[jerod]

...Earlier this year, the AP tracked down Mr. Obama's New York-era roommate, "Sadik," in Seattle after the campaign refused to reveal his name. Sohale Siddiqi, his real name, confirmed Mr. Obama's account that he turned serious in New York and "stopped getting high." "We were both very lost," Mr. Siddiqi said. "We were both alienated, although he might not put it that way. He arrived disheveled and without a place to stay." For some reason the Obama camp wanted this to stay out of public view....

Maybe he reacquainted himself with Islam under an assumed name... Apparently he enjoys making names up for other people, maybe he made one up for himself.

I used to know a kid something like Barry O when I was younger, he could have written books like Barry, not that he ever did. He was intelligent and always had a great story to tell you... mostly because he was a pathological liar.

[Hardastarboard]

Sohale Siddiqi

That's an Irish Catholic name, right?

[Jim Noble]

Maybe he reacquainted himself with Islam under an assumed name... Apparently he enjoys making names up for other people, maybe he made one up for himself.

I want to know two things:

When did he start using the name "Barack Obama"?

When did he meet Mike Klonsky?

Perhaps the Occidental and Columbia records show a different name. And Klonsky is as important as Ayers, if not more so.