Before he was Senator Barak Obama and even before he went to law school, the would be presidential candidate actively sought out and became involved with former Weathermen Terrorist Bill Ayers with the Chicago Annenberg Challenge (CAC). In an attempt to estanbloish his bone fides with the local leftist estanblishment, the CAC sought to funnel grant money to thier allies in an attempt take hold of the influence in Chicago Public Schools. These efforts went up against Mayor Richard Daley’s wishes. But it seems all did no go well with CAC and that Barak served on its board.

Some extremely talented bloggers have been following events which came to a head when esteemed journalist Dr. Stanley Kurtz asked the University of Illinois-Urbana for permission to see the documents. He was rebuffed at every turn in a manner that shocks learned observers of such matters.
See Steve Diamond at his excellent blog. He’s been the go to guy on this issue.

Ironic, that a public university would attempt to prevent a legitimate author and journalist - with a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Harvard to boot - from accessing documents legitimately housed in their library. Ironic, and possibly illegal.

The flimsy manufactured excuse - most likely provided to the library by the University’s general counsel - is that the University does not have a “deed of gift” which the university contends is required for it to, legitimately, claim possession of the archived material.

Diamond’s entire post from early this morning is considered by colleagues to be the record

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