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lynnf
01-26-2010, 03:49 AM
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=122427

Birth certificate 'baloney': 'Official' doesn't mean real
Investigation shows how terrorists, fakers could pass as U.S. citizens

When it comes to birth certificates, just because it's official, doesn't mean its real.

A WND investigation has revealed that over the past three decades, changes to how the 50 states process vital documents have opened wide new avenues for nefarious parties to alter records and thus acquire fraudulent, but official birth certificates to falsely pass as U.S. citizens.

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One by one, and pushed by changes in privacy laws, states also began eliminating the issuance of the "old" form of birth certificates – with birth weight and babies' footprints and other identifying details – and producing instead simplified birth certificates, printed off a computer, with a minimum of information.

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