He explains the State Department and use of the intelligence agencies to build the empire of the US in lieu of military conquest to expand boundaries as outlawed after WWII. NSC 10/2 Provided plausible deniability for covert acts requiring lying about dirty tricks inside and outside US boundaries.
read or listen to his lecture…
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/09/24/mike_benz_the_history_of_the_intelligence_state.html