While the grewal tapes have again been deemed to have been doctored in some way—this time by two noted experts working separately—the Conservatives have issued their explanation late today. First the experts’ findings:
This from CTV:
One of Canada’s top audio experts says that a segment of a taped conversation between Conservative MP Gurmant Grewal and a Liberal appears to have been altered, a claim that bolsters charges of tampering.
Meanwhile, Grewal continued to deny the allegations.
Audio expert Steven Pausak said Thursday that there appears to be a break in one of the tapes after analyzing a 46-second segment of the recordings.
The tape in question is a conversation between Grewal and Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh.
“It appears to be altered,” Pausak said, after examining the segment at the request of The Canadian Press.
“This brief segment at the beginning shows that it’s not continuous, and it should be.”
The Conservative Party said late Thursday that small gaps occurred when the master tapes were transferred to CD.
But Pausak said he found an entirely separate abnormality that couldn’t be explained by transferring.
Pausak, who once worked for the Ontario government and now testifies in court trials, said there is a discontinuity in the audio file.
“I’m talking about alteration. I am trying to avoid the word tampering,’’ he said.
“When you are using the word tampering, that means intent, right? Most of the time there is no way to show intent through the examination of the recording. You just see that it’s altered.’‘
Also this from the CBC:
John Dooher, a forensic audio engineer hired by CBC News, said Thursday there is a “crude” edit and something “amiss” about a section of tapes made by the B.C. member of Parliament.
The tape has Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh talking about Grewal’s future.
Grewal secretly recorded hours of conversations with Dosanjh and Tim Murphy, the prime minister’s chief of staff, about switching parties.
“Right here, we hear what sounds like an edit. We have a change in the frequency spectrum so something has changed there,” said Dooher, demonstrating the difference while at a sound board.
His conclusions are supported by Stevan Pausak, one of Canada’s leading forensic-sound analysts. Pausak was asked by Canadian Press to carry out a similar examination. He said one of the tapes has an abnormal break, indicting a section may have been cut out.
Dooher said while more sophisticated testing could offer more certainty, he believes his original conclusion.
“This sounds to me, not only that this is an edit, but an edit done with something very crude,” he said.
And then this new release from the Conservatives:
Grewal News Release
[Via NealeNews.com]
I question the appearance of that news release—what’s with the lack of letterhead and proper signature and normal news release style? And as of this moment, I see this news release in no other press. Just curious is all.
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