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Vital records (birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates) for events that occurred in Hawaii are received and preserved by the Office of Health Status Monitoring, a unit of the Department of Health (DOH). In Hawaii

I cannot find anything that states Hawaii destroys paper. Do you have a source?

It don't make a lick of sense to me to destroy original documents, that's my opinion; but I cannot find anything that says that Hawaii stored or destroyed the original documents.

I come from a time of second and third generation mainframes and PC DOS / original Windows toys -- we'd have been shot if we destroyed the paper.

Here’s a transcript of the Lou Dobbs show, specifically pertaining to that report.

Meanwhile the State of Hawaii says it can’t release a paper copy of the President’s original birth certificate, becasuse, they say the state government discarded the original document when the Health Department records went electronic some eight years ago.

Face Off: Obama’s Birth Certificate
Thursday, 7/23/2009

President Obama promised transparency in government… yet the White House won’t release his original birth certificate. Many Americans are asking… why not? The mainstream liberal media is attacking me for simply asking the question. Meanwhile… the state of Hawaii says it cannot release a paper copy of the president’s original birth certificate because it discarded the original document when its health department records went electronic eight years ago. That explanation has not satisfied critics though. Joining Lou: Roland Martin, CNN contributor and syndicated columnist, and Congressman Ted Poe.

Here’s the link, but shows “roll off” so this is a link from the date of 7/24/2009. I can’t say the link will display this show (as I give you above) in the days to come.

http://loudobbs.tv.cnn.com/

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/jon_klein_on_birthers_it_seems_this_story_is_dead_122546.asp#more

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FRIDAY, JUL 24

Jon Klein on Birthers: “It Seems This Story is Dead”

TVNewser has learned CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein sent an email to a handful of “Lou Dobbs Tonight” staffers last night regarding the coverage of the so-called birthers and the validity of Pres. Obama’s birth in the U.S.

In part, Klein writes, “It seems this story is dead- because anyone who still is not convinced doesn’t really have a legitimate beef.” Klein asked CNN researchers to dig into the question of why Obama couldn’t produce the original birth certificate. The researchers contacted the Hawaii Health Dept. and confirmed that paper documents were discarded in 2001 when the department went paperless. That reportedly includes Pres. Obama’s original birth certificate.

I cannot find anything that states Hawaii destroys paper. Do you have a source? It don't make a lick of sense to me to destroy original documents, that's my opinion; but I cannot find anything that says that Hawaii stored or destroyed the original documents. I come from a time of second and third generation mainframes and PC DOS / original Windows toys -- we'd have been shot if we destroyed the paper.

Exactly --

All we have is a statement from Lou Dobbs saying that he got an "e-mail" from his boss Jon Klein who says that researchers from CNN said ...

And we are supposed to believe this???? Get real.

Hey Lou, tell Jon to tell us just exactly who your researchers spoke with in Hawaii. Let's have the name of the person who said this, and/or the e-mail. Surely a credible researcher would have more than an anonymous remark from an anonymous Hawaiian staffer. Give us the who, what, when, ... -- if you can.

Otherwise Jon your credibility and that of your network and researchers have dropped to a new low in myth prefabrication and taken Lou Dobb's reputation with it.