Posted on 03/31/2011 10:59:54 AM PDT by freespirited
A Colorado Springs “birther,” retired Air Force Col. Gregory Hollister, has Internet blogs abuzz with what may be an illegal foray into an online Social Security data base and how he obtained a copy of President Barack Obama’s draft registration from 1980.
“Col. Greg Hollister, USAF (Ret.) contacted the Selective Service, falsely impersonated President Obama, improperly registered his own address as President Obama’s address, and by this false impersonation and identity theft he managed to obtain a duplicate registration acknowledgement card with President Obama’s Selective Service information on it,” a blogger posted on gratewire.com last week. “This may violate several federal criminal statutes, and apparently caused the federal record of President Obama’s address with the Selective Service to be altered to show that he lives in Colorado Springs, CO.”
Hollister said Tuesday a private investigator, Susan Daniels of Ohio, gave him what is purported to be the president’s Social Security number. He then accessed the Social Security Number Verification Service to find out to whom it was issued and to access Selective Service documents.
The site allows registered users to verify names and Social Security numbers for employment purposes and warns that using it under false pretenses is a violation of federal law.
“According to the Social Security Administration, that number was never issued,” said Hollister, who challenged whether the president is an American citizen in a lawsuit the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Jan. 18 without requiring a response from the White House. However, that’s the Social Security number that appears on the Selective Service documents Hollister obtained.
Hollister and others in the birther movement claim Obama was born in either Kenya or Indonesia and that his birth certificate showing he was born in Honolulu in 1961 is a forgery.
Being born outside the U.S. makes him ineligible to be president, they claim, because the Constitution requires the president to be a natural born citizen.
Hollister said the Social Security number on what he says is Obama’s draft registration begins with the numbers 042, which would be issued to someone born in Connecticut, not Hawaii.
Last week, California attorney Orly Taitz, who has led the legal challenges to Obama’s citizenship, filed an amended complaint in her latest lawsuit demanding Obama’s Social Security records, attaching as an exhibit the draft registration mailed to an address in Colorado Springs, according to the Reality Check Radio Blog.
It is unknown if the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Denver is investigating Hollister’s use of the data bases and obtaining Obama’s draft records.
Hollister denied breaking any laws.
“I was very meticulous and made sure everything I did was compliant with the law,” Hollister said, noting that he sent Obama an 1099 tax form.
A 1099 is an IRS income reporting form for independent contractors and free-lancers. Hollister did not explain how sending that to Obama complies with federal laws on the use of Social Security data.
Daniels said her doubts about Obama’s citizenship have only been reinforced by what Hollister found out.
Hollister said he started questioning Obama’s citizenship because as a retired Air Force officer he is subject to recall to active duty until he dies and he needs to be sure that Obama has the authority to give those orders.
Really? Sounds implausible to me.
One of the tell-tale differences between Conservatives and Libtards, is that Conservatives have standards.
If this man broke the law; he can pay the price.
If this were a Libtard cause, the fact that he broke the law, forged documents, misrepresented himself, lied, deceived, stole or bribed are over-looked.
Conservatives hold ourselves to a higher standard, and that is readily demonstrated time, and time again.
Interesting. This guy is innocent until proven guilty. If the story is true and if he broke laws then they will have to prove up allegations. That opens up a can of worms if you think about it.....
Hmmmm. I guess when you think about it that way it's not really all that implausible after all, especially the 'convinced some federal employee' part...
It all sounds strange, but the 1099 especially sounds like nutbaggery.
a month or so ago on FR someone posted a link to the federal registration data base where you could get Obama’s draft registration
and the SSN indeed was an 042
so I am not sure what this retired col did that was different
does anyone remember that link?
It’s made up.
I don't believe anyone thinks Obama was born in Indonesia. However, many suggest that he may have surrendered his citizenship (British, American, Kenyan, whatever) so that he could attend grade school in Indonesia.
Also most believe that the matter was insufficiently scrutinized for this very high level position.
Kind of makes one question what kind of intellect some federal employees possess.
It all sounds strange, but the 1099 especially sounds like nutbaggery.
Willing to be corrected...................
While I deplore this guy’s clearly illegal actions, the whole birther movement could be ended if Obama would just release his records like every other US President has done. If he was legally born in Hawaii as he claims what’s to hide? Beyond the birth certificate and Social Security number irregularities, I am still amazed that no one seems to have known Obama as a kid or through high school and college. You would think that his photo would be in a school yearbook, sports team photos etc. or that classmates or neighbors who knew him would come forth, but next to nothing has been found about his past. That coupled with the fact that a $2 million effort was made to conceal his past simply adds to the questions. Anyone born, living and attending school in the US would have a paper trail, but with Obama there is nothing. Even pictures of Bill Clinton and Hillary in their hippy days were made public and both had friends and classmates who knew them...why not Obama?
I think the 1099 is to establish that an employer, the Colonel, requested a potential contractor’s (The President’s) SSN and is therefore required to give said contraor a 1099 with applicable info on it so contractor can file his own taxes. This may be a requirement in law for requesting SSN and or Selective Service info. How the Col. will establish that one Barak Obama needed that 1099 is beyond me but this is a legal requirement, logic may have nothing to do with it.
Apparently Obama never had a girlfriend before he met Michelle either.
Sure he does. /s
Is it illegal to get information on an SSN that was never issued?
There’s something in Obama’s records somewhere that Obama does not like - as Trump said about his birth certificate. If he’d just release them, as every other President has done, that would put a stop to the cries of “foul”. He will not, and no one in Congress will call him on it; and it’s a shame.
Interesting. So what are they going to charge him with? Impersonating a President? Should be: Impersonating someone who is already impersonating a President...
According to one of his books, he had a rich white girlfriend, who has never come forward.
I just checked and Barack was 31 when he married Michelle. I would expect at least one girlfriend to surface with a story in the Enquirer or something like that. I dated Barack would be a feather in some chicks cap I’d think.
Isn’t Col Hollister one of the Plaintiff’s in an eligibility lawsuit? I think it’s one of Orly Taitz suits.
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