Even though some Birthers are accused of wearing tinfoil hats and having a pocket full of wingnuts, it is obvious, as Vox Day writes, “The question about the Obama birth certificate is no longer one of conspiracy theory or hypothetical questions of legitimacy, as it now threatens to become a very serious military matter.”
According to Brooks Jackson, director of FactCheck.org, “We were told that Obama requested it when he first prepared to run. Our contact in the campaign was Tommy Vietor, who is now on the White House staff. If you want to see the thing for yourself, he’s the first guy I would call.”
"While the Certification of Live Birth is a legal document, it is NOT adequate for proving one's physical place of birth." Although the Department of State sometimes issues passports without a birth certificate, it is rare and the documents to do that are also missing when it comes to Barack Obama.
On the other hand, Brooks Jackson maintains, "What we said is that the document 'meets all of the requirements from the State Department for proving U. S. citizenship,' which it does."
He continues, "Anyone at the State Department who might have told you differently either didn't know what they were talking about or misunderstood your question."