Whose job is it to prove What?
If I hand you a business card that says Im the King of France should I expect YOU to PROVE I am not ?
Lucas needs to release pictures which he says he has of himself and the people who helped him, standing in front of the hospital in Mombassa preferably with a BC in his hand and some sort of info that shows WHEN he was there. THAT is HIS story the one HE told. If he is not willing to release such pictures it is not worth my time , your time, or anyone’s time to talk to him.(there are other things he could release which would prove some part of his story i.e.: a passport appropriately stamped)
The fact that he has NOT released any thing that remotely verifies this story says a Hell of a lot about him don’t you think? ...In fact the video and other stuff (remember Andy Lenny) he Has put out is very obscure (on purpose?) and he spends all his time wresting with minutiae from the document.
I have never said it is anyone's job to prove anything. I am just examining the facts as they emerge one at a time and assigning probabilities as to what is true in my own mind. I just object to folks declaring a document a hoax and libeling Lucas Smith based on suspicions or inconsistencies.
Under the FRE, only Kenyan authorities can authenticate Smith's CPGH BC or the underlying document in the hospital files, if it still exists. Lucas Smith can't legally authenticate it. No pictures, videos or passports produced by Lucas Smith will do that.
There are many reasons why Smith might want to be vague or even misleading regarding how the document was obtained up until he gives his formal deposition under a court order.
If there is bribery in Kenya that has been going on to prevent authentication and that bribery suddenly changes and goes the other way towards release, then Lucas Smith could have an extremely valuable story and it would be in his interest to withhold as much of that story as possible until the right moment.