The HI DOH does have several ways they could have confirmed that the alleged COLB is genuine and accurate. butterdezillion found administrative rules that show that an ‘abbreviated’ certificate can legally be released to anyone who requests one. It’s not a certified copy of the record, but would serve the same purpose. They could also release index data confirming pretty much any and all the information on record. The director has statutory discretion to make that decision. The certificate number would be the quickest and easiest way to confirm the COLB is real, but they have REFUSED to identify who the factlack dot org certificate number belongs to and they have not officially declared it as belonging to Obama. And, under the protection of the Uniform Information Practices Act, they could simply release a certified copy to the public. Instead they choose to misdirect, misinform, obfuscate, lie, and deny requests. Then they went further and had the disclosure law changed to give them a legal excuse not to satisfy public requests for Obama’s birth records/information.
Excellent summary.