I think you’re hot on the trail!
We soon figured out that the deepest and most foolproof ID had a government-issued Social Security card at its heart, and the best source of those were dead-baby birth certificates.
Just an English professor living in the neighborhood MY ASS!!!
When did Obama show up in Chicago? Around 1986, when he started using the CT SSN. So Ayres helped out a fellow traveller.
I am sure there are connections between Obama and Ayres during their time at Columbia U.