Okay. Here’s one from June 13, 2008, before Factcheck gave the BC#. It’s from The Advertiser instead of Politifact, so I was mistaken on that.
http://colorado.mediamatters.org/items/200808190001
The quote from the article:
“Others wonder why a large black rectangle appears next to the words, “CERTIFICATE NO.”
“The thing that’s redacted is just our file number,” she said. “Potentially, if you have that number, you could break into the system.”
Interesting that the Advertiser was still spouting that same line from Okubo in November, even after the number had already been exposed via Factcheck.
And it’s interesting that Okubo ever said it in the first place, given that Factcheck says Hawaii officials said there was no reason not to show the number.
Quite a stupid statement on her part.
It certainly doesn’t make any sense for her to say that.
Do consider that this could simply be ignorance or error rather than a lie.