#170 Mike Benz - USAID Funding CIA-Backed Mercenaries, Media Superweapons and Samantha Powers

Shawn Ryan Show

Society & Culture, Philosophy

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🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 161 minutes

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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. He actively brings attention to people and organizations involved in controlling speech on social media. Prior to his role at the State Department, Benz was a White House speechwriter for President Trump and advised on technology policy. Prior to his public sector work, he practiced business law as an attorney in New York, representing technology companies and financial firms. Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: https://ROKA.com | Use Code SRS https://lumen.me/srs https://hexclad.com/srs http://babbel.com/srs https://www.bubsnaturals.com/ | Use Code SHAWN https://patriotmobile.com/srs This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at http://betterhelp.com/srs and get on your way to being your best self. Mike Benz Links: Website - https://foundationforfreedomonline.com/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@MikeBenzCyberClips Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mikebenzcyber/ X - https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber Please leave us a review on Apple & Spotify Podcasts. Vigilance Elite/Shawn Ryan Links: Website | Patreon | TikTok | Instagram | Download Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.0	Mike Benz. John.
0:59.0	Welcome back.
1:00.0	It's good to be back.
1:02.0	Man, I feel like we just saw each other.
1:04.0	It was a couple months ago, wasn't it?
1:06.0	Yeah, but the before and after picture is quite different.
1:09.0	I know, man.
1:10.0	Wow. I mean, man. Wow.
1:11.4	I mean, the stuff that's being unveiled and all the corruption that's being exposed,
1:17.7	I mean, we kind of chatted about this a little bit downstairs,
1:20.5	but this stuff is rolling out fast.
1:25.1	I mean, like, lightning speed here. Did you expect that to happen? I didn't expect the
1:31.5	speed of this. I think once they fixated on U.S.Aid, frankly, I think it was U.S.A.'s intransigence
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