Thread: Bill would force Obama to reveal birth documents

Obama to reveal birth documents
Hawaii senator: 'Why wouldn't they be available to the public?'

Hawaii state Sen. Will Espero, a Democrat, has confirmed plans to introduce legislation through which the state's lawmakers would force the public disclosure of all President Obama's birth documents held by the Hawaii Department of Health, including President Obama’s long-form original birth certificate.

Espero told WND his bill is aimed at "giving citizens access to birth records" under a standard of government transparency which would permit journalists to request in writing the public disclosure of vital birth records including long-form birth certificates of all persons born in Hawaii. He said it would include the release of birth records on those previously born in Hawaii.

"My decision to file the legislation was primarily a result of the fuss over President Obama's birth records and the lingering questions," Espero said.

Espero told WND that he believes President Obama was born in Hawaii.

"My motivation is strictly to promote transparency," he said. "When I found out that Hawaii birth records were not available to the public my first thought was, 'Why wouldn't they be available to the public?'

"As far as I am concerned, records regarding whether a person was born here or not should be in the public domain," he said.

Asked specifically about Obama's birth records, including the original long-form birth certificate, Espero said, "Whatever birth records regarding President Obama that the Hawaii Department has on file should be made public."

Espero emphasized that his legislation would make provisions to deal with security issues by making sure no information would be released that could aid criminals to commit identity theft.

Once his legislation is drafted, Espero said he would submit it to Hawaii Director of Health Dr. Chiyome Fukino for comment before introducing the legislation to the Hawaii state legislature.

WND previously reported that the Hawaii Department of Health destroyed no paper long-form original birth certificate records when the agency moved to electronic record keeping in 2001.

Get the eligibility movie that debuted on Obama's birthday! It's the DVD that probes this unprecedented presidential mystery!


"I am not aware of any birth certificate records that have been destroyed by the department," Janice Okubo, Public Information Officer for the Hawaii DOH, told WND.

"When the department went electronic in 2001, vital records whether in paper form or any other form have been maintained. We don't destroy records," she said.

Okubo affirmed that beginning in 2001, all vital records including birth records moved to electronic formats.

"Any records that we had in paper or any other form before 2001 are still in file within the department," she insisted. "We have not destroyed any vital statistics records that we have."

WND has also reported the Hawaiian Department of Health declined to authenticate either of the two versions of President Obama's short-form "Certification of Live Birth," posted online – one image produced by the Obama campaign and the other produced by FactCheck.org.

Okubu also had no explanation for why Dr. Chiyome Fukino's initial press release in her position as chief of the health department last October and subsequent press release on July 27 avoided declaring the posted images to be authentic documents.

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106137

Bravo to Senator Will Espero! He is brave to go against all the Dems on this matter.

I am sorry,but why not? All other Americans are at this risk and at this risk from illegal aliens

no information would be released that could aid criminals to commit identity theft

I can just see it now. A man walks in off the street to apply for a job and fills out his papers with the name of Barack Hussein Obama.

He gets turned down for the job and asks why. The HR tells him that they found out he is an ILLEGAL ALIEN!

ok.....too much?