DOCS DETAIL BARACK TIES TO RADICAL CHICAGO - While Barack Obama has long downplayed his connection to Bill Ayers, a co-founder of the violent Weather Underground radical group, new documents show the two worked much more closely together in starting an educational foundation than has been previously known.
Recently released board-meeting minutes for the Chicago Annenberg Challenge show the two were present together at least six times in 1995 as the foundation's members discussed how to organize and operate the project, which was Ayers' brainchild. Obama has always acknowledged he and Ayers both worked at the foundation, but has insisted they never had more than a passing acquaintance. When asked by The Post how closely he worked with Obama, Ayers twice said, "It's in the public record." In the Vietnam era, the Weather Underground conducted a series of bombings of official sites. Ayers wrote in his 2001 memoir, "Fugitive Days," that he helped with the bombings. - http://www.nypost.com/seven/09292008/news/politics/docs_detail_barack_ties_to_radical_131209.htm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
