[RWGinger]

It is strange that Root would say 0dumbo was known as barry soetoro at Columbia
and then write( from your link)
“I never met him. Never saw him. Never even heard of him”

so which is it?
That is the problem with all these theories and what causes lefties to chortle

[Red Steel]

Here's "no theory," Obama either wrote the bio for his first book, 'Dreams from My Father,' or he gave the information to the Publisher that he was born in Kenya.

And if you think Obama's Publisher made it up, you're a candidate to buy swampland for $10,000 an acre.

[KarlInOhio]

It is strange that Root would say 0dumbo was known as barry soetoro at Columbia and then write( from your link)

“I never met him. Never saw him. Never even heard of him”

Both are possible. Root may have never known him but has talked to other people who knew Obama as Soetoro while at Columbia. In fact that is more likely from the usage of "was known as" rather than "I knew him as".