The story about the pdf document was that Obama dispatched his lawyer to Hawaii to obtain two certified copies of the BC. I don't think there was any claim that someone in Hawaii laid a book with the BC on a scanner. My understanding is that they have all of these records on microfilm or computerized someplace and they printed the image from the microfilm or computer file on green safety paper. Supposedly the WH produced the pdf from of the documents the lawyer brought back from Hawaii. (I know that this may not be true but I'm pretty sure that it is the official story.)
The second thing the guy said was that the pdf is a low resolution image and that the AP image contains more detail. I questioned this just today on another thread. Please see post #554 on that thread.
ML/NJ
Hawaii has originals and copies. What did Obama’s attorney request?
....On April 25, 2011, pursuant to President Obama’s request, Director Fuddy personally witnessed the copying of the original Certificate of Live Birth and attested to the authenticity of the two copies. Dr. Alvin Onaka, the State Registrar, certified the copies.....
Sorry ML/NJ but you are wrong on both counts. The Hawaii DOH says that they scanned Obama’s document that was bound in a book, and gave two copies to Obama.
The white house pdf is 377KB and the AP pdf is 1047KB, so the AP file is a higher resolution. What you posted was not gained directly from the original AP pdf.