If the short form put out last summer is a forgery as some have stated, it wouldn’t have Soetoro listed, it would have what Obama has put forth as his correct birth info.
So are you saying that ALL Hawaiian birth certificates are sealed by law?
Yes, that's my understanding. From today's Advertiser:
Hawai'i's disclosure law (Hawai'i Revised Statutes 338-18) states that "it shall be unlawful for any person to permit inspection of, or to disclose information contained in vital statistics records, or to copy or issue a copy of all or part on any such record ... "The law further states that the Health 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 most that Governor Lingle did was to admonish state officials to adhere to the law.