The plot thickens. The "law firm" is the Ayers family firm, where Ms. Dohrn worked and was the mentor of Michelle. This is the source of the funding Weatherman Terrorists Ayers and Dohrn received from Ayers' father during their years on the run.
Bill Ayers is very close to ACORN (a Director then, as BHO became).) The UK article does not mention the ACORN connection and does not even hint at the Chicago Public Schools Project, which Obama and Ayers turned into an unmitigated disaster.
This article is more like an adulatory press release than news. It is understandable, if not obvious that Obama's terrorist connection wired him as the community organizer, got him into Harvard, and put him up for office.
The Daley Machine was either too dumb to fathom the commie connection, or too cynical to care.
Why would the Daley machine care? They’ve assimilated all kinds of corrupt people. They control as much of the machine as they need to in order to do what they want to do. Otherwise, I’m sure they’re always on the lookout for new blood who appear to be bright and ethically manueverable.