The most recent statement by Mike Zullo of Sheriff Arpaio’s Cold Case Posse is that despite the replication claims, the CCP has conclusive evidence that the WH BC is forged. There is a sealed report by certified document examiner Reed Hayes that Zullo is at least partially relying on which has been submitted to a federal court in Alabama.
1) Yeah, I know all about Reed Hayes and his report. I don't trust him and I don't trust the report.
1A) Why don't I trust him? He's a certified "handwriting analyst". Handwriting analysis, otherwise known as "graphology", is pseudoscience that says it is possible to assess someone's personality by analyzing their handwriting. It's a load of crap not supported by experiments and evidence. So first, he's certified in a bunch of hooey. Hopefully his forensic document analysis experience isn't the same type of hooey.
1B) Why I don't trust the report? The report is sealed. Why isn't it public? How do we know the sealed report doesn't say "There ain't a dang thing wrong with this BC!" And the answer is, we don't. We don't know what's in the report or why it's compelling evidence. It could be crapola. Until we know, we can't say.
Please see this Free Republic thread regarding claims that Xerox copiers can replicate numerous features of the White House BC pdf. “Xerox 7655 Overview Picture (Obot claims to replicate Obama LFBC pdf w/floating signature)
1) The White House does not use Xerox machines. They use Ricohs. Why? Because the White House, the CIA, Congress, and the Department of Defense all have Ricoh contracts for their copiers. I should know, we send techs to work on the machines all day.
2) A lot of the pro-Birthers over in that thread don't know a thing about document automation and imaging, compression protocols in scanning (especially lossy protocols)...the ignorance is astounding. Like this statement:
it is not JUST the pdf layers, it is also what is ON those layers. You have black and white layers, greyscale layers, different fonts in different layers, different pixel resolution, ALL of which prove that it was put together from OTHER documents.
Anyone who is expert in how copiers scan know that's a bunch of hooey. JBIG2 compression will do different layers like that, especially when scanning a color document. Or this crap!
With that kind of WHut insider connection, it wouldn’t be too far-fetched to have Xerox or Adobe programmers “update” their software to behave in the far-fetched manner required within limited circumstances. Someone needs have archived the software extant at the time of the original scan for the ostensibly-generating machine. At this point I wouldn’t trust company repository driver software not to have been similarly corrupted and back-dated. Such machines may automatically update their software via the Internet or via periodic company service packs, obliterating earlier software in those cases.
BULL! Firmware, especially for older machines, does not update that often. While updates CAN be performed through a web monitor, they're an absolute pain in the ass that can take up to 3 hours per machine. Updates are mostly performed by SD card inserted into the machine by a technician, as that takes approximately 30-45 seconds to update. The scan compressions are hardly ever updated, usually remaining the same since the machine was manufactured due to hardware restrictions. And this idea of corrupting and backdating software archives is pure paranoia! That would cost MILLIONS to do.
It's such BS that it pisses me off as a professional. I stand by what I say in regards to the scanning processes.
“I don’t trust him and I don’t trust the report.”
IMO, you have understated Hayes’ credential as an expert document witness.
According to Reed Hayes’ CV he has testified many times in court and has done work for Barry’s own personal law firm, Perkins Coie, who apparently trusted him.
If Hayes’ credentials were as weak as you claim the opposing attorney could have called for a Daubert hearing to exclude Hayes from ever testifying. Failing Daubert hearings does not appear to have been a problem for Hayes.
Regarding Barry having a Xerox available close by somewhere, the coding within the pdf file for Barry’s tax return, the one that had his CT SS# improperly redacted, is purported to have revealed a Xerox model number as the copier that produced it.