Book · 2014
Visas for Al Qaeda
CIA Handouts That Rocked the World: An Insider's View
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Visas for Al Qaeda by J. Michael Springmann is an investigative account written by a former State Department consular official detailing the issuance of U.S. visas to radical figures and the alleged intelligence agency involvement within diplomatic outposts leading up to the September 11 attacks. The book has been referenced in discussions concerning deep state operations and foreign policy scandals. Mike Benz brought up the author's work during an episode of Timcast IRL, pointing to the experiences of the former visa chief in the State Department consulate who observed that a vast majority of the staff were allegedly connected to the Central Intelligence Agency, framing the publication as an expose on that entire historical affair. Benz referenced the book again while appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience, using the alternate title Visas for Terrorists to discuss how visa scandals and the actions of the hijackers were handled. In both instances, the book was utilized to illustrate alleged institutional negligence, intelligence staffing practices, and the bureaucratic conditions within diplomatic consulates during the critical era preceding the September 11 attacks.
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Mike Benz Have you Have you ever read uh Michael Springman, the uh visa chief um in the the State Department consulat… 2
“Have you Have you ever read uh Michael Springman, the uh visa chief um in the the State Department consulate at the time who was surrounded 75% of the staff was CIA, wrote this book called Visas for Terrorists uh about that whole that whole affair.”
“he wrote a book called visas for terrorists um uh where he goes over how the whole the whole thing was done”
