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REPORT BARACK OBAMA: LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE Page 1 of 10Opening Statement:

I, Mara Zebest, am preparing this report at the request o

Maricopa County Sherifs O ce in support o the Cold Case Po

investigation.

The PDF birth certicate document released by the White Hous

(shown in Figure1) is a completely manuactured and abricat

computer generated image. The same source le was used to

print a copy handed to the AP (shown in Figure 2), in which th

AP scanned in the version handed to them. A third photograph

version (Figure 3) was touted by Savannah Guthrie who claime

to have held and elt the seal on the document, but the origina

Internet posted images have been scrubbed.

The White House wants us to believe the PDF document starte

out in printed orm on security paper retrieved rom Hawaiib

this is not possible. All three versions maniest itsel as a printed

document onlywhen the PRINT button is pressed rom within

the original manuactured document le. This would account

or the transormation o a document containing diferent colo

backgrounds, and the ability to print with or without saety pa

pattern (by turning a layer on or of).

There is no doubt in my mind that this computer generated im

never started out as a paper source document and was never

scanned in as described by the White Houseit was digitallycreated and manufactured.

The bulk o this report will explain the evidence to support this

which will include the ollowing points:

Inconsistencies within text characters: All anti-aliased text (

a color scan), or all bitmapped text (in a black & white scan

not a mixture o both which is impossible in a legitimate

document. Image noise should also be consistent through

Chromatic aberration absent: A color scanned documentwould display chromatic aberration. This is physics and occ

in all color scans but is absent in Obamas PDF document.

Layers: A normal scan is a at le and does not contain mu

layers. The Obama PDF contains 9 layers and grouped to a

clipping mask layer.

Links: Indicate that components were pasted into the le,

rotated, and resized.

Clipping Mask Path hides image inormation: Proo o

manipulation.

Saety paper and white halo: Manuactured in nal steps.

igure 2: A printout was given to AP which they scanned

Blue background color

and no safety paper

igure 1: PDF le released rom White House

Green safety paper

background

Figure 3: Savannah Guthrie photo claim to veriy documen

Safety paper background

with a gray/blue color


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REPORT BARACK OBAMA: LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE Page 2 of 10

igure 5: Font Properties o Obamas PDF le

Document Font Properties

o original PDF fle

Document Font Propertiesater OCR Text Recognition

igure 6: Font Properties dialog ater OCR Text Recognition

igure 4: Search or text is not recognizedNo OCR applied

Search word in Find box

No text ound in fle

The OCR Argument Not a Factor!

OCRwhich stands or Optical Character Recognitionwill sca

document or text and convert any images o text to live (edita

text.

Ater OCR is applied to a PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro, the text

responds as i it is in a Word document. The OCR text can be

selected, changed, copied and pasted. TheObama PDF documeas downloaded cannot be edited in the aorementioned mann

Note:Adobe Acrobat Pro has PDF editing unctions, but Adobe

Acrobat Readerdoes not.

Additionally, i the PDF had been scanned using OCR sotware;

would be able to search the document with keywords and i th

text exists in the document, then those keywords would be ou

Figure 4 shows the keyword Live typed in the FIND box, and

though the word Live exists in the Certifcate o Live Birth tit

dialog box responds that no matches were ound.

When viewing the ont properties dialog box in Figure 5, no o

are listed. I OCR was used, the image area would be converted

recognized onts in the document and the onts would be listeThe dialog box is empty, indicating that Obamas PDF le does

not recognize anytext. This dialog box can be viewed by going

to the File menu > Properties, then click on the Font tab in thDocument Properties dialog box.

Font-based text can be created atera le has been processed

through the OCR Text Recognition eature in Adobe Acrobat. T

run the OCR eature, go to the Document menu and select OC

Text Recognition, and then clickRecognize Text Using OCR.

Acrobat will then perorm a scan on the document and conver

text ound in the image to editable text. Note that applying OC

Text Recognition will alter the appearance o the characters in t

conversion rom image to text.Figure 6 shows that all the onts recognized during the proces

now listed in the Font Properties dialog box.

Figure 7 shows another search (ater OCR is applied) on the

keyword Live typed in the FIND box. The word Live is ound

highlighted within the Certifcate o Live Birth title.

Figure 7: Search or text is recognized ater OCR is applied

Search word in Find box

Text ound in OCR fle
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REPORT BARACK OBAMA: LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE Page 3 of 10Introduction to Basic Terms

Lets briey examine three terms related to graphic programs:

Noise,Anti-aliasing, and Bitmap

Noise v No Noise

Scanned images will have a consistent noise. Any inconsistenc

in noise would be a strong telltale sign o tampering. When looat an image at a normal zoom level (100%) colors may appear a

one color o any particular area o an image. Zooming in closer

the area, consistent noise is easily apparent in the slight variati

o color rom neighboring pixels that make up each color (show

in Figure 8). This is the natural noise level or this image. Note t

it is consistent throughout the image; variations can be seen o

neighboring pixels o each color area in the original image.

In contrast, Figure 8 also shows an example ono noise as a res

o digital manipulation. Two pixels were sampled to match colo

within the image. Using a paint brush tool in Adobe Photoshop

a streak o each sampled color is drawn across the image area.

Clearly the lack o noise in the digital brush strokes is inconsiste

with natural noise o the image. Components added digitally toimage do not contain noise. All neighboring pixels or the samp

paint strokes in Figure 8 are solid in color with no variationn

even the slightesto variations. In order to avoid detection whe

editing an image, an experienced proessional will need to mim

the noise to match the document. One common method used

access the Add Noise lter ound on the Photoshop Filter men

This was not done in the Obama PDF le. I this was a legitimat

color scan, noise would be consistently displayed throughout t

entire document.

Bitmap (or Aliasing) v Anti-aliasing

Figure 9 ofers a visual explanation oaliasing (or bitmap textcontrasted with anti-aliasing. Notice that aliasing is the visual

stair-stepping o edges that occurs in an image which yields a

jagged edge. Anti-aliasing is the smoothing o jagged edges

in digital images by averaging the colors o the pixels at the

boundary edges.

Also notice the transition o pixel colors that occur in Figure 8

where contrast colors bump up next to each other. This color

transition (averaging o color pixels) makes the lines appear

smooth when viewed at a normal viewing level. Without

anti-aliasing to soten this line edge transition o colors, image

have a choppy jagged edge quality (aliasing or bitmappedqua

Anti-aliasing is either applied globally (to an entire image) duriscanningor not at all.

Figure 10 is a perect example o an inconsistency that occurs

image manipulation. The numerical characters 064 seen in the

Figure are all aliased or bitmapped, and the 1 is anti-aliaseda

well as containing noise.

A color scan would produce anti-aliased results universally. Wh

it is possible to use a bitmap setting when scanning, the results

would create a black and white imageno color present. A bitm

setting would turn every pixel to on or ofwhite or black. So i

bitmap setting was used in a scan, then there shouldnt be a co

background, along with varying colors in the text outside the

grayscale range? All text color values have green tone valuesblack or grayscale.

igure 9: Aliasing (or bitmap) and anti-aliasing

igure 8: Painted brush strokes in digital scan lack noise

Image noise

Paint strokesno noise

igure 10: Bitmap edges are jagged v smooth anti-aliased edge

Bitmap edges are jagged Anti-aliased edges are smooth

Noise

No noise


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REPORT BARACK OBAMA: LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE Page 4 of 10Scanner Chromatic Aberration

What is chromatic aberration? This occurs when diferent

wavelengths o light are reracted diferently as it goes through

a lens or prism during the scanning process. Light is reracted

diferently as the scanner encounters one side o a contrasting

color (particularly with text) compared to the opposite side o t

contrasting color.

In simpler terms, Figure 11 is an example oChromatic Aberrain which the scanner produced warm red-ish color values at

the bottom and let edges o the text, and similarly the scanne

produced cool blue-ish color values around the top and right

edges o text transitions. Chromatic Aberration can be seen at

high zoom level in color scans such as theAP versiono Obama

BCbut this chromatic aberration is NOTpresent in Obamas P

released by the White House.

Because the AP version displays chromatic aberration, this is an

indicator that the AP did receive a printed hard copy o the BC

the White House and scanned whatever was presented to them

did not do anything wrong. They simply scanned what was han

to them.Its important to note that the AP version does NOT have a secu

saety paper background pattern, but rather a baby blue colore

background. This sudden diference in background color/patte

is another inconsistency that could NOThappen i the docume

was simply scanned with no urther manipulation and released

the White Housebut this inconsistency would only happen i

White House document is a manuactured le.

Applying the Terms Reviewed

A key problem with the document, as presented, is that it is rid

with inconsistencies. Scanning a document withoutmanipulat

produces an image with qualities that are consistent globally(throughout the entire image). Amateurish image manipulatio

will reveal local(specic areas) o inconsistencies or odd artiac

Another example o anti-aliased text containing noise or the le

R mixed with surrounding bitmap text in Figure 12. The whit

halo efect surrounding the text with no chromatic aberration

also a strong indicator that the document was manipulated (m

on the white halo later).

Figure 13 displays text color inconsistencies in dates, along wi

misspelling in the o cial stamp textTXE instead o THE. W

it may be argued that the misspelling is merely a unction o th

stamp ink applied unevenly, the odds signicantly decrease th

this would occur on both vertical bars that afect both sides o H character. Both sides pull in substantially displaying an X. T

stamp also sports suspicious markings in the Alvin signature t

has been reerred to as a happy ace.

Figure 14 ofers a contrast image o Alvin Onakas stamp in wh

the words are spelled correctly and no happy ace markings in

the Alvin signature. The Ph. spacing between the P and h i

diferent in both signature images (the period spacing as well)

Also, the stamp version displayed in Figure 13 is a solid bitmap

layerno signs o texture (ink stamp on paper) can be detecte

Some semblance o texture would be reected in an image

scan (even with optimization applied), but this overall quality o

texturethe ink stamp on paper as seen in Figure 14is abserom the Obama PDF.

igure 11: Scanned text and Chromatic Aberration

Cool blue color at the upper edges

Warm red color at the lower edges

igure 14: http://actcheck.org/2008/08/born-in-the-usa/

No spelling error

Alvins signature

without smiley ace?

igure 13: Examples o text inconsistencies

Color variation evidence o manipulation

Spelling error on stamp

Alvins signature suddenly

develops a smiley ace

Green text color values

igure 12: Obama PDF viewed in Acrobat at 1600% zoom level

Noise, anti-aliasing, bitmap inconsistencyin textand no chromatic aberration
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REPORT BARACK OBAMA: LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE Page 5 of 10Layers: Flat, Man-made, and Optimized

Attempts to suggest optimization explains the presence o laye

the Obama PDF is simply not true. While it is true that optimizat

can cause layers, it is not true that optimization explains the laye

displayed in Obamas PDF. The layers in Obamas PDF clearly disp

a decision-making process that would be present with image

manipulation.

A simple denition or optimization is a process that applies

suitable compression settings to reduce le size.

As statedoptimization can cause layersbut in the case

o optimization; the process ohow the document is layered

is completely computer-generated based on programming

algorithms. Thus, there are certain predictable patterns.

Beore examining the Figures, it might help to explain that there

two types o graphic programs: Raster-basedand Vector-based

Raster-based is a ancy word orpixel-basedwhich is the strengt

o a program likeAdobePhotoshop. WhereasAdobeIllustrator

is a vector-based programmeaning it relies on mathematical

interpretations. Illustrator operates diferently than Photoshop i

that lines or shapes drawn in Illustrator are reerred to aspaths

mathematical equations that dene the line, line segment, or sh

With this in mind, when a pixel-based image is opened in Illustra

a path is generated to dene the outer boundary border o that

object. This is why you will see sub-layers in the screen capture

Figures with a Path title that corresponds to the visible blue (de

color) rectangle-shaped border edges o an object (in the displa

image).

The AP le version o Obamas PDF in Figure 15 will serve to

represent a scanned document and when opened in Illustrator,

there is only one link, and one layer; the layer breaks down to

display the ollowing sub-layers:

A boundary edge Paththe blue border surrounding the im

And the attenedImage

Figure 16 shows a crucial diference in the number o layers

displayed in Obamas PDF le (compared to the AP le): Obamas

PDF has nine links and nine sub-layers (NOTE: The paths are acti

displayed in the image). In addition to the nine sub-layer object

a clipping path is at the top o the sub-layer list. The clipping pat

groups all the remaining sub-layers below. Note the location o

clipping path in the image, which will be explained urther on th

next page. Its presence within the le and applied in a manner t

hide portions o the image also reects image manipulation.

Another crucial diference in the number o layers occurs whenoptimization is applied to the AP scanned image in Figure 17.

There is an unreasonable amount o layers generated. Note desp

resizing the Links and Layers panels, there is still ascroll boxwh

scrolls the length o the emptyscrolling bararea (to ofer a sens

how many layers extend beyond the current view).

Examine how the layers divide the image into pieces. It is analog

to taking a scissor and cutting the image into random rectangle

Finally, notice that Figure 17 calls out the top layer as a bitmap l

(which means it contains one color value only), while all remaini

layers are color layers (contains multiple color values). One bitm

layer and multiple color layers are typical optimization behavior

but the reverse is true in Obamas PDF in which it contains multibitmap layers and only one color layer.

igure 15: Normal one-layer scan document behavior

Layer 1 includes the ollowing sub-layers:

Outside border edge boundary path

One Link

One at image layer

Outside border Path

One at image

igure 16: Multiple layers and links in Obamas PDF

Multiple links

Multiple sub-layers

Outside border path

Clipping Path

Clipping Path layer

igure 17: AP layers and links ater optimization is applied

Huge amount o links

Insane number o color sub-layers

No logic to layer

object decisions

Scroll box

Scroll box

One bitmap sub-layer at top


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REPORT BARACK OBAMA: LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE Page 6 of 10The Clipping Mask Path

Lets return to the previously mentioned Clipping Mask Path. T

term maskreers to dening parts o an image to be hidden ro

view (rather than have to delete unwanted parts). Anyvector sh

can be used as aclipping pathin this case the rectangle path

shape seen in Figure 18 denes an area that acts like a window

Anything within the shape border is visible, and anything that

outside its boundary is not visible. A benet derived rom usingclipping mask is it allows the mask to be reposition at any time

show or hide diferent parts o the artwork. A clipping mask thahides image inormation rom view onlyoccurs in a manual pro

to manipulated a document. I a clipping mask is generated in

optimized leit will never hide inormation.

Figure 18 displays the clipping mask as the only visible path

when the Obama PDF is rst openedall other path objects

behave as a group attached to the clipping path. To move and

these objects separatelythe clipping mask group needs to b

releasedor ungrouped.

Figure 19 shows an open Layers panel (to display the sub-laye

A right-click inside the clipping mask ofers a menu option toRelease Clipping Mask. Notice that releasing this path not on

exposes the other grouped path objects, but suddenly uncove

additional background pattern that spills outside (and beyond

clipping mask path boundaryproo o image manipulation.

X-Ray Scanner Vision

Tom Harrison, a sotware designer, published a reportthat

examines the top two sub-layer objects. Without a doubt, the

implications o these two sub-layers are clear indications o ima

manipulation. This cannot happen in a normal document. At

glance these layers appear to be emptybut this is not the cas

These layers contain odd random white pixel inormation, whilthe pixels under the white dots show no disturbance o saety

paper pattern (on the bottom layer). This is simply not possible

normal scan and can only happen in image manipulation.

Tom Harrison ofers the ollowing analogy in his report: Try to h

someone take a picture o a person holding a ootball hidden

behind their back, not visible to the camera. Will you ever be a

to extract the person rom the photograph and still see the oo

revealed? O course not. However, i a picture is taken o a oot

and a separate picture is taken o the person, layers can be use

to hide the picture o the ootball behind the person (using a

program like Photoshop). By placing the picture o a person on

layer in ront oor on topo the layer containing the ootin the documentthe ootball would not be visible to the casu

viewer unless the layer o the person is turned of.

Using the ootball analogy, look closely at Figure 20a close-

view to reveal numerous white pixels in the top layer object.

Additionally, these pixels are bitmapped rather than displaying

sot blending quality to transition into the background pattern

another indication that the white pixels are not a normal part o

the background pattern.

Figure 21 shows the white dot layer turned of to expose the

undisturbed saety pattern in the background (under the white

pixel dots). To paraphrase Mr. Harrison, no scanner in the world

has x-ray vision that can detect uninterrupted saety paper patunder another object (such as the random white dots).

igure 18: Obama PDF opened in Illustrator with clipping mask

Collapsed icon

Visibility icon

Clipping Path

igure 19: Clipping Mask group released and sub-layers displayed

Expand icon

Release Clipping Mask Group

Clipping Path

igure 20: Zoom view o top layer reveals white pixels

Top layer selected

First link actively selected

Layer object path

White pixels display

Layer visibility on

igure 21: Layer turned of reveals uninterrupted pattern below

First link deselected

Layer object path turned o

White pixels disappear:

Pattern pixels uninterrupted

Layer visibility o
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igure 22: Target layers and objects or date and certiy stamps

Selected active layers

Selected active links

Date stamp Certifcation stamp

igure 23: Layers allow or moving the date and certiy stamps

Date & certifcation stamps moved

igure 24: Background layer with white halos can also move

Background selected & moved

Stamp Layer Appearance

The main purpose and strength o layers is they allow parts

o an image to be isolated to make it easy to repositioned, or

adjust visibility (on or of) independently o surrounding image

layered partsthus layers are a powerul image manipulation

tool. It makes sense to have a date and a certication stamp on

separate layersto move, rotate, or reposition or the purposeo manipulation and alteration. Figures 2224 demonstrate ho

objects can be moved around independently. The Obama PDF

has a clean separation o text isolated on each layer, unlike the

optimization layer results or the same inormation in Figures 2

26. The layer results seen in the Obama PDF cannot be duplica

through optimization, but can be easily duplicated (and explai

with an understanding o image manipulation.

The date stamp and certication stamp are the selected layers

Figure 22. The Links and Layers panels veriy the selection alon

with the active blue paths that display around the layered obje

Figure 23 demonstrates that the objects can be moved

independent o the background (or other text items). Note thathe Obama PDF, the text or the certication stamp is complete

and independently separated onto its own layer. The same is tr

o the date stamp. This is a clear and important indication o im

manipulation in which each o these items can be manipulated

independently o the surrounding background layer. This clean

separation can only be accomplished through image manipula

o document elements.

Figure 24 shows the background layer can also be selected an

moved independently rom the stamp and date layer elements

The white halos are a part o the background layer since white

the typical color present when building a background layer. Th

whenever the saety paper pattern is not present, the typical codisplayed in the absence o pattern will be white.

Automation v Manual Manipulation

Figure 25 and Figure 26 shows the lack o predictability when

an automation process chops up an image and generates layer

during optimization. As previously mentioned, the AP le open

with the appearance o a normal scanned document containin

only one layer. For this reason, the AP le was used to demonst

what happens when optimization is applied. Ater the optimiza

process, the AP le displays a multitude o layers.

Most o the black text extracts onto one bitmap layer at the top

the layer list. This top text layer is turned of in Figure 25. Notethe text does not separate cleanly onto one layer. Remnants o

remain behind on a variety o the many multi-color layers in th

that still have their visibility turned on in Figure 25. Additional

the top text layer contains a large portion o all document text

optimization ails to separate text according to useulness. In o

words, all the stamp text doesnotreside on its own layernor

there a diferent layer or the date textand again, no clean an

complete separation.

Figure 26 has the top text layer visibility turned back on again,

but instead, one o the bottom background layers visibility is

turned of this time. The selected paths show how theres no

human quality to the logic in dividing inormation into layersmachine is deciding based on an automated process.

igure 25: Optimized lacks the human element in layering

Bottom layers selectedtext layer o

igure 26: Text layer turned on and one background layer of

Text layer onone background layer o


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REPORT BARACK OBAMA: LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE Page 8 of 10White Halo Creation

The white halo efect presents two common questions; why is

there a white halo, and what caused it? Beore answering the

ormer question, lets address the latter.

The white halo could simply be a unction o a selection create

around all the textbeore lling the background layer with a

green saety pattern.

The green saety pattern could have easily been applied to the

background layer withoutany selectionthus a solid pattern

would have covered the entire background layerwithout a w

halo. But or some reason, a white halo efect was generated

either through an active selection when creating the backgrou

or through an enhancement process, or a combination o both

As might be expected, the creation o a background using a te

selection is easily demonstrated with step-by-step Figures.

Figure 27 shows the demonstration le set-up. The stamp text

rom the Obama PDF le was copied (rom Illustrator) and past

into a new Photoshop le on a layer that is above a solid white

background layer. Note the two layers in the Layers panel: StamText layer and the Background layer (currently lled with white

When working in a graphic program, i you want to apply any

changes to an image, you have a choice to use a selection or t

target area, or to make changes without a selection. I there is n

selection, then any changes can be applied to the entire image

without any restrictions. I a selection is created, the changes a

limited to the selection area only. Analogous to selecting text i

a Word program to apply a change, such as bold ormatting; th

text is rst selected, and the bold ormatting is then applied to

selection only.

In this example, a selection will be created around the text as t

next step shown in Figure 28. Any object separated on a layercan easily be used to create a selection o that object. Simply h

down the Ctrl key and click on the layer thumbnailin this cas

click on the Stamp Textlayer. A selection that resembles march

ants appears around the text. The next step is to expand the

selection to include a little extra space surrounding the text. Th

can be accomplished rom the Select menu, using Modiy, and

then choosing the Expand option (also seen in Figure 28).

The Expand Selection dialog boxdisplays in Figure 29 which all

a user to speciy how many pixels to expand the selection. Sinc

the idea is to surround the text by a small area, the amount ent

in this example will be 2 pixels.

The expanded selection in Figure 30 currently surrounds thetext. However, the current selection area needs to remain whit

since the ultimate goal is to apply a pattern ll to the surroundbackground areanot the surrounding text area. Thereore, the

selection needs to be reversedalso known as inverseto ens

the pattern will ll everything on the background layer exceptt

text area.

Go to the Select menu shown in Figure 30. The Inverse option

chosen. The selection is now ready to ll with a color, or a patte

or even another scanned image (such as a scan o security sae

paper). Everything but the text area is now selected. For purpo

o this demonstration, the next step will dene a saety paper

pattern and ll the background layer using the current activeselection.

igure 27: A two-layer stamp text le created to demonstrate

Bottom layer: White background

Top layer: Certifcation stamp text

igure 28: A text selection created and selection expanded

Text is selected

Ctrl+click on layer thumbnail

igure 29: Expand Selection optionexpanded 2 pixels

Expand Selection dialog box

igure 30: Next the selection needs to be inversed

Text selection expanded by 2 pixels

Selection Inverse option


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REPORT BARACK OBAMA: LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE Page 9 of 10Saety Paper Creation

In a program such as Photoshop, a selection can be lled with a

solid color o choice, an image, or a pattern can also be dened

ll option. It should be noted that a ull sheet o saety paper co

have been scanned and used without going through steps to de

it as a patternbut a pattern can be easily dened rom an exist

image as an alternative method. Most likely, there was access to

a sample o saety paper when creating the Obama PDF. Its not

necessary to reinvent the wheelthe current Obama PDF le w

used as the source pattern or the purpose o this demonstratio

The Obama PDF is temporarily opened in Figure 31 and a squar

selection is made to isolate a portion o the pattern that will tile

easilywhich means that when the selected area is lled repeat

next to each other, the pattern continues seamlesslywithout a

noticeable disruptions in the pattern. With the selection active, t

Defne Pattern option is selected rom the Edit menu. The Oba

PDF le is closed and no longer needed.

Back to the demonstration le shown in Figure 32; with the

Background selected as the active layer, the Fill option is chosen

rom the Edit menu.

In the Fill dialog box, the Pattern option rom the Contentlist is

chosen in Figure 33.

The saety paper pattern dened earlier in Figure 31 is also chose

the Fill dialog boxin Figure 34. ClickOK to complete the efect.

The results in Figure 35 show a slight white halo outside the tex

In Figure 36the Stamp Text layers visibility is turned o, and

marching ants are deselected (Ctrl+D). The white halo efect wa

easily manuactured in less than a minute, in less time than it to

read the explanation.

In summation, the security paper background layer was added

as the last step to create the illusion o an image in which text

was imprinted on security paper. However, the text had in actbeen placed and arranged on a solid white background. This las

application gives a created image the alse appearance o being

o cial document.

igure 31: Selection used to dene a pattern

Selection o a sample pattern area

Defne the selection as a pattern

igure 33: The Pattern option is used in the Fill dialog box

Pattern Fill option chosen

igure 34: The dened pattern chosen rom Custom Pattern list

Custom Pattern chosen

igure 32: Use the Edit menu to launch the Fill dialog box

Selection inversed

Fill option chosen

Background

layer active

Figure 35: The pattern lls the selection area

Backgroun

contains patte

Figure 36: Turn of the text layer: White halo efect is display

Stamp Text visibility o

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REPORT BARACK OBAMA: LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE Page 10 of 10Some Final Thoughts

The previous exercise demonstrated how the white halo could

created, but there can be a multitude o ways to accomplish th

same task in a program such as Photoshop. Whether or not the

exercise presented is the denitive method is notthe main poi

The exercise was presented as a possible solution to the questi

How did the white halo get into the document?But actually, the oquestion that matters is: why is the white halo there at all?An

o cial document obtained by legitimate procedures and scan

would nothave the white halo.

As previously stated, every anomaly can be easily explained as

manuactured document. Not only does this document display

attributes that it was completely manuactured digitally, but th

is strong evidence that a master le exists as a source le. What

meant by a master le? A master le is a le in which all the obj

still exist on separate layers (in other words, more layers and

inormation than seen in the Obama PDF sub-layers).

For example, in the Obama PDF, the bottom layer contains the

background pattern with some text elements merged ontothat layer. In the master le version, the text still remains on a

separate layerNOT merged with the background layer. It is

highly probable that this master le also contains the short or

certicate layers (which would explain the problems seen in th

version o the le).

Figure 37 and Figure 38 demonstrate that the AP version o th

long orm certicate contains a diferent set o problems as ol

A sudden shit to a diferent background

Saety paper pattern in the shadow at the let edgebut n

the document background

Short orm embedded into the printoutFigure 38 is anenhanced version which allows the details to be seen more

easily

Once again, all o these additional problems displayed in the

AP version would not occur i the source document presented

to the AP had been a legitimate scanned document without

manipulation. However, all three problems would easily be a re

o a manuactured source lein which layers rom a master le

were turned ofor mistakenly let on.

igure 37: Some extra remnants visible in the AP version

Background color

magically shits to blue

Forgot to turn o saety-paper

layer in manuactured shadow

Forgot to turn o a

short orm layer

igure 38: Enhancement applied to easily see short orm

Enhancement applied to

display short orm elements

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