John R. Houk, Blog Editor
© March 6, 2024
On February 16, 2024 Tucker Carlson interviewed Mike Benz
which showed up on X/Twitter broadcast of Tucker Carlson Uncensored (https://tinyurl.com/mryeznjt).
The X/Twitter summary of the 1:04:45-Hour video interview:
‘Ep. 75 The national security
state is the main driver of censorship and election interference in the United
States. "What I’m describing is military rule," says Mike Benz.
"It’s the inversion of democracy."’
Who is Mike Benz?
As of this writing Benz is the Executive Director of Foundation For Freedom Online
(FFO). Here is the FFO
About Page which two brief paragraphs on the FFO Mission and another
on Benz:
“Our Mission
Through educational reports,
legal assistance, and public policy analysis concerning developing threats to
digital liberties, we seek to provide nonpartisan insights and assistance to
all peoples taking a stand for freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and
the free exchange of ideas online.
If that sounds like you, spread
the word and come join us too.
Meet Our Founder
Our Executive Director, Mike
Benz, is a former State Department official with responsibilities in
formulating and negotiating US foreign policy on international communications
and information technology matters. Mr. Benz founded FFO as a civil society institution
building on his experience in the role of championing digital freedom around
the world in the public sector.”
I found a website that seems to delve into – shall I say –
the skinny on Mike Benz from hnbgu.net.
HNBGU stands for “Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Government Updates”. Apparently – as in
speculating – is somehow connected to a university in northern India (HEMVATI NANDAN BAHUGUNA GARHWAL UNIVERSITY).
Yet the university uses a “.ac.in” url while the HNBGU website uses a “.net”
url. The HNBGU About Page
briefly makes this claim:
“Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna
Government Updates is a Government Updates providing website, established in
2022, by Jashveer Singh rana. The name of this website was read as HNBGU
because hnbgu university has an important role in educating the Garhwal region.
Hnbgu.net is an education portal
where we provide you all the information related to the education sector and
through this website, we provide you information about the changes in the
education sector and every single activity in the education sector. …”
AND YET the website (or at least the English speaking
version) appears to be an information portal on famous people.
The HNBGU
listing on Mike Benz is informative (if accurate). The
listing examines the Benz crusade against censorship through his FFO
association but also informs he was a British actor. So is the author (Sayyed Ayan) reporting
on one person or confusing two separate individuals with the same name? I’ll
let someone else figure that out. NEVERTHELESS, I like what Ayan writes about
Benz in the last paragraph of his entry:
“Free speech on the internet is
crucial for fostering open dialogue, facilitating the exchange of ideas, and
promoting democratic principles. Mike Benz highlights the importance of
safeguarding online speech while addressing emerging challenges in the digital
landscape.”
Yves
Smith at NakedCaptialism.com writes
this about the Carlson/Benz interview prior to embedding the X/Twitter video on
the post:
“Tucker spoke to former State
Department officer Mike Benz,1 who is arguably the top US
expert on the workings of the censorship state to go public about the scope and
workings of the censorship regime. He also helpfully describes the trajectory
that led the US blob to go from seeing the Internet as its friend, particularly
for helping facilitate regime changes, to its enemy by allowing non-mainstream
views like support of Brexit to drive events. He also describes some major
initiatives, like trying to thwart criticism of mail-in ballots.”
Notice that Smith added a footnote on Benz which I share
because it delves into MSM efforts to discredit Benz:
“Formally Deputy Assistant
Secretary for International Communications and Information PolicyBureau of
Economic and Business Affairs in the Trump Administration. He
has also been the subject of a 2023 hit piece by NBC. Benz claimed that his covert
seeming white-supremacist project was to fight anti-semitism by converting
white supremacists.”
AND in case you want the highlights of the Carlson/Benz
interview, Real Clear Politics does a great job of transcribing the text
of the interview under the title, “Mike
Benz To Tucker Carlson: From NATO's Perspective, The Entire Post-War World
Order Would Collapse Unless They Censored The Internet” posted
on 2/16/24 by Tim Hains.
AND NOW the video interview which Banned.video picked
up from X/Twitter which has a slightly different length than the Twitter feed
at 1:06:32-Hour.
Banned.Video: State Department Insider Reveals How The Military Started Its Censorship Campaign
Against US Citizens After Trump Victory
Posted by The Best of
Tucker Carlson
Posted on Feb 17, 2024
… Most of the DESCRIPTION
is largely Alex Jones product promotionals
JRH 3/6/24
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