[Kenny Bunk]

This is where I am losing the trail. The Laws of Hawaii mandate that any documentation used by an official in reaching a decision, or taking an action, is to be made available to ANY CITIZEN who asks.

Fukino announced to the world that Obama was "A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN, and born in Hawaii," and that she had seen the documentation.

According to the way I read the Information Statute, that makes all of the documentation available upon request.

[jamese777]

This is where I am losing the trail. The Laws of Hawaii mandate that any documentation used by an official in reaching a decision, or taking an action, is to be made available to ANY CITIZEN who asks.
Fukino announced to the world that Obama was “A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN, and born in Hawaii,” and that she had seen the documentation.

According to the way I read the Information Statute, that makes all of the documentation available upon request.

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The Lingle administration interpreted the law (and was backed up by the Hawaii State Office of Information Practices, “OIP”) as requiring them to release Index Data to the public on any vital record. The Obama Index data has been available at their web site for a long time.
http://hawaii.gov/health/vital-records/obama.html

The privacy statutes are also pretty explicit as to who can get access to what, but a subpoena has always been the easiest way to release whatever Hawaii has and a congressional subpoena from any House Committee Chairperson could do the trick.
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrs2006/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0338/HRS_0338-0018.HTM