Mike Benz
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pushing on the Justice Department to not do that because it implicates their own national security. And this gets back to this sort of strange entanglement within the intelligence world where you have these intelligence coalitions. You have them in the five eyes. And so in theory, I mean, you can imagine a situation where, let's just say there's some joint intelligence work we're doing, the U.S.
pushing on the Justice Department to not do that because it implicates their own national security. And this gets back to this sort of strange entanglement within the intelligence world where you have these intelligence coalitions. You have them in the five eyes. And so in theory, I mean, you can imagine a situation where, let's just say there's some joint intelligence work we're doing, the U.S.
is doing with New Zealand. And there's some common network that we're surveying. We have assets on the ground. There are Let's just say we're doing something in like Burma or... Vietnam. Let's just say there's some network. We're trying to pry the Chinese influence off of Vietnam. And you've got these New Zealand contacts, and we're sharing intelligence.
is doing with New Zealand. And there's some common network that we're surveying. We have assets on the ground. There are Let's just say we're doing something in like Burma or... Vietnam. Let's just say there's some network. We're trying to pry the Chinese influence off of Vietnam. And you've got these New Zealand contacts, and we're sharing intelligence.
is doing with New Zealand. And there's some common network that we're surveying. We have assets on the ground. There are Let's just say we're doing something in like Burma or... Vietnam. Let's just say there's some network. We're trying to pry the Chinese influence off of Vietnam. And you've got these New Zealand contacts, and we're sharing intelligence.
And in these intelligence analyst memos or embassy cables, they talk openly about national secrets shared from the United States to the Five Eyes coalition. And then there's a movement within New Zealand to You know, some political party in New Zealand says the national security state has been oppressing us and we think that they've been, you know, politicized and are impacting domestic politics.
And in these intelligence analyst memos or embassy cables, they talk openly about national secrets shared from the United States to the Five Eyes coalition. And then there's a movement within New Zealand to You know, some political party in New Zealand says the national security state has been oppressing us and we think that they've been, you know, politicized and are impacting domestic politics.
And in these intelligence analyst memos or embassy cables, they talk openly about national secrets shared from the United States to the Five Eyes coalition. And then there's a movement within New Zealand to You know, some political party in New Zealand says the national security state has been oppressing us and we think that they've been, you know, politicized and are impacting domestic politics.
We want all these files about, you know, their work within these regions to be public. You can imagine a State Department delegation saying you better redact these documents. We told you these secrets and confidence. And so you can imagine diplomatic blowback. You could imagine, you know, threats to the coalition. And so it's that layer of it.
We want all these files about, you know, their work within these regions to be public. You can imagine a State Department delegation saying you better redact these documents. We told you these secrets and confidence. And so you can imagine diplomatic blowback. You could imagine, you know, threats to the coalition. And so it's that layer of it.
We want all these files about, you know, their work within these regions to be public. You can imagine a State Department delegation saying you better redact these documents. We told you these secrets and confidence. And so you can imagine diplomatic blowback. You could imagine, you know, threats to the coalition. And so it's that layer of it.
especially when you look at how deep the relationships go. I mean, almost always US, UK, Israel, and potentially some other partner countries have moved together as a coalition bloc.
especially when you look at how deep the relationships go. I mean, almost always US, UK, Israel, and potentially some other partner countries have moved together as a coalition bloc.
especially when you look at how deep the relationships go. I mean, almost always US, UK, Israel, and potentially some other partner countries have moved together as a coalition bloc.
I mean, for 80 years now, and it's almost always, even when it's not immediately a joint coalition, there's synchronization that's done to ensure that there's some compromised position that's happening on foreign policy, that's happening on Iran.
I mean, for 80 years now, and it's almost always, even when it's not immediately a joint coalition, there's synchronization that's done to ensure that there's some compromised position that's happening on foreign policy, that's happening on Iran.
I mean, for 80 years now, and it's almost always, even when it's not immediately a joint coalition, there's synchronization that's done to ensure that there's some compromised position that's happening on foreign policy, that's happening on Iran.
Now, some of this fell apart under the Obama administration with the schism that opened up with Obama going through with the Iran deal against the protestations of Israel. and against the protestations of Saudi Arabia, who's another close partner in this. And it's also, I should really add Saudi Arabia to this list because the Khashoggi network was working directly with the Epstein network.
Now, some of this fell apart under the Obama administration with the schism that opened up with Obama going through with the Iran deal against the protestations of Israel. and against the protestations of Saudi Arabia, who's another close partner in this. And it's also, I should really add Saudi Arabia to this list because the Khashoggi network was working directly with the Epstein network.
Now, some of this fell apart under the Obama administration with the schism that opened up with Obama going through with the Iran deal against the protestations of Israel. and against the protestations of Saudi Arabia, who's another close partner in this. And it's also, I should really add Saudi Arabia to this list because the Khashoggi network was working directly with the Epstein network.