A questionable alliance? Obama and Khalid al-Mansour

An interesting report from Newsmax:

Obama Had Close Ties to Top Saudi Adviser at Early Age
New evidence has emerged that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was closely associated as early as age 25 to a key adviser to a Saudi billionaire who had mentored the founding members of the Black Panthers.

In a videotaped interview this year on New York�s all news cable channel NY1, a prominent African-American businessman and political figure made the curious disclosures about Obama.

Percy Sutton, the former borough president of Manhattan, off-handedly revealed the unusual circumstances about his first encounter with the young Obama.

�I was introduced to (Obama) by a friend who was raising money for him,� Sutton told NY1 city hall reporter Dominic Carter.

�The friend�s name is Dr. Khalid al-Mansour, from Texas,� Sutton said. �He is the principal adviser to one of the world�s richest men. He told me about Obama.�

Sutton, the founder of Inner City Broadcasting, said al-Mansour contacted him to ask a favor: Would Sutton write a letter in support of Obama�s application to Harvard Law School?

�He wrote to me about him,� Sutton recalled. �And his introduction was there is a young man that has applied to Harvard. I know that you have a few friends up there because you used to go up there to speak. Would you please write a letter in support of him?�

Sutton said he acted on his friend al-Mansour�s advice.

And a bit more:

Although many Americans have never heard of Khalid Abdullah Tariq al-Mansour (his full name), he is well known within the black community as a lawyer, an orthodox Muslim, a black nationalist, an author, an international deal-maker, an educator, and an outspoken enemy of Israel.

How many more of these skeletons are in Obama's closet? Why doesn't he disclose these relationships?