want to much transparency Our Constitution CAN handle the Truth, even if the current batch of oligarchs can't. We can't trade liberty for security and getting rid of the pirates who hijacked our government is NOT "burning the whole thing down", as he said to Tucker.💡 The above notwithstanding, I am grateful for his courage. This whole effort needs to be supported, so individuals don't get too scared and we can actually get rid of the evil scourge this time. All of it. From the LIE that we trained armed and funded the mujahideen to defend Afghanistan from the invading Soviets (Hollywood propaganda Charlie Wilson's War BS). ZBIGNIEW B ADMITTED IT IN THE LATE 90s, THAT HE GOT CARTER TO SIGN OFF ON THE USE OF THE MUJAHIDEEN "TO DRAW THE SOVIETS INTO AFGHANISTAN, FOR THEIR OWN VIETNAM". He mentioned Pakistan's involvement, but it wasn't so clearly communicated that it was the pirates in the USA who RAN IT! NO MORE FEAR OF LOSING OUR COUNTRY BY TELLING THE TRUTH! Again, thanks Mr. Benz! But please see that we will never stop being a hijacked country, until we FULLY INFORM THE PUBLIC AND EITHER HAVE TRUTH G RECONCILIATION, BUILD A LARGE NUMBER OF GALLOWS, OR A MIXTURE OF BOTH. WE'RE BEING MASS MURDERED AND COMMITTING MASS MURDER FOR THESE PSYCHOS, WHO ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO WANT TO DESTROY THE CONSTITUTION. YOU KNOW THIS! TAKE COURAGE. THE PEOPLE WHO GET INFORMED WILL BE THE STRENGTH TO SUPPORT THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. 🇺🇲

Robert Diggins

I disagree with "dark arts sorcery work" against foreign countries. The Church Committee Hearings DIDN'T STOP ASSASSINATIONS AND ALL THE REGIME TOPPLING HAS BIT US IN THE ASS. I totally disagree with the guest and host saying we need it. Ask SMEDLEY BUTLER! Read 'War is a Racket'. And don't talk about competition capitalism being righteous, if it relies on this BS. THIS IS ENDLESS WAR AND THEY WILL, AS WE'VE ALREADY SEEN, TURN OT INWARD.

Robert Diggins

As the discussion goes on, it's becoming a total whitewash. You both believe in permanent warfare. Fuck that noise.

Robert Diggins

You're conflicted with the fact that the USA is a narco, human, and arms trafficking, terrorist orchestrating globalist empire? You declare the MAGA movement is just starting to learn about foreign policy? It started when Trump said Hillary would be in jail, because of her crimes as secretary of state! Millions of Americans, who are sick of this shit, suddenly thought it would be possible to drain the swamp of these oligarchs who send our military to war (they created) to secure other countries natural resources. You aren't capitalists. You're totalitarian fascists. Stop acting upset by any of this. You're being disingenuous.

Robert Diggins

You're not going to take a stance on creating bioweapons, "so we can defend ourselves against them". Frickin morons. You don't belong in the USA. This isn't American.

Robert Diggins

I expected RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION, but I heard THE BANALITY OF EVIL. Tuckers response to Benz was a lot better. I think he's further along in his redemption arc and escape from the neocon indoctrination. I'm seeing a few people saying the same shit about us needing to topple foreign governments, "because we have enemies". Gee, I wonder how enemies are created 🤔 How about a simple question for you: Do you think there were crimes committed on and related to the events of 9/22/2001? If yes, do you want those crimes to be investigated and prosecuted, using the American STANDARD? WE'RE ALREADY "BURNT DOWN" AND WE NEED TO REBUILD. WE NEED TO REMOVE THE INFESTATION FIRST AND I'M REALLY SORRY TO HEAR THAT BOTH OF YOU ARE SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME TRRMITES. SERIOUSLY, GO LIVE UNDER A MONARCH, WHERE YOU CAN SUPPORT SECRET AND ILLEGAL WARS - WHICH ARE FOR F*CKING RESOURCES, NOT SECURITY - AND THE RESOURCES ARE FOR THE OLIGARCHY WHO DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE PEOPLE. MY GOD, THE LACK OF OUTRAGE AND INJECTIONS OF FEAR IN THIS DISCUSSION WERE DO DISAPPOINTING, I HAD TO STOP LISTENING WITH 36 MINUTES LEFT. IF YOU WANT TO STOP THE AUTHORITARIAN NIGHTMARE, PLEASE KEEP QUESTIONS AUTHORITY IN-GROUP AND TAKE ANOTHER STEP ALONG THE PATH OF REDEMPTION. I REALIZE THE INDOCTRINATION IS DEEP, BUT HERE WE ARE! WITH THE GOODS! AND WE'RE LISTENING TO THESE TWO TALK ABOUT THE NECESSITY OF THESE DISGUSTING CRIMES?!!!

m

This episode has got me thinking how it affects the UK and how we do it all in the UK I have my suspicions

Sean Horval

This is a good and insightful interview. While there are many benefits for Americans that stem from international corruption, that doesn't justify it. We need to prioritize America first and reduce our involvement in global affairs. It's important to shrink the government, lower the deficit, and eliminate corruption!

Jordan Johnstone

THANK YOU SHAWN THANK YOU SHAWN THANK YOU SHAWN!!! WITHOUT YOU NO ONE WOULD KNOW ANY OF THIS SHIT

Rooster79

"IF, IN THE OPINION OF THE PEOPLE, THE DISTRIBUTION OR MODIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS BE IN ANY PARTICULAR WRONG, LET IT BE CORRECTED BY AN AMENDMENT IN THE WAY WHICH THE CONSTITUTION DESIGNATES." - George Washington

Gary W

Mike breaks USAID down better than any other interview or person has! He goes completely beyond the Psy-Ops the MSM is telling. I’m sure Rubio understands the need as he has stated for the programs that benefit the US interests. But it MUST not be able to turn its machine inwards against US citizens and run rogue against policies of the sitting President. Therefore under State with much better safe guards is required. Most importantly the current President regardless of party must have operational oversight.

Raye

Absolutely unbelievable information. Mind blowing.

Anita Ramey

Are there CLIFF NOTES on all this?

OC

Does anyone have an idea the repercussions of the end of USAID? It's worth the time to 🤔. I've been in Los Angeles since 1984, and would appreciate (from my perspective) so much the removal of government corruption. When such a great thief is cornered, they wil not go silently into the night. Ending government corruption is an honorable goal. I see a brighter future, but it will not come easy.

Denny Meinert

I understand that we need to have some of these overseas programs but don’t tell me it’s to maintain our standard of living. The standard of living here in the US has steadily gone down as the dollar has lost its buying power. Tell that to the people who can’t buy a house anymore or can’t afford groceries. All of this has hurt the average American.

Neil

Well, this is simply another fanatical buffoon… At the very least he is charlatan exaggerating for his own profit. Never mind that his views by any measure or ideology are actually on the very far left (virtually Marxist and like listening to an apparatchik from Lenin’s USSR). While we might all agree that USAID’s silly payments to LGBTQ+ nonsense in for example Serbia are an abomination, it does mean we should get rid of our ability to conduct useful covert operations in a practical way. Should they be run by the CIA or another intel agency, if possible, yes, but if not practical, then USAID might be a good vehicle… If so what’s the problem? Why are these fanatics, the WOKE/DEI stuff aside, focused on uncovering and/or getting rid of effective tools we can use against unfriendly governments? It is just counterproductive. Never mind Benz’es version of history, straight out of the Marxist playbook – he really does not know his history regarding Chile and the removal of Allende, by Pinochet. What utter disinformation on his part. No wonder he needs to push for so called freedom of speech online, when he himself is a spreader of fallacies! And he goes on about this. Utterly ignorant about history or seemingly about how and why things work the way they do. Sure, our nation has interests, but this just goes overboard into outright speculation. And great exaggerations about what the USAID’s actual role in helping the CIA actually is/was. What fantasy role play… His ideas about business and the economy are further utterly naïve and ignorant… His recipe would be one of withdrawal for the US and lead to our nations demise. His analysis (at 1h 24m) about Reagan’s trickle-down economic theory, etc. - I could not help but laugh… But worse yet, it takes about 15 seconds to degenerate into a tirade about executive salaries, etc. The classical socialist litany of complaints. And he gets so excited in his fanaticism that he can’t even speak calmly, and his thought process is seemingly not coherent, it intermixes issues, and jumps around in a nonlinear or non-logical fashion. I do not know if this is due to him being nervous or stressed or simply not able to structure his opinion or view coherently. If the latter, which is likely in light of his prolific public appearances, well then its simply not factual or coherent or rational thought or opinion. It is instead a list of divergent grievances that he really has little understanding or depth of knowledge about, he is simply outraged, but seems not to really know why. But it is still nothing but a litany of leftist complaints and diatribes against US capitalism and business, etc. Pure socialism… Why is he so angry about this, had even half of what he claims been true, its great work in the interest of America. Aside from the WOKE/DEI nonsense there is no cancer here. And sure that DEI stuff might be bad enough to warrant a house cleaning, but then focus on that aspect. Then he goes into absolute nonsense about the Atlantic Council… And the utter conspiracy nonsense about Romanian and Ukrainian politics. OMG people believe this crap? (That is not to say we cannot critique Ukraine…) And he seemingly does not even really understand how the NATO and EU aspirations are very different processes for Ukraine. And we have the unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about universities and think tanks. Again, everything is just taken to the loony level… Intermixing USAID, DoS, DoD, CIA, and even DARPA. Then transitioning to information/disinformation and making a word soup that would make Kamala Harris proud, and expanding on that into his own theories about the work, business and personal choices of current and former high-ranking officials. Again, utter conjecture. This is nothing but far left (and loony isolationist right) ranting. Utterly sad to see this guy gets the opportunity to waste our time. (That said he is correct about the dangers of the pending EU disinformation law…) I know another fellow who would say these same things, his name is Putin. So…

Robert Diggins

Look into the Turkish construction company, ENKA, and ask yourself why they've gotten so many contracts to build our military bases around the world. A lot of dark money goes through companies like this, who are vastly overpaid, but don't keep all they get. Some of the money moves on. This is pretty old news as well. Just another way we get those dirty tricks (on American tax payers) done. 💡

Robert Diggins

BTW, I'm sorry I was so pissed in some of my comments yesterday. I'll leave my comments as is. I get stuck in the reptile brain sometimes and that's on me. Hoping to get ibogaine legalized in the USA someday soon! ✌️

Trish

Sorry ... I didn't realize I posted this on a behind the scenes video ... One of the most important voices today is Mike Benz. We know this because the MSM is doing everything it can to malign him. Thank you, SRS, for another great and informative discussion!

SoulReaper66

That interview was one of the most informative interview, next to all three of the Sarah Adams interviews. It is always a pleasure to watch the Shawn Ryan Show.🫡🇺🇸😎💯🇺🇸

Stephanie

Mike Ben is always the information guru. This should shared with everyone you know so they can understand how corrupt our entire government is. I read today don’t know if it’s true that Tom Cotton was chair of one of the groups of USA that he also is voting against one of Trump‘s appointee. I am just disgusted with our government. I want a list of every single person it’s taking checks and writing checks as in who gives the order & the name of the aid. I don’t believe all the BS names of PA like Sesame Street in Iraq transgender studies in Africa There’s many bogus names- I think on this aid then it probably goes out to some nefarious group.

Jim Kinne

Thanks, Shawn and Mike. Gives meaning to questioning a number of the 40+ years I gave to the govt as an American.

Robert Hess

This was the most frightening interview I have ever seen. I thought Sarah Adams intel was frightening. This makes hers pale by comparison. I knew we did some dirty deeds, but this is far above and beyond the scope of anything I had imagined.