I hear you. Trust me, I have run into the same thing. And with that particular agency as well.
So I have my salt handy when dealilng with denials indicating truth stuff.
What I cannot get past however is this: If Barack Obama posted his real COLB on the internet, then he has no right to expect privacy, by Hawaiian law and statute. He has given that up by posting his information himself, having his functionaries and representatives deliberately do so.
Yet, Hawaii continues to insist that they cannot release even the most simple confirmation that the posted COLB is real, relying on State law saying they can’t.
The only way that Hawaii can be saying that in honesty if if the COLB is not real, and Hawaii knows it. Obama hasn’t released the real COLB and so Hawaii is correctly saying they cant release anything.
If the COLB were real, then they could not only release another copy of it to the press, the rest of his records would be open as well.
That’s where I hit the wall. Either the COLB is Fake and Hawaii can’t release a darned thing because Obaba’s right to privacy has not been released, OR The COLB is Real and Hawaii is breaking it’s own laws on a number of different levels.
Which is it?
Very well-stated, Danae.
HDOH has its own rules to follow and can not used “implied consent” to release them. its not like a search warrant. For example, Reagan got shot and waved from his hospital bed. So, we all know he got shot and is in hospital for a gunshot wound. Doesn’t mean the hospital can release his medical records to whoever. Reagan, though, can give a copy to whoever he wants.
parsy, who hasn’t been shot, yet, but has had Close Encounters of the Third Kind with cast iron skillets