REGISTRAR ONAKA: Why won’t Onaka and President Obama let reporters look at the original long form since President Obama has already VOLUNTARILY showed the world a copy of his long form birth certificate to great fanfare at a White House press conference on April 27, 2011?
That is, why is Registrar Onaka claiming that he cannot allow reporters to see the original long form birth certificate because of Hawaii privacy laws, when President Obama has already VOLUNTARILY released his long form birth certificate to the public on April 27, 2011?
I thought that President Obama gave up his right to privacy when it came to his long form birth certificate when he VOLUNTARILY released his long form birth certificate to the public on April 27, 2011.
It looks to me that Registrar Onaka is trying to conceal something by hiding behind Hawaii’s privacy laws as he refuses to let reporters examine the original of a document that the President of the United States has already VOLUNTARILY released to the public.
Any person has the ability to relinquish THEIR OWN right to privacy. That does not alter the state’s obligation to maintain the privacy of its records.
For example, YOU may give out any information that you wish regarding your Social Security number, that does not give anyone else the right to obtain your number without your permission.
No reporter has requested to see President Obama’s original birth documents. If they did, what they need to do is obtain a court order from a judge and they can gain access under Hawaii Revised Statutes 338-18 (b) which states that “b) The department shall not permit inspection of public health statistics records, or issue a certified copy of any such record or part thereof, unless it is satisfied that the applicant has a direct and tangible interest in the record. The following persons shall be considered to have a direct and tangible interest in a public health statistics record:
A person whose right to inspect or obtain a certified copy of the record is established by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction;”
In short: get a judge to issue a court order, get to see the original birth certificate in the files at the Hawaii Department of Health.
The Registrar of Vital Statistics is following the law of his state which has been on the books for 20 years.
It should not be difficult for any serious news organization to get a judge to issue a court order.
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President Obama: So why won't President Obama give reporters permission to examine his original long form birth certificate in Hawaii, a copy of which President Obama has already shown to the world at a White House press conference to great fanfare on April 27, 2011?
It looks to me like President Obama is trying to hide something.
KAPIOLANI HOSPITAL: And while we are at, why won't President Obama give reporters permission to examine his hospital records from his birthdate of Aug. 4, 1961 records that will probably contain routine information that we already have seen on President Obama's long form birth certificate?
Again, it looks to me that President Obama is trying to hide something in his hospital records by playing hardball when it comes to the release of his Aug. 4, 1961 hospital records.
Could President Obama be hiding the fact there are no Kapiolani records for him for his birthdate of Aug.4, 1961?