Michael Springmann Explained

J. Michael Springmann was the head of the American visa bureau in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in the Reagan and former Bush administrations, from September 1987 through March 1989.

Claims regarding unqualified visa applicants and firing

While stationed in Saudi Arabia, Springmann was "ordered by high level State Dept officials to issue visas to unqualified applicants". Springmann states that these applicants were terrorist recruits of Osama bin Laden, who were being sent to the United States in order to obtain training from the CIA.[1] Springmann issued complaints to "higher authorities at several agencies", but they've been unanswered. The State Department has stated that the consular officer had final authority in issuing the visas, not Springmann.[2]

From cited CBC Interview:

Following Springmann's complaints, he was fired by the State Department.[3]

Writings

Springmann is also the author of "Goodbye, Europe? Hello, chaos?: Merkel's migrant bomb" in which he argues that "US foreign policy created the crisis. Destabilizing nations through invasion and espionage furthers US goals in the Middle East, he argues, creating migrant waves guided northward and westward to destabilize the European Union in general and Germany in particular. Germany’s own refugee program, designed to exploit migrants as cheap labor, made US intelligence efforts all the easier." (Quoted from summary at the book's entry at Worldcat).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Newsnight - Has someone been sitting on the FBI? . . November 8, 2001 . https://web.archive.org/web/20021011104011/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/events/newsnight/1645527.stm . October 11, 2002. live.
  2. Web site: Did U.S. train Arabs to help Afghans oust Soviets? . Gedda . George . . . July 21, 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140416184127/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/926570/Did-US-train-Arabs-to-help-Afghans-oust-Soviets.html?pg=all . April 16, 2014 . dead.
  3. Web site: Michael Springmann CBC Interview . . July 3, 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030101072456/http://radio.cbc.ca/programs/dispatches/audio/020116_springman.rm . January 1, 2003 . dead.