US author of anti-Obama book detained in Kenya

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Internatonal Herald Tribune/Associated Press

US author of anti-Obama book detained in Kenya

The Associated Press
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
NAIROBI, Kenya: The American author of a book critical of Barack Obama is being detained in Kenya while his immigration status is checked, a senior immigration official said Tuesday.

Jerome Corsi, who wrote "The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality," was being held at immigration headquarters in Nairobi after police picked him up from his hotel Tuesday, said Carlos Maluta, a senior immigration official in charge of investigations.

"We still haven't decided what to do with him," Maluta told The Associated Press. He said Corsi did not have a "special pass" to work in Kenya and officials were checking his immigration status.

Obama is wildly popular in Kenya. His father, whom he barely knew, was a Kenyan economist.

Corsi's book claims the Illinois senator is a dangerous, radical candidate for president and includes innuendoes and false rumors — that he was raised a Muslim, attended a radical, black church and is secretly seething with "black rage."


Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/07/africa/AF-Kenya-Obama-Author-Detained.php

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Jerome Corsi

[Judi Lynn]

1. More, if you can stomach it: Anti-Obama book to be launched in Nairobi today

Anti-Obama book to be launched in Nairobi today


Updated 11 hr(s) 20 min(s) ago
By Alex Ndegwa

The author of a smear crusade against Barack Obama is in Kenya to advance a negative campaign against the US Democratic presidential candidate on his ancestral soil.

Dr Jerome Corsi, who authored "The Obama Nation; Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality," launches the book this morning at the Laico Hotel, Nairobi.

The book questions the Illinois senator’s character, his links to Prime Minister Raila Odinga and attacks Obama’s fitness for the White House.

The development raises eyebrows coming a day after Obama accused his republican opponent John McCain of resorting to smear campaigns and trying to "tear down" his campaign by linking him to terrorists.

A statement inviting the Press to the launch today makes no secret of the intention to hurl dirt at Obama and undermine his campaign from his ancestral home.

"Dr Corsi will also expose details of deep secret ties between US Democratic presidential candidate Sen 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 Sen Obama win the American presidency," the statement reads in part.

Obama’s brother

It adds: "During his stay, Corsi also plans to meet Sen Obama’s brother, George Hussein Onyango Obama, who lives on a $12 a year in the sprawling Huruma slums and hand him a $1,000 (Sh70,000) cheque from WND founder and CEO Joseph Farah."

More:
http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1143996473&cid=4

[Minimus]

66. I find this most interesting :

"During his stay, Corsi also plans to meet Sen Obama’s brother, George Hussein Onyango Obama, who lives on a $12 a year in the sprawling Huruma slums and hand him a $1,000 (Sh70,000) cheque from WND founder and CEO Joseph Farah."

[AlphaCentauri]

83. The guy wants to make history getting mud from Kenya and selling it as books

[Solly Mack]

2. snicker

I can hear the outrage now...how dare they detain an American!

and yet...

[zbdent]

15. I thought the repukes were all for illegal detaining and torture ...

maybe he'll get a taste of what he advocates ...

[Judi Lynn]

3. Kenya holds Obama critic Corsi

Kenya holds Obama critic Corsi
Posted Tuesday, October 7 2008 at 11:01

Kenyan immigration authorities are holding American author Jerome Corsi, scuttling plans to launch his 'The Obama Nation' book critical of US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Witnesses say the author was seized by immigration agents and sources have told the Daily Nation is is being held at Nyayo House, Nairobi, the headquarters of the Ministry of Immigration.

Dr Jerome Corsi, the author of The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality was set to launch the book at the Laico Hotel, Nairobi.

The book questions Obama’s character and his fitness to run for the White House. It also explores links between the Illinois Senator and Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

More:
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/478016/-/tkxv0p/-/

[sandnsea]

4. #1 Swiftboater, this is sweet justice n/t

[struggle4progress]

5. "I can get free publicity for my book if I get arrested for violating Kenya's immigration laws"

:rofl:

[katty]

70. exactly - that's the plan

[billyoc]

6. Try peddling your hate speech in Rwanda, swifty.

[Tanuki]

7. "Christian missionaries" behind this?! WTF?

"According to a press release announcing Corsi's visit, he arrived last week at the invitation of Christian missionaries concerned about the rise of Islam. Corsi was planning to file daily dispatches all week, the statement said"

The plot thickens. Everything about this stinks to high heaven, What kind of missionaries are we talking about here...the Church of Rove?

[ngant17]

12. maybe he's tied to "World Vision" missionary work

Researcher John Judge writes that "World Vision appears to be an elaborate cover for the recruitment, training and placement of assassins worldwide."

Mark David Chapman and John Hinckley, Jr. were both members of that church.

Corsi ought to fit right into this shadowy church himself.

[Tanuki]

23. Do you have a reference for this statement? That's quite a charge,

and I don't see any reason to link Corsi to World Vision. They do some good work.

[Judi Lynn]

25. A very quick check in google located a source immediately which lists

search hints to find more information on the subject.

I've not tried them yet, as I had planned to look for more on it myself when time permits.

I've heard and read more than enough material on "religious" groups being used as fronts for government covert ops to fully believe it happens, and has happened for years and years. This subject has been discussed here repeatedly.

[BumRushDaShow]

28. Love that graphic!!

:rofl:

If only someone would write a book with that title! :applause:

[Tanuki]

31. Yes, but my question was about the "World Vision" allegation in particular.

I am well aware that "religious" organizations have been fronts for political activities for generations. Again, I don't see any grounds for dragging World Vision into this latest event, do you? They have a strong record of humanitarian work. I googled, too, and am not sure what to make of this so-called "researcher" John Judge.

[ngant17]

77. Christian right-wing subterfuge

I didn't expressly allege that Corsi was associated with World Vision but I did note a pattern that is similar to this type of quasi-religious organization which has a fascist or extreme-right political agenda behind itself.

World Vision has done good works, similar to the New Tribes mission where they have a hugh office in Sanford, Florida, near where I live. I suspect their method of operation may be more in line with New Tribes:

Describing New Tribes Mission (NTM) as a "true imperialist infiltration that makes me ashamed," Chavez declared he was fed up with "colonialism" and accused the mission group of links to the CIA, spying on Venezuela, and exploiting indigenous people. "We don't want New Tribes here," he said...Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel repeated the accusations on Thursday. "We have intelligence reports that some of them are CIA," he told reporters. "The president's decision was based on reports that their actions create situations that compromise the country's sovereignty..."
Note: New Tribes was expelled from Venezuela in 2005.

World Vison, New Tribes, sure they have done good works, but the same thing could also be stated about Nazi Germany, who did good things for good Germans (as long as you weren't a Jew).

BTW the popular televangelist Arnold Murray, who broadcasts the "Shepard's Chapel" program on Christian TV networks, has been linked to the Christian Identity movement (popular with KKK and neo-Nazis), according to the SPLC Summer 2008 newsletter. "Millions of people around the world listen to Arnold Murray's sermons every year," said Intelligence Report editor Mark Potok. "What the vast majority don't realize is that his is a radical-right ideology that is extremely similar to Christian Identity, a belief system that identifies Jews as the biological children of Satan."

As for Jerome Corsi, he has been a reporter for the fringe right-wing WorldNetDaily. I don't think Corsi is directly involved with intelligence/black ops, he may be a "useful idiot" for the CIA.


BTW John Judge is well-known in JFK assassination research community, i.e., COPA, ratical.org. I think his website is:
<http://judgeforyourself.us/>

[lamp_shade]

8. Oboy! Hannity will take this story and distort it to his liking. Watch.

[struggle4progress]

9. A delicious irony that Corsi, who hates "illegal immigrants," is arrested on an immigration charge

The loser wrote a book with Minuteman founder Gilchrist: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Minutemen/Jim-Gilchrist/e/9780977898411

[EFerrari]

65. Karma, baby. LOL!

[Eric J in MN]

10. They shouldn't treat him any differently if they disagree with his poltical views. NT

NT

[depakid]

17. Of course they should.

Have you followed any of the events in Kenya over the past year?

[Eric J in MN]

19. Please explain. NT

NT

[depakid]

20. Please follow world events...

The very last thing Kenya needs is a person like Corsi stirring up the pot (this quite aside from any other violations of his visa).

[Eric J in MN]

27. He shouldn't be jailed for opposing Obama, in the US or any other country. NT

NT

[Judi Lynn]

30. You imagine they are racist fools, too? Really? Did you read the article?

It says: "He said Corsi did not have a "special pass" to work in Kenya and officials were checking his immigration status."

The United States requires people to have temporary work visas to do work here, why shouldn't Kenya? Other countries require work visas, as well.

[Ian David]

35. Well, those are BLACK PEOPLES' laws and don't apply to rich, white, chrisTian, Republican men.

Are we not an Exceptionalist Country, my friends?

:sarcasm:

[moodforaday]

74. True, but this law is also used

to bar unwanted journalists and writers from entering the country. About two years ago there was a story about a lady journalist from The Guardian (IIRC), who was denied entry into the US for the very same reason. Naturally, her writing was not friendly to Bush. She spent a night or two in a bare cell and was interrogated harshly, then turned away. It would take me some time to dig up that article, but I will if I can think of the right keywords to find it.

Please watch what you cheer.

[moodforaday]

76. Got the story

It's from 2004, older than I thought:

Weekend feature: American homeland security | World news | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/jun/05/usa.weekend7

[BumRushDaShow]

11. WTF? His book is an EPIC FAIL in the U.S.

and then he has the gall to travel to Kenya to arrogantly do an "in your face", ugly-American-style paternalistic KKK appearance in Kenya? This man must have a true mental disorder. Stunts like this underscore it.

[Ian David]

36. I think it's cute that he pretends to be doing research. n/t

[HopeHoops]

43. He IS doing research - he is talking so he has more of his own quotes to reference.

[shotten99]

13. Good lord

The Rethugs really must more desperate than they appeared.

[tavalon]

40. That well is actually infinitely deep

[CJCRANE]

14. I hope they throw the book at him. nt

[Enrique]

22. I hope they throw his book at him n/t

[Indenturedebtor]

16. I hope they do to him what he'd like to be done to all non-WASPS in the US

... very bad things. Racist sack of human garbage.

[sniffa]

18. That's Dr. Jerome Corsi

:rofl:

[Democat]

21. McCain should suspend his campaign and cancel the debate tonight!

McCain needs to focus on negotiating a release for Corsi.

Free Dr. Jerome Corsi!

[moodforaday]

75. Well, if you earnestly believe

in human rights and free speech, then yes, you should demand that Corsi be freed. All this cheering here is deeply disturbing - this is mob justice, people. What was that famous quote from Voltaire? "I may not agree with a word you say, but I shall defend unto my death your right to say it."

Corsi may be a RW moran, but that doesn't mean it's OK to stifle his speech.

Also, of course, this thing only serves to give his "cause" more limelight.

[SemperEadem]

81. then he needed to make sure all of his papers were in order

before setting foot in that country. If he didn't possess the requisite work passes to peddle his book in that country, then that country has every right to hold him accountable according to that country's laws. The same would apply if it was happening in this country.

His own hubris and overblown sense of pride is what has got him where he is. He meant to go into Obama's father's country and try to turn those people against someone whom they hold quite near and dear. His little plan failed and now he's in hot water. Good for him. That'll teach him to traffic in dirt.

[dipsydoodle]

24. Maybe they should just

feed him to the lions.

[atreides1]

42. Why??

What do you have against lions.;)

[entanglement]

68. I suppose the lions could be persuaded with enough A1 steak sauce

:rofl:

[FreakinDJ]

26. God I hope they have a "Labor Camp" for violators

Nope - they are too civilized for Corsi's Ilk

[BumRushDaShow]

29. They have plenty of nature preserves. He should be dropped off at one.

See how manned-up he thinks he is. :rofl:

[Hubert Flottz]

34. Lions 1 Jerome 0

I like it!

[Ian David]

46. Jerome Corsi in: The Naked Prey II

The Naked Prey (1966)

A group of men are on safari. One of the party refuses to give a gift to a tribe they encounter. The tribe is offended, seizes the party, and one-by-one, kills all but one of the safari members in various creative and horrifying ways. The last surviving member is given "The Lion's Chance" by the tribal leader to be hunted down by a party of tribal warriors. Naked and weaponless he is set loose, the hunters hot on his heels, beginning a life-or-death hunt through wild Africa.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060736/

[Milspec]

62. Enjoyed that flick

Old enough to have seen it in first release

[Ian David]

32. They had better check Jerome Corsi's laptop for photos of naked children.

Some people say.

[Best_man23]

39. That would be poetic justice

Wonder if Kenya has laws regarding possession of child pornography.

[Ian David]

33. How do you say in Kenyan, "Damn illegal immigrants are taking our jobs!"

Don't you think that there is a Kenyan willing to lie about Barack Obama, even at the same low wage Jerome Corsi is getting?

[Kelvin Mace]

37. Let me get this straight.

Corsi went to a country where Obama is their pride and joy, in order to peddle a book of vicious lies about this same favorite son?

I'm sorry, but stupidity of this magnitude should be punished. Six months in prison should be about right. Just long enough for Obama to be elected so he can intercede to get Corsi's sorry ass released.

[tavalon]

41. That is Epic Stupidity, isn't it?

[tavalon]

38. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving guy

Perhaps they should do a body cavity search. Of course, he's full of shit so I wouldn't blame anyone who didn't want to take on that duty.

[KingFlorez]

44. How amusing, ROFL

[Ian David]

45. How do you say in Kenyan, "Jerome Corsi Corsi Corsi's going to jail jail jail!" ? n/t

[WriteDown]

47. Eh....

He has a right to do his research regardless of his ideology. I am surprised anyone can support this. I am curious what this "special pass" is as well. The fact that it has yet to be specified is a bad sign.

[Buenaventura]

48. hmm - is that what he does? "research"?

it sounds to me as tho' Swifty's gettin' his just deserts - protected by the Atlantic from the Bill of Rights ;)

[WriteDown]

50. I've been to Kenya.....

I haven't particularly liked the way its trending. Poorly written books are little reason to praise Mugabe-like tactics.

[Buenaventura]

55. true - and i'm afraid that we both heard some of that praise on this thread

still ... i couldn't avoid smiling when i read the story :)

[ronnie624]

51. He doesn't have a right to do "research" in Kenya

in violation of their immigration laws. It's likely that in Kenya, just like most other countries, foreigners must submit forms detailing their activities if they wish to "work" there. Given his activities, it's no stretch to imagine him lying to the authorities about his reasons for being there, which would provide ample reason for deportation.

I think my assumptions are more realistic than yours.

[WriteDown]

53. Ha, you know very little.....

My buddy who I went to Kenya with just came by my desk. He last name is Mugaa, but I affectionately call him Mugabe which cracks him up to no end. He just read the article and said, "this guy is in trouble, in Kenya they can make up anything." And that is his own country! Last time I was there he warned me about drinking some sort of liquor made with fuel. He wasn't worried about the fuel, but about the tendency to sink a rat in the mixture and not tell people. I'll have to ask him what that was called again.

[ronnie624]

54. And how do I know your "buddy" from Kenya

exists anywhere but in your head?

[WriteDown]

57. No clue....

He just told me the drink though. Kumi kumi. He said it could make me go blind. Hard finding Jack Daniels there though.

[treestar]

56. Does any nonAmerican have the right to do research in the U.S.?

If the U.S. has the "right to control its borders" then so does Kenya.

If they don't want him working there, they are no worse than the U.S. not wanting foreigners to work here!

:wtf:

[struggle4progress]

60. " ... Authorities in Kenya .. said Corsi .. entered .. as a tourist and wasn't allowed to work here.

A Kenyan aide to Corsi said .. he .. would be deported .... the trip appeared to be .. a mean-spirited stunt on the fringes of a presidential campaign ..."

Anti-Obama writer deported from Kenya
By SHASHANK BENGALI
McClatchy Newspapers
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/716589.html

[UTUSN]

49. BWAH-hahahahHAH!1 n/t

[SidneyCarton]

52. Let him rot, we don't want him back.

I suggest the Kenyans deport him to Somalia, where he can see what real danger is.

[progressivebydesign]

58. What is that scumbag doing in Kenya? Maybe he can research Palin's witch-hunter friend?

the guy that nearly got the fortune teller killed in a town there.

Corsi's payback for the crap he does is that his chin has chosen to live elsewhere... like in his socks. Why are those pigs always so white and so ugly?

[onager]

59. Here's the missionary position...

The missionaries are probably Celeste and Loren Davis, two nutball American Christophiles in Kenya.

They are currently enjoying 15 minutes of right-wing fame because they cranked out an e-mail glurge about Obama.

Among many other things, it claims that Obama's REAL name is: Barak Hussein MUHAMMED Obama.

Loren Davis once wrote an article explaining why the five-pointed stars in the US flag are satanic.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/kenya.asp

[FVZA_Colonel]

61. I wonder how long it will take them to blame Obama for this.

"HE'S SILENCING A CRITIC!!!"

[struggle4progress]

63. Kenya set to deport U.S. author of anti-Obama book (Xinhua)

www.chinaview.cn 2008-10-08 01:18:48

NAIROBI, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- ... Corsi .. was arrested at a Nairobi hotel on Tuesday ... Senior immigration officials told Xinhua that Corsi is currently .. at the .. Airport awaiting deportation. "We are with him at the airport," said a senior immigration official ... http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/08/content_10162104.htm

[Milspec]

64. Not sure I would want

to be in jail in Kenya. Just one thing to say GOOD

[lumpy]

67. Check him out- wikipedia. Not a nice guy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Corsi

[Quantess]

69. Jerome Corsi looks like he could be Karl Rove's older brother.

[msanthrope]

71. Corsi violates his visa conditions??? Was supposed to be a

tourist, and worked illegally????? Oh, the irony........

Shouldn't deportation from a country get you on the 'no-fly' list here????

[Best_man23]

72. Just saw this article on Kenya today

Sun, Safaris and Sex Tourism in Kenya
'They Come Here They Think "I Can Be Whatever I Want to Be" and That's How They Behave'
By DANA HUGHES
NAIROBI, Kenya, October 7, 2008

<snip>
"But these aren't your typical young party-goers having fun -- a vast majority of the couples on this Saturday night, actually every Saturday night, are made up of old white men, mostly tourists and businessmen, and hot, young Kenyan women."

<snip>
"Sex for payment is so common in Nairobi, on the coast of Kenya, particularly in the vacation towns of Mombasa and Malindi, that the thirst for prostitution has led to the widespread exploitation of children. Kenya is now considered one of the worldwide hubs for child sex tourism."

http://a.abcnews.com/International/story?id=5935427&page=1

Have to just wonder, given his history, just what "research" was he doing?

[TankLV]

73. Gee - that's "horrible"!!! Can you blame them? I can't and won't...

and I'm CERTAIN these "things" take time and all - he should be able to "settle" everything by, say, November 5th or so...

tell ya what, if bush, palin, and their band of criminals agree to all the subpoenas, and testify UNDER OATH, then we'll grant this dude a "visit" AFTER them...after all, WE'VE All been waiting how long exactly again?

[bluesmail]

78. What comes around goes around. Sorry Jerome

[Xenotime]

79. HA HA! Serves you right. Detain him so he can't vote.

[bluesmail]

80. Oh hell this put me in the mood to KICK

[struggle4progress]

82. Drama as anti-Obama author is deported

... Immigration officers .. said Corsi was "free to apply for a valid work permit to come back and launch his book". Sources at Immigration headquarters told The Standard that Corsi and Buella had their visitors’ passes annulled for violating rules. "They violated terms of the visitor’s pass by engaging in a business and marketing of his book. They required a special permit to do business," a top Immigration source said ... http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1143996540&cid=4

[OakCliffDem]

84. Jerome Corsi being arrested in a publicity stunt

Ignore him and don't buy his book

[chemenger]

85. Now wha'cha gonna do, ya pasty white fat fucker???

Karma's a real bitch, ain't it. Shouldn't have messed with a favored son.

I wonder if Kenya has their own version of Gitmo? Hope he'll be staying awhile.