Mike Benz

Someone who gets access to high level political figures, cultural figures who can swing hearts and minds, business figures. You know, if I came to you and I said, I'm Mike Benz, I work for the CIA, Tell me all your secrets. You know, you're not going to do that.

Someone who gets access to high level political figures, cultural figures who can swing hearts and minds, business figures. You know, if I came to you and I said, I'm Mike Benz, I work for the CIA, Tell me all your secrets. You know, you're not going to do that.

Someone who gets access to high level political figures, cultural figures who can swing hearts and minds, business figures. You know, if I came to you and I said, I'm Mike Benz, I work for the CIA, Tell me all your secrets. You know, you're not going to do that.

But if you think that I'm, you know, a fun loving guy who's got access to beautiful women and I throw great parties and I can take you and your friends on a great vacation and we've got common business interests and.

But if you think that I'm, you know, a fun loving guy who's got access to beautiful women and I throw great parties and I can take you and your friends on a great vacation and we've got common business interests and.

But if you think that I'm, you know, a fun loving guy who's got access to beautiful women and I throw great parties and I can take you and your friends on a great vacation and we've got common business interests and.

you know i will learn things in the process of those conversations that i can then relay to you know folks in the intelligence world who simply want to know what the next move is of these of these political figures or of these billionaire you know uh billionaire investors or or funders it's also a way to broker deals in a way where you you effectively have a back channel

you know i will learn things in the process of those conversations that i can then relay to you know folks in the intelligence world who simply want to know what the next move is of these of these political figures or of these billionaire you know uh billionaire investors or or funders it's also a way to broker deals in a way where you you effectively have a back channel

you know i will learn things in the process of those conversations that i can then relay to you know folks in the intelligence world who simply want to know what the next move is of these of these political figures or of these billionaire you know uh billionaire investors or or funders it's also a way to broker deals in a way where you you effectively have a back channel

Oftentimes these these high level business deals between nation states and also between nation states and corporations need a little bit of massaging from from back channels, from interlocutors, from go betweens who don't formally represent that foreign government or that government like the State Department. Great example. This is Bill Burns, who is the CIA director for Joe Biden.

Oftentimes these these high level business deals between nation states and also between nation states and corporations need a little bit of massaging from from back channels, from interlocutors, from go betweens who don't formally represent that foreign government or that government like the State Department. Great example. This is Bill Burns, who is the CIA director for Joe Biden.

Oftentimes these these high level business deals between nation states and also between nation states and corporations need a little bit of massaging from from back channels, from interlocutors, from go betweens who don't formally represent that foreign government or that government like the State Department. Great example. This is Bill Burns, who is the CIA director for Joe Biden.

for President Biden for all four years. He was picked to be the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, having never worked for the CIA. He had spent 35 years in the State Department. He negotiated the Iran deal for President Obama. And then he went to work at a think tank for seven years. And then he, you know, How does someone like Bill Burns know how all the gadgets work?

for President Biden for all four years. He was picked to be the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, having never worked for the CIA. He had spent 35 years in the State Department. He negotiated the Iran deal for President Obama. And then he went to work at a think tank for seven years. And then he, you know, How does someone like Bill Burns know how all the gadgets work?

for President Biden for all four years. He was picked to be the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, having never worked for the CIA. He had spent 35 years in the State Department. He negotiated the Iran deal for President Obama. And then he went to work at a think tank for seven years. And then he, you know, How does someone like Bill Burns know how all the gadgets work?

How does he know how to work the cockpit of the CIA having never worked there? And the answer is because when he worked for the Carnegie Endowment for National Peace, which he was the president of for seven years before he got the CIA job, that's one of those think tanks that's at the center of this back-channel statecraft.

How does he know how to work the cockpit of the CIA having never worked there? And the answer is because when he worked for the Carnegie Endowment for National Peace, which he was the president of for seven years before he got the CIA job, that's one of those think tanks that's at the center of this back-channel statecraft.

How does he know how to work the cockpit of the CIA having never worked there? And the answer is because when he worked for the Carnegie Endowment for National Peace, which he was the president of for seven years before he got the CIA job, that's one of those think tanks that's at the center of this back-channel statecraft.

In fact, his own autobiography is called The Back Channel and basically details the role of his role and the role of his network in being able to massage deals in the background, like the Iran deal. If you're going to line up something like the Iran deal, which was this early 2015 pivotal moment that created this big rift between Israel and NATO, it created this big rift between the

In fact, his own autobiography is called The Back Channel and basically details the role of his role and the role of his network in being able to massage deals in the background, like the Iran deal. If you're going to line up something like the Iran deal, which was this early 2015 pivotal moment that created this big rift between Israel and NATO, it created this big rift between the