could this be a coverup? you bet ya..... On Dec 21, 6:50 am, mark <[email protected]> wrote: > The Kenyan government has barred unapproved contacts between the media > and President-elect Barack Obama's extended family. > > Family members will be required to receive permission from the > government before making any public statements about their famous > relative, according to the Nairobi Star. > > "We are doing this because we want to ensure better flow of > information," Athman Said, an under-secretary in the Ministry of > Heritage, told the Obama family in Kogelo. > > "The government has decided that you should inform its officers who > will be based here if you want to address the media." > > Journalists wishing to speak with the family must first be approved by > the government. > > This is not the first attempt to block press interest in President- > elect Obama's African connections. > > Prior to the U.S. election, WND senior staff reporter Jerome R. Corsi > was detained in Kenya while investigating Obama's close ties to the > nation's prime minister, Raila Odinga. > > The Kenyan official who reportedly orchestrated the detention 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." > > Corsi had earlier seen the flow of information stymied by the Obama > campaign itself: > > "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." > > http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84172 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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