In Germany the Strassmeir name is well known. Andreas Strassmeir's father, Gunther Strassmeir, has served in various government offices, and - as Helmut Kohl's Secretary of State - is known as the "architect of German reunification." Kirk Lyons admits that his friend and client received military intelligence training at the Bundeswehr Academy in Hanover, Germany. According to Dennis Mahon, former Imperial Dragon of the Oklahoma Ku Klux Klan and a close friend and former roommate of Strassmeir at Elohim City, Strassmeir was a member of GSG-9, Germany's elite counter-terrorism unit. Here