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Instead of producing the long form, the poser in chief allowed this honorable army doctor to go to prison and have his military career ruined
Yea... he has nothing to hide.
Lakin's case drew national attention. Since the case concerned Obama's legitimacy in office, it is all but certain that Obama knew all about Lakin, probably long before the trial began.
These are the choices Obama faced when he learned of Lakin's situation:
If Obama has a valid Hawaiian long form birth certificate
Obama could have made a brief public statement authorizing the Hawaiian Department of Health to release all his original birth records to the public. If the released documents appeared legitimate, and Obama's long form birth certificate stated that he was born in Hawaii, Dr. Lakin would probably have been satisfied. He would probably have accepted deployment to Afghanistan.
On the other hand...
If Obama does not have a valid Hawaiian long form birth certificate
If Obama admitted this, his legitimacy as POTUS would have been called into question. The case against Lakin would have been dropped, or at the very least, Lakin's position as a defendant would been much stronger, and the odds of him avoiding jail much better.
So, whether or not he has a valid long Hawaiian form birth certificate, Obama had to chose between (1) being honest and forthcoming about his birth documents, and (2) putting a principled physician in jail.
He chose to put a principled physician in jail.