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Kenya detains Corsi during Obama probe
Officials scuttle WND reporter's news conference on investigation

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Posted: October 07, 2008
7:26 am Eastern

© 2008 WorldNetDaily


WND senior staff writer Jerry Corsi

NAIROBI, Kenya  The government of Kenya is holding WND senior staff reporter
Jerome Corsi in custody at immigration headquarters after police picked him up
at his hotel just prior to a scheduled news conference in which he planned to
announce the findings of his investigation into Barack Obama's connections in
the country.

Corsi, the author of the No. 1 best-selling book "The Obama
Nation," was picked
up by authorities at his hotel at 9:45 a.m. and detained at Nyayo House, the
provincial headquarters for Nairobi.

"Just as we were about to start the 10 a.m. press conference at the Grand
Regency Hotel in Nairobi, Kenyan immigration approached us and detained us,"
Corsi told WND by telephone this morning. "Tim Bueler, my publicist, and I are
now in the immigration offices, with our passports taken. The immigration
officer told the press, 'There is no problem, and Dr. Corsi is a friend of
Kenya.'"

Unconfirmed reports say Corsi has been taken by government officials to the
airport. He has not been available by phone or e-mail since 9:30 a.m. Eastern

Corsi had extensive meetings with top Kenyan officials upon his arrival. His
visit and his activities during his stay have been well-known to authorities at
the highest levels.

A senior immigration official in charge of investigations, Carlos Maluta was
quoted by the Associated Press as saying: "We still haven't decided what to do
with him."

Despite reports elsewhere to the contrary, Corsi has not been arrested or
charged with any offense.

An official with the Kenyan Embassy in Washington said he was unaware of
Corsi's detention. The Ministry of Immigration in Nairobi could not be reached
for comment.

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Obama has a long history of connections in Kenya, where his father worked as a
government economist. Corsi documented this history in his book and went to
Kenya to find answers to lingering questions  particularly about the links
between the presidential candidate and Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

Corsi had promised a news conference today that would "expose details of deep
secret ties between U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and a
section of Kenya government leaders, their connection to certain sectoral
groups in Kenya and subsequent plot to be executed in Kenya should Senator
Obama win the American presidency."

Meanwhile, the management of the hotel where Corsi was scheduled to hold the
press conference has repudiated its plans to provide the facility.

In a press release, the hotel said: "We would like to assure our business
partners and the public at large that Laico Regency Hotel is a law-abiding
institution and does not condone any smear campaigns. The management cannot
allow such activities to take place."



Corsi told WND he has been assured he will be released soon. He had planned to
leave the country tomorrow, arriving in London first and the U.S. Friday.

A hotel worker in Nairobi told Reuters Corsi was picked up as soon as he walked
into the hotel for the scheduled press conference: "He was walking in and then
some immigration officers who were following him snatched him. It happened so
fast, they just vanished with him."

"Obama is revered in Kenya for his paternal roots here and as a flagbearer for
Africa on the international stage," explained the Reuters dispatch.

Kenyan TV station KTN said Corsi may be sent home due to lack of a work permit.
However, Corsi met with top officials in Nairobi earlier this week explaining
in detail the purpose of his visit and sharing copies of his news releases and
books.

Corsi told WND Editor Joseph Farah by telephone that Kenyan authorities claimed
they were holding him because the immigration forms his party filled out for
customs had been lost.

Corsi was set to show Obama and Odinga have been in direct contact since the
senator's visit to Kenya in 2006. He was to claim Obama advised Odinga on
campaign strategy and helped him raise money in the U.S. for the Kenya
presidential campaign.

Corsi was to report Odinga's 2007 presidential campaign strategy called for
exploiting anti-Kikuyu tribal sentiments, claiming victory and charging voter
fraud even if the campaign knew the election had been legitimately lost.
Odinga, Corsi said, also was willing to fan the flames of ethnic tribal
tensions and use violence as a last resort by calling for mass action that led
to the destruction of properties, injuries, loss of life and the displacement
of over 500,000 Kenyans. The purpose was to compel the Electoral Commission of
Kenya to declare him the winner or enable him to declare himself the winner by
force.

Even though Odinga has not fulfilled his campaign promises to the Muslims who
voted for him, he continues to cause concern among Kenyans because he has not
declared his position on Shariah law, Corsi said.

Corsi said Obama remained in active phone contact with Odinga through the New
Hampshire Democratic Party primary in January. The Illinois senator continued
to support Odinga, he said, turning a blind eye to an agreement signed with
Muslims and the post-election violence instigated as part of the campaign
strategy.