circumstances, he missed the deadline by a wide mark. Some believe that he used a ghostwriter: americanthinker.com/2008/10/who_wrote_dreams_from_my_fathe_1.html worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=79403 "The 1981 mystery" refers to Obama's earlier mystery trip to Pakistan and India. He went on this very expensive sojourn during the summer between Oxy and Columbia, at a time when he reportedly wore thrift store clothing. During his days at Occidental, Barack Obama apparently came to know a Political Science professor who was also a key CIA consultant on Soviet matters. He had also made the acquaintance of two Pakistanis from influential families. thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=108690 indymedia.nl/nl/2005/12/33070.shtml