[Claytonbridge]

Snopes has something on it. http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/pirates.asp

[ItsForTheChildren]

If that's the one it's been “whipping around the internet” for quite some time now.

[Jemian]

I’m not going to click on the link. Snopes is notoriously left-leaning and will tout the company line without doing any actual ground-work if the officials state otherwise.

Maybe Snopes supports the letter, but somehow I doubt it.