Jay Freres
 Jay Freres  (spook, diplomat) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 19 June 2015 (Age 80) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cause of death | "Struck by lightning while walking alone, officials say." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Georgetown University, Bradley University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Maria Kauer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
Freres was awarded a bachelor's degree in foreign service from Georgetown University in Washington D.C., and a master's in economics from Bradley University. [1]
Career
Freres' facebook page indicates that he worked in the army for three-and-a-half years before joining the U.S. Foreign Service, where he worked from 1960 to 1991.[2][1] He then worked for the US State Department.
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Michael Springmann writes that he was "welcomed with open arms[3] by Jay Freres, the Consul General [at the US Consulate in Jeddah] — identified by the German journalist Julius Mader as a CIA official — and Henry Ensher, the political officer, I was told I was an improvement over Greta Holtz, whom they alleged had had terrible problems at the consulate. Years later, I began to realize that this was more a cover story than anything else."[4]
Jean Bradford, the head of the Citizens’ Services branch of the consular section named Freres as "the source for most of the illegal visa pressure [referred to by Michael Springmann]".[5]
Centcom "Liaison"
He worked as a US State Department liaison "in the counter terrorism department"[2] for U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa from 2002 to 2007, when he had a stroke.[1]
Death
"Officials say" that Freres was struck by lightning at 11:30 a.m. while walking alone along the sidewalk of Egret Drive in Largo, Florida.[2][1]
References
- ↑ a b c d http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/authorities-report-one-man-dead-after-being-struck-by-lightning-in-largo/2234353
- ↑ a b c http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3132033/Man-81-killed-lightning-strike-strolled-sidewalk-Lagos-Florida.html
- ↑ http://www.larsschall.com/2015/04/16/is-the-whole-war-on-terror-a-fraud/
- ↑ http://whowhatwhy.org/2015/09/09/visas-for-al-qaeda-part-1-a-sordid-tale/
- ↑ http://whowhatwhy.org/2015/09/10/visas-for-al-qaeda-part-2-treachery/
