Sheriff Arpaio: Obama birth certificate a ‘forgery’

The Washington Times ^ | March 1, 2012 | Stephen Dinan

[RobinMasters]

PHOENIX — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Thursday he suspects the birth certificate President Obama released designed to prove his U.S. citizenship last year is a forgery.

“A six-month long investigation conducted by my cold case posse has lead me to believe there is probable cause to believe that President Barack Obama’s long-form birth certificate released by the White House on April 27, 2011, is a computer-generated forgery,” the long-time sheriff, who has regularly battled the administration, said.

Sheriff Arpaio said at least two crimes were committed in his view through the forgery.

He released a 10-page report detailing what his investigators said were “inconsistencies” in the text characters of the birth certificate image the White House released, and also questioned details of the computer file itself.

Some of those claims had earlier been raised on the Internet as well, and the White House has rejected them.

The Justice Department has accused Sheriff Arpaio of civil rights abuses, but he said he began his investigation before that.

[Mr Rogers]

If Obama was going to release the originals, then you are right. However, he released something that looks to me like what Hawaii issues now - not the original document, but a document with information placed into it.

It looks like a computer-generated paper form. If I ask Minnesota for my birth certificate, I now get one similar to that - an ‘official form’, but not the original documents. And I would assume it would be pretty easy for the head of a state agency, with lots of democrat workers, to produce a state document pretending to have real info in it.

That seems a more plausible route for forgery than digitally altering an image.

[tomkat]

I understand what you're saying .. however, I do believe there are legal instances where one is required to show a certified copy of one's original b.c..

I could goggle it, but it's been a really long day .. seem to recall its being required for marriages, enlistments, etc ...

[Chattering Class of 58]

Where did I read about the microfiche discrepancy?

[advertising guy]

I was in the room...ABC sucked ditch water

[Mr Rogers]

Can’t speak to all states or purposes, but a state issued birth certificate is all that is needed for the military, marriage or for a passport.

[opentalk]

Hope this means he is not allowed on the AZ ballot (Phoenix) in Sheriff Joe’s jurisdiction.

[Fred Nerks]

thanks for the ping and the links...

[BuckeyeTexan]

His father’s race is listed as “African”...in 1961 such a listing was impossible...it should read “Negro”, or “Black”...everyone knows this.

That's incorrect. Please my FR Home Page for a explanation on this item: BuckeyeTexan's FR Homepage

[BuckeyeTexan]

Americans absolutely were allowed to travel to Pakistan in 1981 on their blue American tourist visas. Please see my FR Homepage for more details.

Rumor: Americans could not travel to Pakistan in 1981 because there was a U.S. State Dept. travel ban in place.

Truth: The U.S. Department of State issued Travel Advisory No. 81-33A for Americans traveling to Pakistan in 1981.

Before traveling to Pakistan, American Citizens should be aware of the following updated visa requirements: 30 day visas are available at Pakistani airports for tourists only. As these visas are rarely extended beyond the 30 day time per visa. Tourists planning to stay longer should secure visas before coming to Pakistan. Any traveler coming into Pakistan overland from India must, repeat must, have a valid visa, as 30 day visas are not, repeat not, issued at the overland border crossing point at Wagha.

[SoConPubbie]

Oh, give me a break. They left because of religious persecution and for the record, there was no US LAW regarding marriage at the time so get over it. You might also want to study the different types of jurisdiction as you obviously have no clue as to what type jurisdiction presides over citizenship.

No, they left because our culture was still grounded in morality and would not accept the immoral nature of a man marrying more than one wife.

Sorry, but a religion that is accepting of polygamy, does not have God's blessing, and is a sham.

[FedsRStealingOurCountryFromUs]

If you study the green bc closely, you will notice that someone overwrote the "unham 0bama" portion of Ann Dunham Obama's signature so as to modify it so she'd appear married. You can see that someone used a different pen only on that part of her signature.

If they had ADDED just "Obama" after Ann Dunham using a different pen, that would've been too obvious so they started the overwrite earlier in her signature so it would look more believable.

The joke's on us.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Please don't continue to spread this disinformation. Here are the known facts.

Rumor: Obama Senior's race would be listed as "Negro" in 1961 not "African."
Truth: The Hawaii Department of Health accepts the race as specified by the parent(s).

"They couldn't tell us anything about their security paper, but they did answer another frequently-raised question: why is Obama's father's race listed as 'African'? Kurt Tsue at the DOH told us that father's race and mother's race are supplied by the parents, and that 'we accept what the parents self identify themselves to be.' We consider it reasonable to believe that Barack Obama, Sr., would have thought of and reported himself as 'African'." ~FactCheck.org: The truth about Obama's BirthCertificate

The instructions for the 1962 Kenyan census instructed Kenyans to identify themselves as: "Write European, Arab, Somali, or African, etc. Asians must write Indian or Pakistan.”

Instructions for 1962 Population Census of Kenya

A Certificate of Live Birth issued in 1973 and certifying a 1907 birth lists the father's race as "American" and the mother's as "Hawaiian." (American is not a race, as you know.)

Yes, Keala Harriet Hardesty is a real person and these are her real parents. You can look it up for free at ancestry.com.

[STARWISE]

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[BuckeyeTexan]

Does Sheriff Joe’s report provide any technical analysis that substantiates the posse’s claim that the electronic image of the long-form on the WH website is an electronic forgery?

I’m eager to see what technical details they’re releasing.

[little jeremiah]

Why are you using Factcheck as a source of reliable info?

[spokeshave]

If you study the green bc closely, you will notice that someone overwrote the "unham 0bama" portion of Ann Dunham Obama's signature so as to modify it so she'd appear married. You can see that someone used a different pen only on that part of her signature.

I seem to recall that a smiley face and some other obvious mistakes were made by the forger....

It was postulated at the time that these were some sort of "insurance" placed by the forger to avoid taking tea with Polonius (a dirt nap in Fort Macy Park for those in Rio Vista).

[patlin]

OK, I get it, don’t like someone’s religion, then use it test means them illegally out of the political realm. Kinda seems a bit hypocritical if you ask me.

[Parley Baer]

It’s a little different when someone with the color of authority and a well known national figure comes and says it is a forgery. Has more weight to it than WND for example.