The birth certificate of US
President Barack Obama could
well be a forgery, a high-
profile Arizona sheriff has said. Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa
County - who styles himself as
America's toughest - unveiled
the results of a probe into the
origins of the document. His investigators found
"probable cause" the certificate
may have been made by
"forgery and fraud", he said. Mr Arpaio, known for his tough
stance on immigration, is being
investigated over allegations of
racial profiling. The US justice department
alleges that his office routinely
discriminated against Latinos. He also faces a federal grand
jury investigation into the
activities of his anti-corruption
unit, and a forthcoming re-
election bid in Maricopa County. Tea Party request Announcing the findings of his
volunteer "Cold Case Posse", Mr
Arpaio, 79, said analysis of an
electronic copy of Mr Obama's
birth certificate had revealed
strong doubts about its authenticity. "Based on all of the evidence
presented and investigated I
cannot in good faith report to
you that these documents are
authentic," Mr Arpaio said. "My investigators believe that
the long-form birth certificate
was manufactured electronically
and that it did not originate in a
paper format as claimed by the
White House." The White House released Mr
Obama's long-form birth
certificate in April 2011 amid
persistent speculation that he
was not born in the US. That would make Mr Obama,
whose father is Kenyan,
ineligible to hold the office of
president. The release of the birth
certificate appeared to placate
some so-called "birthers",
among them businessman and
reality TV star Donald Trump,
who had publicly called for greater clarity. But Mr Arpaio said he had begun
an investigation during 2011
after requests from Arizona Tea
Party members. According the sheriff, the
investigators compared the
electronic copy of Mr Obama's
birth certificate with one
known to be genuine. The conclusion that "probable
cause" existed warranted a
criminal investigation and
greater scrutiny of presidential
candidates, Mr Arpaio said. "If nothing else comes out of the
investigation… what we have
learned, we need a better
process to vet people running
for president of the United
States of America," he said. Critics have suggested that Mr
Arpaio launched his probe into
Mr Obama's birth certificate to
distract attention from his legal
wrangles, as well as to aid his
upcoming re-election bid. But the sheriff denied those
accusations, telling reporters at
his news conference on
Thursday: "I'm not going after
Obama. I'm just doing my job."

Mr
Arpaio vs Obama. Hop this is not politics?

Do we really care?

I need to send Romney this link.
If it is forged. . . then he needs to face the consequences. . .including IMPEACHMENT.

Anchorra:

I need to send Romney this link.
If it is forged. . . then he needs to face the consequences. . .including IMPEACHMENT.

Really?

This again?

Is this the only breaking point they have against Obama?

This is old news. Before Arpaio himself became a subject of Federal Scrutiny.

old news?