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December 21, 2008
Corsi Detention Orchestrated by Obama's Political Friend
Corsi detention orchestrated by Obama's political friend
The Kenyan official who reportedly orchestrated the detention of WND senior staff reporter Jerome R. Corsi when he visited Kenya to investigate President-elect Barack Obama's close ties to the nation's prime minister, Raila Odinga, was Odinga himself, according to WND sources inside Kenya.
Corsi, whose recent book, "The Obama Nation," raised questions about the Democrat when he was a candidate for president, had scheduled a news conference in Nairobi to discuss his discoveries during his visit this fall.
However, he was detained by immigration officials and held without food for much of a day until he was escorted onto his already-booked flight leaving Kenya with the sendoff, "See you in hell."
Now sources inside Kenya have reported to WND that his detention was orchestrated by Odinga, not President Mwai Kibaki or Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka. Corsi, in fact, had discussed with governmental officials for the president and vice-president his findings, and they provided no objection to his scheduled press conference.
However, investigations conducted for WND by members of Odinga's own party, the Orange Democratic Movement, reported the links to Odinga. The investigators are being left unidentified by WND for their own safety.
The Kenyan sources for WND identified the links between the detention and Odinga as a bodyguard for Odinga, identified by sources only by the name Magajo, and an immigration minister, Mr. C. Nyangeso.
Both were contacted by telephone in Kenya by WND.
Nyangeso responded to a query from WND about who gave the orders that Corsi be detained by admitting he had information, but he would not disclose it on the phone, promising to e-mail it later. The e-mail did not arrive.
The bodyguard told WND on the telephone he also knew the source of the orders for Corsi's detention, but he would not reveal any information before a payment of $600 would be delivered to him.
WND previously has reported Corsi, while in Kenya, shared with the offices of Kibaki and Musyoka copies of his prepared remarks for the scheduled Oct. 7 press conference in Nairobi that was shut down when he was detained by Kenyan military and immigration authorities.
"Through the day when I was detained and prevented from giving the press conference in Kenya, top Kenyan immigration officers who were Kikuyu tribesmen identified themselves and told me Odinga had made the phone calls which led to my detention," Corsi told WND.
"I had been in Kenya for a week and was planning to hold the press conference on the last day I was in Kenya," Corsi said. "After extensive meetings with the government, I knew the office of the president and vice president knew the press conference was scheduled and had no problems with the statements I was going to make about my investigations in the country."
Corsi's prepared statements, published later by WND, established links between Obama and Odinga's presidential campaign in Kenya, including documentary evidence showing Obama helped raise nearly $1 million for Odinga's presidential campaign in three separate visits Odinga made to the U.S. with the assistance of Obama's staff.
Corsi also was prepared to release 2006 e-mail documents handed to him in Kenya by former ODM party members and validated by the sources as authentic that established Obama designated Mark Lippert in his U.S. Senate office to be the go-between in communications with Odinga.
Lippert was identified by the Chicago Sun-Times as a member of Obama's "inner circle of foreign policy experts" who is expected to join Obama's White House staff.
Corsi also was prepared to present at the press conference additional confirmation of the authenticity of the memorandum of understanding Odinga signed with Sheik Abdullah Abdi, the chairman of the National Muslim Leaders Forum to expand Islamic law, or Shariah, in Kenya. In exchange, NAMLEF agreed to swing Muslim voters to Odinga in the December 2007 presidential election.
In Kenya, Corsi also was told by government authorities, without confirming that Obama was born in Kenya, that the government's position was that any documents that might exist regarding Obama's birth in Kenya were under seal or otherwise unavailable.
"I was able to interview Obama’s uncle, Sayid Obama, the brother of Obama's father, when I was doing the research for 'The Obama Nation,'" Corsi said. "But Auma Obama, Obama's half-sister, declined an interview by telephone, telling me that the Obama campaign had advised the Obama family not to speak with me, either from the United States by phone, or in person in Kenya."
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Wild Thing's comment.........
The democrat party is a criminal enterprise. The Constitution is merely an outdated nuisance to the democrats. Their voters are too socialist now to care a whit about the Constitutional contract by which the Republic exists.
Odinga says Obama is his cousin
....Thank you Mark for sending this to me.
Posted by Wild Thing at December 21, 2008 02:44 AM
Comments
Barack Obama is about to be taught a valuable lesson. There is a big difference between running for President and being President. Candidate Obama with the "priceless" help of the MSM had a big mouth constantly criticizing Bush and his administration and blaming them for every and all ills of the world. He and his Democratic and MSM partners in hate never took any responsibility for any problems themselves.
Well, on January 20th, Barack Obama will own the good with the bad and, as President, be responsible for all that happens. All criticisms, complaints, blame, shoe throwing, and hate will be directed at him. The MSM that supported and gave candidate Obama a 'pass' will now, like sharks, turn on President Obama whose grief is their meat and potatoes of scoops and stories that is their livelihood and trade.
Candidate Obama was thin-skinned and a crybaby when criticized. Let's see how he handles job responsibility, accountability, and real executive level performance-based criticism for the first time in his adult life.
Posted by: Les at December 21, 2008 07:02 PM
Les, I agree, good point too.
"There is a big difference between running for President and being President."
He will find the media can turn on a dime on a person. He should take a good hard cold look on how they treated Hillary during the campaign too.
Your right too about his being thin skinned. That will not go voer well as a President.
Posted by: Wild Thing at December 21, 2008 07:27 PM
