Actually, what it is is spinning you around in this debate. This whole thing is about what the COLB looks like, what embossing stamp was used in nwhat year, what hatchmark on the borders were used in what year, what the fonts look like when scanned vs. computer generated, etc. Hawaii varied these things over the years. The question was whether the document was a mix-and-match of things that were anachronistic for the period they claimed to be from.
I don't know the answers, I'm just repeating the questions. That's why the difference is important. In what year did Hawaii make the switch? What embossing stamp did they use that year? What did the border weave look like that year? Are they consistent? That's the question the "birther movement" was asking when they didn't have access to the physical document. So now only one organization (not a news or journalism org, but a "check the checkers" org) got access to it and took some photos. And that's supposed to settle it for everyone else?
-PJ
But why didn't any of the attorneys filing suit ask to examine the physical document? If Obama had denied access, it certainly would have caused at least an internet storm.