Mike Benz

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

the Obama foreign policy world and much of the bipartisan buy-in that existed between the certain factions within the GOP, I think that really cleared the way for Trump. But to line that up, you're going to need all the different stakeholders And sometimes you can't send in a formal U.S. State Department person to do that.

the Obama foreign policy world and much of the bipartisan buy-in that existed between the certain factions within the GOP, I think that really cleared the way for Trump. But to line that up, you're going to need all the different stakeholders And sometimes you can't send in a formal U.S. State Department person to do that.

the Obama foreign policy world and much of the bipartisan buy-in that existed between the certain factions within the GOP, I think that really cleared the way for Trump. But to line that up, you're going to need all the different stakeholders And sometimes you can't send in a formal U.S. State Department person to do that.

You might want to convey a more heavy-handed message that you don't want to be on the record conveying. But if a back channel conveys it, then you can deny it later. Same thing. So whether that's brokering deals, whether that's setting up informal networks, this is a big part of how Statecraft operates.

You might want to convey a more heavy-handed message that you don't want to be on the record conveying. But if a back channel conveys it, then you can deny it later. Same thing. So whether that's brokering deals, whether that's setting up informal networks, this is a big part of how Statecraft operates.

You might want to convey a more heavy-handed message that you don't want to be on the record conveying. But if a back channel conveys it, then you can deny it later. Same thing. So whether that's brokering deals, whether that's setting up informal networks, this is a big part of how Statecraft operates.

You have these formal bureaus and these formal divisions and formal W-2 employees at state or CIA. But most of the work happens at the informal layer where someone from state or someone from the intelligence world who is running information

You have these formal bureaus and these formal divisions and formal W-2 employees at state or CIA. But most of the work happens at the informal layer where someone from state or someone from the intelligence world who is running information

You have these formal bureaus and these formal divisions and formal W-2 employees at state or CIA. But most of the work happens at the informal layer where someone from state or someone from the intelligence world who is running information

who's basically a symphony orchestra conductor of these outside groups that are informal and that can massage it, can get a general sort of set of terms lined up, who can convey sanctions are going to be forthcoming or whatever the message is, and also who can

who's basically a symphony orchestra conductor of these outside groups that are informal and that can massage it, can get a general sort of set of terms lined up, who can convey sanctions are going to be forthcoming or whatever the message is, and also who can

who's basically a symphony orchestra conductor of these outside groups that are informal and that can massage it, can get a general sort of set of terms lined up, who can convey sanctions are going to be forthcoming or whatever the message is, and also who can

gather intelligence that can be used that you can't necessarily get if you are in the intel world and you don't know who's all going to be there. You can't necessarily tap all their phones or maybe they just bought a burner phone. You need a fly on the wall. You need someone in the room. And I think that is probably the closest to the Epstein story. And I don't know which government It is.

gather intelligence that can be used that you can't necessarily get if you are in the intel world and you don't know who's all going to be there. You can't necessarily tap all their phones or maybe they just bought a burner phone. You need a fly on the wall. You need someone in the room. And I think that is probably the closest to the Epstein story. And I don't know which government It is.

gather intelligence that can be used that you can't necessarily get if you are in the intel world and you don't know who's all going to be there. You can't necessarily tap all their phones or maybe they just bought a burner phone. You need a fly on the wall. You need someone in the room. And I think that is probably the closest to the Epstein story. And I don't know which government It is.

It could be there's obviously a U.S. government connection in the sense that an American prosecutor was told not to go through with prosecution because he belonged to intelligence. So you obviously have at least the U.S. government involved in that. And again, when you date it back to this whole Iran-Contra network, that was a U.S. government activity.

It could be there's obviously a U.S. government connection in the sense that an American prosecutor was told not to go through with prosecution because he belonged to intelligence. So you obviously have at least the U.S. government involved in that. And again, when you date it back to this whole Iran-Contra network, that was a U.S. government activity.

It could be there's obviously a U.S. government connection in the sense that an American prosecutor was told not to go through with prosecution because he belonged to intelligence. So you obviously have at least the U.S. government involved in that. And again, when you date it back to this whole Iran-Contra network, that was a U.S. government activity.

And this was this whole Adnan Khashoggi network that Wexner and Epstein ran through. They were involved in the illegal arms sales to Iran to evade sanctions by back-channeling the whole thing. And then the guy goes on to negotiate the sale of a CIA proprietary airline. There's obviously U.S. statecraft. There could also be British statecraft involved.