Obama's grandfather tortured by the British? A fantasy (like most of the President’s own memoir)
By Toby Harnden
The Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED:17:15 EST, 19 June 2012 | UPDATED:17:25 EST, 19 June 2012
A new biography of Barack Obama has established that his grandfather was not, as is related in the President’s own memoir, detained by the British in Kenya and found that claims that he was tortured were a fabrication.
'Barack Obama: The Story' by David Maraniss catalogues dozens of instances in which Obama deviated significantly from the truth in his book 'Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance'. The 641-page book punctures the carefully-crafted narrative of Obama’s life. ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2161817/Obamas-grandfather-Stanley-Armour-Dunham-tortured-British.html
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