Put up or shut up, Mr. Giwer: [UseNet headers trimmed]
From: yawen@enter.net (Yale F. Edeiken)
[Cited Ken McVay's <4vikjj$46u@nizkor.almanac.bc.ca> offer to Matt Giwer]
Three comments seem appropriate:
First: Feasability: The analysis is feasible. I talked with a private voice
identification firm and they would be able to make the analysis. I have never
used them for analysis but they were highly recommended to me by the
laboratory that I used to examine questioned documents. They have excellent
credentials and have been used by the government and law enforcement bureass
in New Jersey. They also have some experience with foreign language
identification. In fact, they have been used to verify a speech by Kruschev.
The requirements are simple. They would need a good copy of the
Posnan speech (preferably done with a patch cord) and a copy of another
speech by him. A known copy from a movie soundtrack would be sufficient if it
was of the same quality as the Posnan speech. Transcripts of the sppech would
be helpful.
For an effective identification there would have to be a minimum of
twenty identical words that could be compared. Since Himmler spoke at
Posnan
for a considerable amount of time this should be no problem. Since the selection
of the words would be at issue and the laboratory does not have a German
speaker on staff, one German speaking represenative from each side could assit
them..
Second: Price. The price I was quoted was $1,750.00. Which seems
a reasonable fee. The document analysis lab I use has a minimum fee of
$2,500.00 and goes up from there. Further the first $750.00 would be for a
preliminary analysis. If they found that a complete identification could not be done
that would be the total fee. The final $1,000.00 would include complete analysis
and a final report.
Third. Trust account. There is no need for any special account. Every
lawyer must maintain (or have access to) a trust account for the deposit of clients
funds. Withdrawals cannot be made from such an account without notice or,
depending on the agreement, permission of the client or a court. If Giwer does
not trust the account that I maintain or the one our firm maintains either his
attorney could hold it or we could name a neutral attorney to do so.
Now we can see whether Giwer really wants to examine the evidence
or is just running his mouth in high gear.
--YFE
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