It appears to coincide with the divorce between Stanley Ann and Barack, Sr. She supposedly accused him of abuse and went for full custody of Jr. and some are saying the birth certificate would have been necessary for the custody proceedings in the divorce. I’m only passing on what others have blogged, as I don’t know, but it sounds plausible to me.
I think this Kenyan birth certificate to-do may be a red herring. After reading an article on www.wnd.com, I would like to see the public records of the marriage and the divorce of Stanley Ann Dunham and Barack Obama, Sr. I’ve been looking at pictures of President Obama and Malcolm X—there is a definite resemblance between the two. And, I looked further and compared pictures of President Obama’s younger daughter and Malcolm X’s third daughter and the resemblance (especially around the mouth) is uncanny.