It has been inspected by two Hawaii Directors of Health, the state Registrar and it has been seen by whoever made the photocopies.
For Immediate Release: October 31, 2008
STATEMENT BY DR. CHIYOME FUKINO
“There have been numerous requests for Sen. Barack Hussein Obama’s official birth certificate. State law (Hawai‘i Revised Statutes §338-18) prohibits the release of a certified birth certificate to persons who do not have a tangible interest in the vital record.
“Therefore, I as Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, have personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has Sen. Obama’s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.
“No state official, including Governor Linda Lingle, has ever instructed that this vital record be handled in a manner different from any other vital record in the possession of the State of Hawai‘i.”
Under Hawaii Revised Statute 338-18, the original vital record can be released for inspection to: “A person whose right to inspect or obtain a certified copy of the record is established by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction;”
In other words, convince a judge that there is a legitimate reason to see the original, get the judge to issue an order for its release, inspect it. Or a judge can inspect it n his own.
Also congressional subpoenas have the legal authority or a court order so an investigative committee of Congress can subpoena the birth certificate.
Also congressional subpoenas have the legal authority or a court order so an investigative committee of Congress can subpoena the birth certificate.
All well and good. But can you explain why Obama believed it necessary to create a fabricated document -- much less post it on the web as "evidence"?
Isn't that the question that needs an answer?