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Man Obtains Obama's Purported Social Security #
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Springs man's claim to have Obama records starts buzz
March 29, 2011 5:47 PM
MATT STEINER
THE GAZETTE
A Colorado Springs "birther," retired Air Force Col. Gregory Hollister, has Internet blogs abuzz with what may be an illegal foray into an online Social Security data base and how he obtained a copy of President Barack Obama's draft registration from 1980.
"Col. Greg Hollister, USAF (Ret.) contacted the Selective Service, falsely impersonated President Obama, improperly registered his own address as President Obama's address, and by this false impersonation and identity theft he managed to obtain a duplicate registration acknowledgement card with President Obama's Selective Service information on it," a blogger posted on gratewire.com last week. "This may violate several federal criminal statutes, and apparently caused the federal record of President Obama's address with the Selective Service to be altered to show that he lives in Colorado Springs, CO."
Hollister said Tuesday a private investigator, Susan Daniels of Ohio, gave him what is purported to be the president's Social Security number. He then accessed the Social Security Number Verification Service to find out to whom it was issued and to access Selective Service documents.
The site allows registered users to verify names and Social Security numbers for employment purposes and warns that using it under false pretenses is a violation of federal law.
"According to the Social Security Administration, that number was never issued," said Hollister, who challenged whether the president is an American citizen in a lawsuit the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Jan. 18 without requiring a response from the White House.
However, that's the Social Security number that appears on the Selective Service documents Hollister obtained.
Hollister and others in the birther movement claim Obama was born in either Kenya or Indonesia and that his birth certificate showing he was born in Honolulu in 1961 is a forgery.
Being born outside the U.S. makes him ineligible to be president, they claim, because the Constitution requires the president to be a natural born citizen.
Hollister said the Social Security number on what he says is Obama's draft registration begins with the numbers 042, which would be issued to someone born in Connecticut, not Hawaii.
Last week, California attorney Orly Taitz, who has led the legal challenges to Obama's citizenship, filed an amended complaint in her latest lawsuit demanding Obama's Social Security records, attaching as an exhibit the draft registration mailed to an address in Colorado Springs, according to the Reality Check Radio Blog.
It is unknown if the U.S. Attorney's Office in Denver is investigating Hollister's use of the data bases and obtaining Obama's draft records.
Hollister denied breaking any laws.
"I was very meticulous and made sure everything I did was compliant with the law," Hollister said, noting that he sent Obama an 1099 tax form.
A 1099 is an IRS income reporting form for independent contractors and free-lancers. Hollister did not explain how sending that to Obama complies with federal laws on the use of Social Security data.
Daniels said her doubts about Obama's citizenship have only been reinforced by what Hollister found out.
Hollister said he started questioning Obama's citizenship because as a retired Air Force officer he is subject to recall to active duty until he dies and he needs to be sure that Obama has the authority to give those orders.
Springs man's claim to have Obama records starts buzz
March 29, 2011 5:47 PM
MATT STEINER
THE GAZETTE
A Colorado Springs "birther," retired Air Force Col. Gregory Hollister, has Internet blogs abuzz with what may be an illegal foray into an online Social Security data base and how he obtained a copy of President Barack Obama's draft registration from 1980.
"Col. Greg Hollister, USAF (Ret.) contacted the Selective Service, falsely impersonated President Obama, improperly registered his own address as President Obama's address, and by this false impersonation and identity theft he managed to obtain a duplicate registration acknowledgement card with President Obama's Selective Service information on it," a blogger posted on gratewire.com last week. "This may violate several federal criminal statutes, and apparently caused the federal record of President Obama's address with the Selective Service to be altered to show that he lives in Colorado Springs, CO."
Hollister said Tuesday a private investigator, Susan Daniels of Ohio, gave him what is purported to be the president's Social Security number. He then accessed the Social Security Number Verification Service to find out to whom it was issued and to access Selective Service documents.
The site allows registered users to verify names and Social Security numbers for employment purposes and warns that using it under false pretenses is a violation of federal law.
"According to the Social Security Administration, that number was never issued," said Hollister, who challenged whether the president is an American citizen in a lawsuit the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Jan. 18 without requiring a response from the White House.
However, that's the Social Security number that appears on the Selective Service documents Hollister obtained.
Hollister and others in the birther movement claim Obama was born in either Kenya or Indonesia and that his birth certificate showing he was born in Honolulu in 1961 is a forgery.
Being born outside the U.S. makes him ineligible to be president, they claim, because the Constitution requires the president to be a natural born citizen.
Hollister said the Social Security number on what he says is Obama's draft registration begins with the numbers 042, which would be issued to someone born in Connecticut, not Hawaii.
Last week, California attorney Orly Taitz, who has led the legal challenges to Obama's citizenship, filed an amended complaint in her latest lawsuit demanding Obama's Social Security records, attaching as an exhibit the draft registration mailed to an address in Colorado Springs, according to the Reality Check Radio Blog.
It is unknown if the U.S. Attorney's Office in Denver is investigating Hollister's use of the data bases and obtaining Obama's draft records.
Hollister denied breaking any laws.
"I was very meticulous and made sure everything I did was compliant with the law," Hollister said, noting that he sent Obama an 1099 tax form.
A 1099 is an IRS income reporting form for independent contractors and free-lancers. Hollister did not explain how sending that to Obama complies with federal laws on the use of Social Security data.
Daniels said her doubts about Obama's citizenship have only been reinforced by what Hollister found out.
Hollister said he started questioning Obama's citizenship because as a retired Air Force officer he is subject to recall to active duty until he dies and he needs to be sure that Obama has the authority to give those orders.
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Totally unreliable. I used to know a guy who would pull that as a parlor trick. Let him look at your SSAN and he would tell you your birth state. Yes, it works a lot of the time. But, it is not 100% reliable. My brother's and my kids' SSANs were randomly assigned by the government. They do NOT accurately reflect their birth location. As much as I suspect BO is not natural born, SSAN numbers are worthless for that matter.
As far as I know,LYING about your Country of origin,in order to secure an elected office is too!!!![:(!]
"The site allows registered users to verify names and Social Security numbers for employment purposes and warns that using it under false pretenses is a violation of federal law."
As far as I know,LYING about your Country of origin,in order to secure an elected office is too!!!![:(!]
+1
Generally, numbers were assigned beginning in the northeast and moving westward. So people on the east coast have the lowest numbers and those on the west coast have the highest numbers
quote:001-003 NH
400-407 KY
530 NV
004-007 ME
408-415 TN
531-539 WA
008-009 VT
416-424 AL
540-544 OR
010-034 MA
425-428 MS
545-573 CA
035-039 RI
429-432 AR
574 AK
040-049 CT
433-439 LA
575-576 HI
050-134 NY
440-448 OK
577-579 DC
135-158 NJ
449-467 TX
580 VI Virgin Islands
159-211 PA
468-477 MN
581-584 PR Puerto Rico
212-220 MD
478-485 IA
585 NM
221-222 DE
486-500 MO
586 PI Pacific Islands*
223-231 VA
501-502 ND
587-588 MS
232-236 WV
503-504 SD
589-595 FL
237-246 NC
505-508 NE
596-599 PR Puerto Rico
247-251 SC
509-515 KS
600-601 AZ
252-260 GA
516-517 MT
602-626 CA
261-267 FL
518-519 ID
627-645 TX
268-302 OH
520 WY
646-647 UT
303-317 IN
521-524 CO
648-649 NM
318-361 IL
525 NM *Guam, American Samoa,
362-386 MI
526-527 AZ Philippine Islands,
387-399 WI
528-529 UT Northern Mariana Islands
650-699 unassigned, for future use
700-728 Railroad workers through 1963, then discontinued
729-799 unassigned, for future use
800-999 not valid SSNs. Some sources have claimed that numbers
above 900 were used when some state programs were converted
to federal control, but current SSA documents claim no
numbers above 799 have ever been used.
I went my whole live with out an honest-to-goodness Birth Certificate. I had a "Certification of Live Birth" from the hospital that the Government inadvertently accepted when I enlisted and then again when I applied for an official business passport in 1998. I had no idea what I was carrying until someone at the county here refused to give me a CCW based on it. Had to order my first Birth Certificate -- at age 35.
Plus, Social Security maintains a "celebrity file" with the Social Security Numbers of well-known people, including, of course, every president since FDR. Anyone trying to electronically access the current president's information can expect a visit from the fellas with the bulges in the cheap suits.
So, I would have to assume that the rest of the story is bogus.
Neal
Social Security's E-Verify system does NOT give an employer any information on the person to whom it was issued, they just get "verified" or "unable to verify".
Plus, Social Security maintains a "celebrity file" with the Social Security Numbers of well-known people, including, of course, every president since FDR. Anyone trying to electronically access the current president's information can expect a visit from the fellas with the bulges in the cheap suits.
So, I would have to assume that the rest of the story is bogus.
Neal
regardless... as I have been trying to say... it doesn't matter what state issued it, not one iota. It's about as relevant to anything as an argument over what the color blue tastes like.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Selective Service would have acted on this years ago. First thing they do is run your #.