“I verify that the information in the copy of the Certificate of Live Birth for Mr. Obama that you attached with your request matches the original record in our file”.
(RE:Washington Times)
Matching the original record, and certifying that the document attached was issued by the HI DOH, is two different things. Onaka did not certify that all of the information matched, nor did he certify that the document was the one issued by his office, nor dispute any claims to the contrary which are easily found in the public domain. The omission of the certification that the document, which was a copy of the LF BC posed on the official White House web site, leaves open the legal challenge to forgery and fraud.
The records in Hawaii can be something completely different. The state law bars these people from disclosing any information that Obama himself did not disclose. This is a weasel clause so to speak, so that if/when the facts of this case do get to criminal complaints, the officials at the HI DOH are covered.
§338-14.3 Verification in lieu of a certified copy. (a) Subject to the requirements of section 338-18, the department of health, upon request, shall furnish to any applicant, in lieu of the issuance of a certified copy, a verification of the existence of a certificate and any other information that the applicant provides to be verified relating to the vital event that pertains to the certificate.
(b) A verification shall be considered for all purposes certification that the vital event did occur and that the facts of the event are as stated by the applicant.
(c) Verification may be made in written, electronic, or other form approved by the director of health.
The DOH verifies two things - the existence of the record and the facts of the record. Which they have done on all three verifications they have issued. They are not required to verify that the pdf is a true copy or was issued by the DOH or to dispute any claims being made about the pdf.
§338-14.3 (b) is pretty plain in its language. The verification is certification that the vital event [birth in Hawaii] did occur and that the facts associated with the event are as stated.