This has been floating around for the last couple of weeks. An African News agency, API purports to have the tape of Michelle Obama ranting over the phone to API about their coverage of her husband’s citizenship.

Again, Michelle’s reported words as captured on tape.

“African press International is supposed to support Africans and African-American view,” and she went to state that, “it is strange that API has chosen to support the racists against my husband. There is no shame in being adopted by a step father. All dirt has been thrown onto my husband’s face and yet he loves this country. My husband and I know that there is no law that will stop him from becoming the president, just because some American white racists are bringing up the issue of my husband’s adoption by His step father. The important thing here is where my husband’s heart is at the moment. I can tell the American people that My husband loves this country and his adoption never changed his love for this country. He was born in Hawaii, yes, and that gives him all the right to be an American citizen even though he was adopted by a foreigner”

Here’s the update:

“We have noted your concern as readers. It is important that you understand we are doing our best and our interest is to ensure that we do the right thing so that nobody handling or who has handled the tapes gets hurt. It serves no purpose to continue speculating whether we have the tapes or not, or whether we are genuine or not.

The answer is simple: The tapes exists and will be aired. We also want you to know that we are genuine in all this and API has had not intention to mislead anyone. The truth of the matter is that there has been a delay, yes we understand, but there is nothing wrong being careful in situations like this one.

There is no question in our minds that you as a reader understand why it is important to be careful when dealing with information that touches on the security situation of any nation.

There has been a lot of pressure from the readers and the same from those who represent Nations in question. API has to way and balance its act so that nobody is put into an embarrassing situation and for that matter danger to any ones life.

We are not about to drop airing the tapes. It will be done even if some continue to place obstacles on our way.

According to a source with Fox News they have been contacted about this tape from AFI but would not go into any other details. As this isn’t the first time we’ve heard of such a tape (Whitey), I will admit a bit of skeptism.

We’ll see, time is short, and if they are going to release this tape this week (Wednesday) would be the best time.