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class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">German</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"> <ul><li>Andy the German</li> <li>Mr. Red<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Andy the Kraut<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Andrew Strassmire<sup id="cite_ref-auto_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Andy Stassdmeir</li> <li>Andy Strassdmeir</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">West German Infantry Officer (formerly)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Andreas Carl Strassmeir</b><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (born May 17, 1959) is a German national<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the former head-of-security for the <a href="/wiki/White_separatist" class="mw-redirect" title="White separatist">white separatist</a> community of <a href="/wiki/Elohim_City,_Oklahoma" title="Elohim City, Oklahoma">Elohim City, Oklahoma</a>. He gained media attention for his alleged connection to the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma City Bombing">Oklahoma City Bombing</a> and has become an important figure in <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing_conspiracy_theories" title="Oklahoma City bombing conspiracy theories">its conspiracy theories</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andreas_Strassmeir&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Strassmeir was the son of Günter Straßmeir, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_staff" title="Chief of staff">Chief of Staff</a> to German Chancellor <a href="/wiki/Helmut_Kohl" title="Helmut Kohl">Helmut Kohl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Strassmeir studied at a military university in <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a>, and then went on to serve in the <a href="/wiki/German_Army" title="German Army">German Army</a> in 1979. His military service lasted for a total of five years.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Time_in_the_U.S.">Time in the U.S.</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andreas_Strassmeir&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Time in the U.S."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After resigning from the British Welsh Guard, Strassmeir moved to <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> to pursue a career within the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Justice">U.S. Department of Justice</a>. According to Strassmeir himself, he had hoped to work for the operations section of the <a href="/wiki/Drug_Enforcement_Administration" title="Drug Enforcement Administration">Drug Enforcement Administration</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His efforts to obtain a career within the federal government were aided by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vincent_Petruskie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vincent Petruskie (page does not exist)">Vincent Petruskie</a>, a retired <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">colonel</a> who had apparently met Strassmeir's father while he (Petruskie) was stationed in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>. In interviews, Strassmeir has referred to Vincent Petruskie as "<i>a former <a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">CIA</a> guy my father had known</i>".<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Petruskie confirms that he had assisted Andreas Strassmeir in finding such a job, but denies having any connection to the CIA. </p><p>Strassmeir moved to <a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston, Texas</a>, in 1986 where he started working as a salesman for a computer company.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this time, he became involved with the Texas Light Infantry militia before eventually getting expelled due to speculation from members that Strassmeir was a government agent.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Afterwards, he became active in right wing and <a href="/wiki/Neo-Nazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Neo-Nazi">neo-Nazi</a> circles where he eventually met his future attorney, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirk_Lyons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kirk Lyons (page does not exist)">Kirk Lyons</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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According to Ray Woodruff, a landlord of Strassmeir's, he rented a 1,300-square-foot house located at 7613 Thorngrove Pike but never lived in it.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elohim_City">Elohim City</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andreas_Strassmeir&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Elohim City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1991, Kirk Lyons introduced Andreas Strassmeir to <a href="/wiki/Elohim_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Elohim City">Elohim City</a> - a white separatist community in Oklahoma. A year later, Strassmeir moved there and became the chief of security and weapons training.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Lyons, Strassmeir hoped to marry an Elohim City woman and gain permanent resident status in the United States. </p><p>During this time, he struck a friendship with <a href="/wiki/Michael_William_Brescia" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael William Brescia">Michael William Brescia</a>, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Aryan_Republican_Army" title="Aryan Republican Army">Aryan Republican Army</a>. The two shared a room together on the compound.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While working as a confidential informant (CI) for the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Alcohol,_Tobacco,_and_Firearms" class="mw-redirect" title="Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms">ATF</a>, Elohim City resident, <a href="/wiki/Carol_Howe" title="Carol Howe">Carol Howe</a> informed her agency handler about Andreas Strassmeir and how he would frequently talk about "blowing up federal buildings" and using "direct action against the U.S. Government".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time, Carol Howe was unaware of Strassmeir's full name, and simply knew him as "Andy the German". </p><p>After the OKC Bombing, Strassmeir fled the compound with fellow Elohim City residents Pete and Tony Ward.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Departure_from_the_United_States">Departure from the United States</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andreas_Strassmeir&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Departure from the United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Robert Millar quickly "expelled" Andreas Strassmeier from <a href="/wiki/Elohim_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Elohim City">Elohim City</a> soon after he became aware that the <a href="/wiki/FBI" class="mw-redirect" title="FBI">FBI</a> was looking at Strassmeir for possible ties to McVeigh and the bombing.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Notes from a 1997 <a href="/wiki/FBI" class="mw-redirect" title="FBI">FBI</a> investigation state that sometime after the bombing, <a href="/wiki/CIA" class="mw-redirect" title="CIA">CIA</a> pilot <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Halloway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dave Halloway (page does not exist)">Dave Halloway</a> flew Andreas Strassmer out of the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While that same report records that Strassmeir was flown to <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, many have speculated that he was instead flown to <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in a letter to the <i>McCurtain Gazette</i> from Strassmeir's attorney Kirk Lyons, he says his client's sudden departure from the U.S. was aided by members of Germany's elite counterterrorism unit, <a href="/wiki/GSG_9" title="GSG 9">GSG 9</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andreas_Strassmeir&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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