Re: Calling all image detectives

["Young, Keith" <Keith.Young () montgomerycountymd gov>]

> > Is this a legit scan of Obama's birth certificate or a fake?
> > http://images.dailykos.com/images/user/3/BO_Birth_Certificate.jpg 
> > <http://images.dailykos.com/images/user/3/BO_Birth_Certificate.jpg> 
>
> My only immediate thought was that it looks way too nice.  My birth
> certificate looks like crap.  And I'm younger than Obama.  

That is because it isn't the original. Look at the bottom-left corner -- that birth certificate form was revised in 
11/2001.
 
If you really want to know if it is legit or not, spend the $5.00 and get a letter of verification directly from the 
source:
http://hawaii.gov/health/vital-records/vital-records/vital_records.html
 
--Keith

Keith Young, Security Official
Department of Technology Services
Montgomery County, Maryland
phone - (240) 777-2955


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