Arizona deputies in Hawaii seeking Obama birth certificate
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/152395115.html
Two men who identified themselves as being from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Phoenix went to the Hawaii Department of Health Monday morning requesting verification of President Barack Obama's birth certificate, said a state spokeswoman.
A Hawaii deputy attorney general gave the men information concerning the legal requirements to obtain such a document; the requirements are posted on the Health Department's website. The two men then left the office, Health Department spokeswoman Janice Okubo said.
The two men showed Maricopa County Sheriff's Office badges and identified themselves as Michael Zullo and Brian Mackiewcz, Okubo said. They are "authorized by the Sheriff of Maricopa County, who is conducting an official investigation," a spokesman for the sheriff's office said in an email.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been researching Obama's residency status using a volunteer cold-case "posse," but now has employed a taxpayer-funded deputy, The Arizona Republic reported Monday.
Zullo is a volunteer, the Republic reported, but Okubo said that Mackiewicz presented a business card showing he is with the Threats Management Unit of the sheriff's office.
See post #86
Obama was born in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961. Birthers contend Obama was not born in the United States and thus not eligible to be president. The state released a copy of Obama's long-form birth certificate last year, but the release did not satisfy many birthers.
I guess we know where the local paper stands on this issue!
Amy bets on whether they’ll be back again today? Faxes are flying!
AT this point, the following statement constitutes journalistic malpractice:
“Obama was born in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961. Birthers contend Obama was not born in the United States and thus not eligible to be president. The state released a copy of Obama’s long-form birth certificate last year, but the release did not satisfy many birthers.”
No “birther” has ever seen any copy that the state released. It sure as heck wasn’t the digital forgery that Obama claimed was his birth certificate. There’s no excuse for the Star Advertiser to not know that Arpaio’s investigation - the one they alluded to in the article - is to find out who forged that image that Obama posted. How the heck do they get off reporting that Arpaio is “researching Obama’s residency status”. Good Lord!
And they don’t allow comments. I wonder why that is...