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Born in the USA, certificate shows

The release of Obama’s birth papers puts a spotlight on an isle doctor’s family

By Dan Nakaso

On Friday, Obama sent a letter to state Health Director Loretta Fuddy, asking for two certified copies of his original Certificate of Live Birth. On Monday, Fuddy made an exception to state policies regarding the release of birth certificates and witnessed the copying of the original certificate and attested to the authenticity of the two copies, which were certified by state registrar Alvin Onaka, Abercrombie’s office said.

Original forms from the time of birth are used to produce computer-generated documents recognized as official birth certificates in the state of Hawaii.

Obama’s personal attorney, Judith Corley, showed up at the Health Department on Monday and paid $10 for the first certified copy of the state’s original certificate and $4 for the second copy.

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/hawaiinews/20110428__Born_in_the_USA__certificate_shows.html

Thanks.

The statement on the Nordyke long-form is, “This certifies that the above is a true and correct copy of the original record on file in the Research Planning and Statistics Office Hawaii State Department of Health.”

Compared to now: “I CERTIFY THIS IS A TRUE COPY OR
ABSTRACT OF THE RECORD ON FILE IN
THE HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH”

They deleted “and correct”, “original”, and “in the Research Planning and Statistics Office”.

They added “or abstract”.

So they’re allowing that it could be an amended record, could be incorrect, could be based on other records, and those records could be in a part of the DOH that doesn’t handle vital records.

Wow. Is there anything that this statement WOULDN’T allow? It’s like they’re saying “I swear that this is either the truth or not the truth, either the whole truth or not the whole truth, and either nothing or something but the truth.”

I wonder exactly when this change was made and exactly what led up to it.