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Onaka wasn’t the person making the deceiving public statements. He wasn’t the one who altered the 1960-64 birth index. Onaka has tried his level-best to stay out of this issue altogether; he’s been impossible to reach. I’ve requested stuff from him and heard nothing back. This was the first time Onaka personally was put on the witness stand, so to speak. And he was willing to contradict his own Director and show her up for a liar. That takes some guts. I was stunned that he actually did it. And when he stayed true to his guns THREE TIMES I knew there was no chance of anybody saying it was just a mistake or oversight.

The items from the request form are the only items that Onaka couldn’t possibly interpret as being requests to verify simply that those are CLAIMS on the birth certificate. Bennett’s wording allowed Onaka to interpret that as what was being requested to be verified on the letter Bennett sent, but the application is submitted in accordance with HRS 338-14.3, which specifically mentions that the existence of a birth certificate is to be verified and any other information that is to be submitted pertaining to the birth event.

And Onaka divided his verification into 2 sections - the one where he was verifying stuff from the application (where the only thing he actually verified was that they have a birth certificate) and then the section where he verifies that the claims are on the BC. He divides those sections by re-stating Obama’s name, even though that was not on Bennett’s list of additional items. That name was added to show that Onaka was starting a NEW section of verifications - the ones that simply verify that the claims are on the record.

And if you look at those claims, he is not just verifying that the content is the same content as is on the HDOH record. Dates can be formatted in a number of ways and still say the same thing (be the same “information”). But Onaka gave the information verbatim from the BC. What Bennett submitted v what Onaka verified v what’s on the WH BC:

Bennett Onaka WH BC
Parent Sig 8-7-1961 8-7-61 8-7-61
Attendant 8-8-1961 8-8-61 8-8-61
Date Filed August-8 1961 Aug 8-1961 Aug 8-1961

IOW, Onaka is giving Bennett a photocopy of what is contained on the record, not confirming that the information which Bennett submitted is correct.

Onaka would not verify the truth of ANY claim that Bennett submitted. The only lawful reason for that is if he CAN’T. And the only reason he can’t verify the truth of any claims that are on the record they have - like in this case - is if the record they have is non-valid.