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UPDATE!!

http://www.americasright.com/2008/10/update-update.html

1:30pm My source is Jerome Corsi, author of the bestselling book, The Obama Nation. Corsi, of course, was the journalist detained in and deported from Kenya just a short week ago, shortly before he was to conduct a press conference further detailing among other things the relationship between Barack Obama and Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Since hearing about the article released yesterday by African Press International, Corsi has been attempting to gain access to or even further information about materials which could verify the authenticity of the statements purported to come from Michelle Obama and subsequently denied by the Obama campaign. "Given the e-mails I'm getting from the chief editor, he's defending himself and I'm challenging him to produce the recording he says that he has," Corsi said. "I don't see any motive for him to lie. Still, I'm not accepting it as authentic without further investigation." Corsi went on to say that, "given the way he is defending it," the report seems to be initially credible, and that "right now, my journalistic instincts say 'okay, you've got my attention, and if you're prepared to say it's reliable, then prove it.'" "I'm seriously interested, of course, but I need verification," Corsi said. "I'm not buying this as a sure thing without verification." Corsi provided me with his e-mail exchange with the editors at African Press International as of 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday. This exchange, he said, will "validate that we're in touch, and that they're certainly under pressure to come forward." From: Jerome Corsi To: [Address Blocked] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 5:27 PM Subject: J.Corsi on Michelle Obama story Jim I am the person who called you about your Michelle Obama article today. You refer to me in the article -- We are getting inundated by our readers to know if the story is true. Did you record Michelle Obama and can you release to me the audio tape. This is very important. Please get back to me immediately. Jerome R. Corsi Senior Staff Reporter World Net Daily www.worldnetdaily.com [Number Blocked] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: African Press International (API) Subject: Re: J.Corsi on Michelle Obama story To: [Address Blocked] Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 11:53 AM I want to thank you for your email. API hereby confirms to you that the story is true and if the huge interest on this particular story continues, we will post the recording on our website in the next immediate days. When we published the story we did not intend to cause any chaos but we are shocked by the huge interest the story is receiving from the Americans and the American Media. Mrs Obama called us just to ask API to stop joining the mainstream hate online media that is trying to destroy her husband's opportunity to get the presidency. Our editorial will sit today and agree on how to release the information that will verify the story. Very many media outlets are asking us to email them the recording but we think the best way to satisfy all at once is by publishing it on our website and people can retrieve it themselves. We understand the urgency this may have but it is important for us that we do it right so that we do not land into problems with Obama's just like you did while in Kenyan recently. Yours Sincerely, Chief Editor Korikr ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jerome Corsi To: African Press International (API) Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 6:45 PM Subject: Re: J.Corsi on Michelle Obama story If you have a recording of Michelle Obama it is imperative you make it available now. We at World Net Daily are getting inundated with requests to prove your story is true. Jerry Corsi World Net Daily www.worldnetdaily.com [number blocked] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: African Press International (API) Subject: Re: J.Corsi on Michelle Obama story To: [Address Blocked] Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 12:57 PM To Jerome Corsi, We do not want to be misunderstood. We are not out to stop Obama from capturing the presidency. We are not here to prove to people the story, but we will give proper verification so that people will understand that the story is true. Soon, when we come with more information on the site, those who doubt the story will be surprised why Mrs Obama would choose to talk to us and not other media outlets. We will bring out information on how she was connected to us, how she was convinced her story was safe with us and why she trusted API. And who introduced her to those who contacted API first before she personally took contact in an effort to ensure that API does not publish things on her husband that may be seen to be harmfull. If we start dishing out audio to media outlets, we will be misunderstood. We do not want people to think that we published the story in order to spoil Obama's chances to become the president. Those who are contacting you demanding that the story should be verified now, should be directed by your media to check our website in the next day or two. All the information will be made available, but we must do it carefully. Regards, Chief Editor Korir API ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jerome Corsi Subject: Re: J.Corsi on Michelle Obama story To: "African Press International (API)" Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 1:24 PM Chief Editor Korir, I understand your position. You should be aware that the reaction of my publishers and what I am getting from various news editors contacting me is that this may be a hoax. Your credibility and the credibility of your story will be increasingly in question the longer you postpone making a tape available. Right now, the Obama campaign is telling us that you are lying and that Michelle Obama never made any such call to you. I convey this to you as a fellow journalist prepared to believe that what you published is true. Now that it has been called into question, please do not hesitate to prove your authenticity and the truthfulness of what you published. Respectfully, Jerome R. Corsi World Net Daily [Number Blocked] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jerome Corsi Subject: Re: J.Corsi on Michelle Obama story To: "African Press International (API)" Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 1:44 PM Mr. Korir, This is what is running on National Review Online right now. The Obama campaign is denying your report and in the USA your API is being disregarded as untruthful: National Review OnLine Wednesday, October 15, 2008 That Michelle Obama Report [Byron York] I'm sure a lot of you have seen references this morning to statements allegedly made by Michelle Obama in an interview with an organization called African Press International. I just asked the Obama campaign whether Michelle Obama did in fact speak to that organization, and spokesman Tommy Vietor answered: The answer is no, it's not real, the report is made up. She did not speak to the organization. Check it out here: http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YWM2MDA2NzZkNzdjNWMzZGFlOGJiZGUxMzNhYjJkZDI I encourage you to come forward with proof as soon as possible, including any Michelle Obama tape recording you may have. Otherwise, your report and your publication will soon be considered "discredited" in the USA by the Obama camp response. Respectfully, Jerome R. Corsi World Net Daily According to Jerome Corsi, that is the extent of the e-mail exchange so far. So far, he says, he is cautiously optimistic, and wants to ensure that pressure remains on the editors at African Press International to verify their claims and Michelle Obama's statements. "If they have a tape and they release it, this will be extremely damaging to the Obama campaign," Corsi said. "If they don't, there's just another indication that there's smoke but no fire. We'll just have to wait and see." Corsi went on to point out that he had raised questions about whether or not Barack Obama was adopted by Indonesian stepfather Lolo Soetoro, saying that he wrote about the Indonesian school registration documents in The Obama Nation, and that "the Associated Press verified the photostats of those documents and certified them as true." Because Obama is listed on those documents as an Indonesian citizen, Corsi says, it makes sense that Michelle Obama would tell African Press International that he was adopted. "The truth is, we're 20 days away from Election Day and even such a fundamental fact about where Barack Obama was born remains in doubt, and his campaign has done nothing about it," Corsi said. "This problem should not require a Harvard Law degree to solve. This matter should not require an FBI investigation to sort out. We've got a man running for president who is conducting one of the most monumental cover-ups about, of all things, his own identity."