Apparently there are no passport records for BO before his senate-issued ones, which is why people are hypothesizing that he used Indonesian identification to travel abroad (although I think they need to check that there was no American passport issued under the name Barry Soetero, to rule that out).
But I was just thinking... if he had this COLB, why couldn’t he have used it to get a passport to travel to Pakistan? Of course, this copy was issued in 2007, but if he got this one issued, why couldn’t he have had it issued in his 20’s for passport purposes?
In other words, if he was able to get this one, he would have been eligible to get one at any time in his life, based on his original Hawaiian records. So why can’t they find evidence of a passport issued to the name Barack Obama which he could have used in his 20’s?
It makes me think of two options - either he did do that, and the passport he used to go to Pakistan was an American one under a different name than Barack Obama. (although why does this 2007 version say Barack Obama?)
Or he wasn’t able to get a certificate like this earlier in his life, because it’s not legit, and he didn’t have the power or connections back then to have a fraudulent form made up for himself....
Apparently, it was either not allowed or not advised for Americans to travel to Pakistan in 1981, when Obama went (among other times). If the former, Obama’s travel was illegal, or was on a non-American passport.
Whatever the case, these issues/concerns could EASILY be cleared up if Obama has nothing to hide and is willing to give reasonable answers to reasonable questions.
Absent his willingness to be forthcoming, not with dirt-diggers, but with the kind of basic history required to satisfactorally document his life, it would appear he has something to hide.