Long story short, here’s the latest in the Michelle Obama tape saga:

The remaining problem to be solved now is the legal representation and we believe this hurdle will also be sorted out now that people involved have finally realised further delay is creating a very unhealthy atmosphere to all concerned.

New changes in the deal is that we have to deal with the fact that the Network Channel will have their lawyer as a very active (not passive) participant.

ON the question of legal representation, the Cable TV Network decided against having Attorney Berg as API lead legal adviser. They state that Mr Berg may not handle the situation in a neutral manner. Changes had to be agreed upon in the last minute of discussions a few minutes ago. Due to the sensitive nature of the tapes, API will now have a total of 3 active legal representatives. A Canadian born Lawyer has been appointed to head the API legal team. Two US born lawyers (Attorney Berg) and (Attorney Dowd of Washington) will be assisting the Canadian born Attorney.

API expects to get green light any time from now to publicly announce the name of the airing Network so as to be able to release the details in the agreement shortly or during the Conference call. When it comes to the timing of the announcement of the name of the Cable Network they must give API the green light because they want to be fully prepared to handle the pressure expected to come from circles interested in the contents of the tape.

In my not-so-humble opinion, it’s time for API to seriously put up or shut up — even though their story has never fundamentally changed.

This is either going to be the biggest fart-causing smoke screen, or it will become the biggest game-changer in today’s American politics (all based on what API’s said has been in this 53-minute recorded interview).

Yup, I’ll be watching, too

-Phil