Re: Calling all image detectives

["Jeffrey Sharpe" <jsharpe () cyberlynk net>]

The article says he trimmed the edges of the scan.  That makes the info kind
of consistent with the strings doesn't it, since to do that he had to edit
the image?

Jeff


-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On
Behalf Of Richard M. Smith
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:36 PM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: [funsec] Calling all image detectives

Is this a legit scan of Obama's birth certificate or a fake?

 

http://images.dailykos.com/images/user/3/BO_Birth_Certificate.jpg

 

I found these two strings in the .JPG file:

 

00000090: A |Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh|

000000AE: A |2008:06:12 08:42:36|

 

The controversy:

 

Obama's birth certificate

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/12/11012/6168

 

Obama Could Debunk Some Rumors By Releasing His Birth Certificate.

http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTgxZmIwNTg0OWVhMWJkODNmZjI4Z
jY4Mjg2OWRmNzI=

 

Richard

 

 

 


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