Ace Detective Sue Daniels did the same thing in 2009 and found it. It's attached to Exhibit 1 of Orly's filing in Astrue, page 6. Doc concludes the Hollister report is either a fake or Obama's number was replaced. I think it's a fake because if Obama's number was replaced, I think the "Fail" code returned would have been "SSN did not verify; other reason. " not "SSN not in file (never issued)." The number WAS issued to Barack Obama in 1977.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/49343117/TAITZ-v-ASTRUE-1-1-Attachments-1-Exhibit-dcd-04503303514-1-1I searched the SS Death Index for numbers from 042-48-3000 to 042-48-5999.
100 persons with SSN's in the 3000 number range are in the SS Death Index or 3.7%
8 were born in the 1890's
10 were born 1909 to 1924 * Where years are missing, no one with those birth years appeared in the sort.
9 were born 1938 to 1952
68 were born 1958- 1969
15 were born 1970 - 1977
Latest birth date was Feb 13, 1977
All were Issued By Connecticut.
Thomas Wood's number 042-48-442X was issued in April 1977.
I think this supports that Obama's number was issued in early 1977, and numbers in a similar range as his were issued mostly to people born late 1950s to late 1960s, so few have passed away yet.
Compare to 3,000 numbers following the first number issued ( as reported by the SSA), 055-09-0001. The first numbers were issued in Nov 1936 and SSA reports over 100,000 numbers were issued in Nov and Dec 1936.
2124 persons with numbers in the range 055-09-0001 to 2999 are in the SS Death Index or 70.8%.
Latest birth year was 1920.
I don't know if this helps to debunk the SSN nonsense. Anybody who wants to know for sure can request Barack Obama's SS 5 after he dies. By then it will be just a sad birther footnote if they had to issue him a new number. He was issued the number, it's the number he's used for years. Like BB has said, if it was a fake number it would have been noticed long ago.
Edit: Countdown to reponse from Orly since Hollister's verification undercuts her Altrue "evidence". Birthers disgust me at the lengths they'll go to to violate someone else's privacy then get their undies in a bunch about any hint of violation of their own.