[Cletus.D.Yokel]

In his writing, Skolnick references a (no longer operating) German journalism website, of which he is part. That website, found in archives (especially blog, americanreporter.wordpress.com) sources several short articles filed by reporter Nils Båhmer/Bellona.

Banner is a stringer doing “spook watch” reporting around Eastern Europe (AKA Iron Curtain)

https://americanreporter.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/russia-holds-obama-for-suspicion-of-being-a-british-spy-back-in-2005-investigator-in-chicago-fingers-obama-for-being-a-british-spy-as-far-back-as-2004/

[grey_whiskers]

You know, given how strongly Brit intelligence was compromised by the Commies (Kim Philby etc.) -- one wonders not whether the Communists controlled Obama (that much is a given) -- but whether they did it through the Brits.