Is the API scam over and done?

Well, the last week has been pretty volatile for Chief Editor Sammy Korir's blog, African Press International.  After a figurative firestorm of supposed "attacks" on his account, as well as a literal fire in the building his email is hosted at and several other technical problems...it looks like API is down for good at this time.  Apparently they violated Wordpress' TOS and got taken down, we'll see if it's permanent or not and if they pop up elsewhere, I'll let you know...in the meantime it seems that another wordpress site, Mountain Sage, has exposed many past frauds and inconsistencies on the API site and may have been the "source" of truth-seekers demanding the API either put up or shut up.

Clearly though, if API had something to share, there are many ways to do so other than Wordpress, and that should not stop them if they really have evidence of anything they have claimed.  There are countless other blog sites, media publishing sites (YouTube, etc), file sharing sites, and plenty of media outlets who would help them out, at their disposal.  All this nonsense about needing vaious legal counsel and contracts for release and endless paperwork is silly.  And if he really does have this evidence, and if there is a legitimate reason for him to fear being stopped, and furthermore if there really are people who could stop him or even find him in the first place and get their hands on this evidence if it really exists...well the best thing for him to do is get it out there.  what does holding onto it do?  unless he's scamming for money, which makes complete and total sense.

Stay tuned for more developments, but as of right now it looks like this whole crapfest might be over and done with...I highly recommend checking out Mountain Sage's blog if you're interested in reading more into this debacle.

http://themountainsage.wordpress.com/