Yes. I am sure that it was PLANNED this way. He gave the ok to do it, because obviously the pictures appear on sights that are part of his Campaign. ITs clear where the order came from there. SO the fraud is posted, Hawaii can’t refute it because if they do they have to release information from the REAL file something Obama won’t let them do.
So, by doing this, Obama pulled off a perfect Political chess move. he got to look legit at least through the election and long enough to get sworn in, Trapped Hawaii, and got the added bonus of getting to mock Birthers.
Brilliant.
Criminal, but Brilliant. He had to give himself legitimacy, but if he released his REAL COLB, then Hawaii could have released his whole file, in fact BY LAW they would have HAD to, Obama would have given up any right to privacy by releasing it.
Hawaii has been extremely careful not to say anything specific about the COLB and especially not about the photographs posted by FactChexMix.org. By doing so, there's no tangible (pun intended) way to link them to the forgery attempt. They've said they saw an original birth certificate but were careful not to say they saw what was on it. Then they cited plural, unknown vital records to make a statement that would have been otherwise illegal to make (providing Fukino was being consistent and honest). They've also REFUSED to deal with the FractionalCheck.org certificate number, thereby voiding any responsibility for reporting the obvious fraud that was perpetrated by said party. The other thing is that the adminsitrative rules give them the ability to avoid releasing any information that would potentially 'harm the character or reputation' of the person involved. That's pretty broad leeway to avoid confirming shenanigans.