My point, which may be overly subtle, is that he could very well be a naturalized citizen. That makes him a citizen. But it does not make him a NBC. I agree there is way too NBC smoke for there to be no NBC fire.
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Most likely there is paperwork that shows Obama is a legally naturalized citizen. If he had to be legally and fully documented as a naturalized citizen upon his return from Indonesia that would be direct, legally accepted, conflict with Article II. Regardless of the arguments a formally naturalized citizen is NOT an nbC.
In 1971 the Grandparents would have likely ensured he was properly and fully documented when they assumed guardianship. His mother was still married and an Indonesian Citizen, his name-sake father was in name only. So they likely needed clean, very clean, paperwork on their grandchild. I think at that time he transfered from Lolo/Stanley Ann to Obama Sr and then to the Dunham grandparents. All legal and all with full paperwork. I can not fathom grandparents taking responsibility for a child who has multiple citizenships and whose legal guardianship is in question with no biological parents nearby.
So in 1971 Obama was likely formally naturalized after being a formally recognized Indonesian child.
It is the lack of a solid Social Security number and the use of a number belonging to a dead man in Connecticut, along with the three known uses of 999 numbers that are usually only used by foreign nationals that gives pause to whether he is a legal citizen.
Obama traveled to both Kenya and Indonesia in 1981 or 1983 (accounts vary). But in any case he could have claimed citizenship in either of these countries as an adult. He did gain Kenyan citizenship upon Kenya’s independence and he was an Indonesian citizen who could claim repatriation if he so chooses. All the while he was still, and still is a British Overseas Citizen or what is now known as a Commonwealth Citizen. The Thai leader is currently under fire for holding the same British Citizenship and never renouncing it.
So did a rebellious Obama reclaim the citizenship provided to him by his namesake father and leverage that in college? That possibility is as strong today as it ever has been.
Excellent summary, bc. Very plausible and entirely reasonable.