“Richard Flahavan” On: Mar 03/30/09 12:09 PM
To: REDACTED@REDACTED.net
Dear Mr. Arduini:
Facts will never trump speculation by conspiracy theorists. But the reality is the following:
a. The 10-character Document Locator Number (DLN) was placed on Selective Service Registration Forms beginning prior to the establishment of our current Data Management Center on 31 August 1981.
b. Prior to 1981, the DLN configuration was different from what is used today.
c. At that time when Mr. Obama registered, the first three characters (089) indicated that the form was keyed in by one of the contract keying centers – in this case 089 equated to the Internal Revenue Service.
d. Later, an 11th digit was added to the DLN just prior to Y2K to differentiate another decade.
Thus, the first three characters of the DLN do NOT represent the year the form was keyed into the SSS registrant database, despite what some may hold dear.
Richard S. Flahavan
Associate Director, Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
Selective Service System National Headquarters
[C. Lion voice on] Ain't it the truth? Ain't it the truth?![/off]
*Selective Service says he properly registered in 1980 and lists the registration number.
*The Social Security Administration says the "064" number was never issued to someone name "Bounel" and that further information can't be disclosed because the number belongs to a "living person" (gee, I wonder who that is?).
*The State of Hawaii has affirmed multiple ways by multiple persons he was born there.
But the "I see something funny in this document" crowd will persist.