I can't comment on the technical side, because I don't have any relevant expertise in computer document forensics. I have worked as an analyst, and in general, misdirection that's done correctly is very difficult to detect. Misdirection that's detectable easily is a lure. (The best misdirection appears hard to detect, but is still likely to be discovered. This plays to you opponent's ego, without arousing his suspicion he's being played.)
Rather than flatter ourselves by assuming that Obama's men are stupid and incompetent, I'd be more inclined to be wary. Obvious bait should be treated as such.
Or do you remain uninterested, just like those who had no interest in why several Cuban refugees would burglarize the offices of a highly placed Democrat?
The interesting comparison is the lack of a Deep Throat to give context to the Birth Certificate. Especially when there are Democrats who would materially benefit from leaking this information to Republicans. Or Republicans that would benefit from finding it themselves.
Not only has no one come forward, but no one has 'caught' Obama doing anything wrong. There's no G. Gordon Liddy in custody, apprehended while doing O's dirty work. No smoking gun. There's no evidence at all that any crime happened. Just empty suspicions.
So, check this out. I have an app on my phone. Looks like piano keys. Makes cat noises. Any time I want to mess with my dog, I play some cat noises, and the dog comes running. Alert. Looking for the cat. He heard a cat noise. Must be a cat in here somewhere, right? He'll search high and low, because he knows in his heart that a cat must be in this room somewhere.
It's fun. Entertains guests, entertains me, and the dog is none the wiser that we're just playing with him.
Obama's running the same game.
Just speaking personally: I’ve made bigger mistakes in my overestimating others than underestimating them.
Do you think that the "game" that Obama is running involves releasing forged documents?
Creating an Hawaiian birth certificate for "Bugs Bunny" might be entertaining and probably would not be a crime because there is no intent to have the document accepted as genuine.
What you seem to be characterizing as "misdirection" strikes many of us a felony. Do you agree that Obama would be guilty of a crime if this document is a forgery?