Jim Rarey
Re: OKC Figure Federal Informant?
Sun Apr 20 16:40:28 2003
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From: Jim Rarey jimrarey@comcast.net
Subject: Re: Andreas Strassmeir (Octopus Operative?)

Straasmeir may have been more than just an informant. The following from my article, "Chandra, Joyce and Mary, RIP"
During Timothy McVeigh’s Denver trial, the immigration status of one Andreas Strassmeir became an issue. Strassmeir was a German citizen with counter intelligence experience in the German army who was active in the Elohim City compound of a white supremacist group outside of Oklahoma City. According to Carol Howe, a paid BATF informer, Strassmeir had been agitating for direct action against government buildings.

Phone records showed that McVeigh had tried to contact Strassmeir at Elohim City a couple of weeks before the bombing.

After the bombing, the BATF notified the INS that it wanted to detain Strassmeir and he was put on the INS’s watch list. Also, the FBI and INS had scheduled a raid on Elohim City in February, two months before the bombing to apprehend Strassmeir for alleged weapons and immigration violations.The raid was abruptly canceled with no explanation to date. When Strassmeir turned up in Germany he was taken off the INS watch list.

The McVeigh’s defense team tried to introduce evidence of participation in the bombing conspiracy by Strassmeir and Dennis Mahon through the testimony of BATF informant Carol Howe. Special Prosecutor Beth Wilkinson flat out lied to Judge Richard Matsch. She told the judge that Strassmeir was “A mere wisp of the wind.”She said Strassmeir’s only problem was that he might have overstayed his visa. She falsely stated that the letters “A” and “O” on Strassmeir’s immigration record stood for “admitted” and “overstayed” respectively.(See this author’s article “Levy/Condit Amazing Coincidences” for background on Wilkinson’s role in providing cover for intelligence agencies.)

Wilkinson also falsely told the judge that Carol Howe had been fired by the BATF as mentally unstable and untrustworthy. She falsified the date Howe left the service of the BATF.

Wilkinson’s lies were exposed during a trial of Carol Howe. The government had indicted her on weapons violation charges. Her BATF handler, Angela Finley had to admit that Howe was in possession of the weapons at the request of the BATF. She also confirmed that the BATF had given Howe a raise from $25 a day to $400 a day and sent her back into Elohim City for further undercover work after the date Wilkinson said she had been fired. Howe was easily acquitted.

The INS later corrected the record on Strassmeir’s immigration status showing that “A” stood for diplomatic passport and “O” for highly qualified. It was also discovered later that Strassmeir had applied for positions with the DEA and CIA.

Later, an appeals court judge gave only mild criticism to Judge Matsch for accepting the word of government prosecutors when contradicted by defense records.

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OKC Figure Federal Informant?