Where is “Deep Throat” when you need him?

The indisputable fact is that Obama has not released his birth certificate which the state of Hawaii issues for all citizens born there. Instead, his campaign has only released his certificate of live birth from the state of Hawaii, which is a document that offers a summarized version of birth information that can be submitted by foreign born people.

During the 2008 presidential campaign, GOP nominee Senator John McCain quickly released his birth certificate when liberal bloggers raised questions about his eligibility to be president. McCain was born at a military hospital in Panama. Obama could likewise put the matter to rest by releasing his actual birth certificate, which would show, among other things, the place of his birth and the doctor who performed the birth procedure. This information is not provided on the certificate of live birth.

As it stands, Obama is the only president in history whose birthplace is unknown to the public – a fact that would be stated on the actual birth certificate. Interestingly, his family has mentioned two different hospitals in Hawaii as the place of birth and relatives in Kenya say he was born in Kenya and some say they were present at his birth.

Obama has not released many other documents in addition to his birth certificate conveniently for Obama did not press for their release after Obama said he would release them – though most presidential candidates release them as a perfunctory matter.

It is astonishing to me that with all the documentation that might answer the question concerning the eligibility of Barack Obama to be president under our constitutional requirements for that office, no one has appeared to reveal documents that would shed light on the issue. Where is “Deep Throat” when you need him?

Consider the following:

1. Obama released just one brief document detailing his personal health. McCain, on the other hand, released what he said was his complete medical file, totaling more than 1,500 pages.

2. Obama refused to offer his official papers as a state legislator in Illinois. Nor did he produce correspondence, such as his schedules of appointments or letters from lobbyists, from his days in the Illinois state Senate.

3. Obama did not release his client list as an attorney or his billing records. He maintained that he performed only a few hours of legal work for a nonprofit organization with ties to Tony Rezko, the Chicago businessman convicted of fraud in June 2008, but did not release billing records that would prove this assertion.

4. Obama ignored requests for his records from Occidental College, where he studied for two years before transferring to Columbia University and the University will not release them. [By the way, the issue of the Occidental College records is especially pertinent. The United States Justice Foundation (USJF) served officials at Occidental College with a subpoena to produce records concerning Barack Obama's attendance there during the 1980's, because those records could document whether he was attending as a foreign national. Obama attended the school on a scholarship -- and there are questions as to whether the financial aid he received was reserved for foreign students. The Obama attorneys have bent over backward to block access. Obama doesn't want anyone to see those records; he is still trying to hide them and the financial records also have not been released.]

5. Obama’s campaign refused to give Columbia, where he earned an undergraduate degree in political science, permission to release his transcripts. Former President George W. Bush and presidential contenders Al Gore and John Kerry all released their college transcripts.

6. Obama did not agree to the release of his application to the Illinois State Bar, which would have cleared up intermittent allegations that his application may have been inaccurate.

7. Obama did not release or authorize records of documents from his time at Harvard Law School.

8. Obama has not released his passport and passport files to show how he traveled abroad.

9. Noelani Elementary School records, where Barack Obama attended kindergarten (according to the Hawaii Department of Education, students must submit a birth certificate to register -- but parents may bring a passport or student visa if the child is from a foreign country)

10. Obama/Dunham marriage license

11. Obama/Dunham divorce documents

12. Soetoro/Dunham marriage license

13. Soetero/Dunham Adoption records

Ironically, Obama accused the Bush White House of being "one of the most secretive administrations in our history," and chided then-Senator Hillary Clinton for not releasing her White House schedules while Obama has been far more secretive about his public life and has refused to allow access to normal documents that are routinely made public by candidates for office.

So the question is – how come no one comes forward with copies of relevant documents that should exist. The New York Times has no problem getting a hold of classified information that damages the security of the United States but anything that might show Americans Obama is not the legitimate president is unavailable – makes you wonder, doesn’t it?