| This is to advise that Professional Audio Laboratories,
with over 1,700 trials' experience, can assist with any litigation involving
tape-recorded evidence. We have gained much insight into the most effective
use of tapes working with Strike Forces and Offices of the United States
Attorney, as well as the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of
Justice over the past 33 years.
We routinely enhance, redact, duplicate, examine, transcribe,
and present at trial tape-recorded evidence produced by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, Customs, Secret
Service, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Internal Revenue Service,
Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Aviation Administration,
Coast Guard, as well as many state and local law-enforcement agencies
from coast to coast using state of the art equipment and techniques
developed by P.A.L. engineers to provide the clearest possible presentation
of tape-recorded conversations at hearings and trials. We have worked
on tapes involved in misdemeanor cases to capital murder cases coast
to coast. Working for the Department of Justice, at the F.B.I.
lab in Quantico, we produced enhanced tapes and complete transcripts
of conversations recorded from within the Branch Davidian compound at
Waco, demonstrating that the fires which destroyed the compound were
set from within. After completing a complete examination of the tapes
in the so-called World Trade II case (United States v. Rahman), we clarified
the Texaco tapes, and examined the White House “coffee tapes”
for the United State Senate. Our security clearance is TOP SECRET and
our clients include the intelligence community. We are currently doing
a study for the National Archives to determine the feasibility of retrieving
the 18 minutes of erased conversation from the Nixon Watergate tape. As a favor for the F.B.I. we located, and downloaded
conversations from a multi-channel 24-hour tape provided by a foreign
government within several hours. The official letter of thanks from
the Special Agent in Charge of the New York F.B.I. office was ample
payment. More recently we received a telephone call from the case agent
in a recent heroin case for which we enhanced original undercover tapes.
He said “because of your enhancement we not only convicted the
perpetrator but we also indicted two more individuals whose names we
didn’t have previously”. In addition to law enforcement, we also provide support
to Fortune 500 firms involved in litigation involving tape-recorded
evidence. These cases range from employee labor disputes, to investigations
by governmental bodies. Our experience allows us to best advise you
with respect to the best way to proceed when tapes are involved. Our
clients include ALCOA, Coca Cola, United Parcel Service, and Texaco
and a number of international banks.
Our services include the following:
1. ENHANCEMENT of audio and videotaped
evidence. We've done it longest, and we simply do it best. That's why
we continually enhance tapes for all Federal investigative agencies
using state-of-the-art equipment and techniques. And now, with state-of-the-art
digital processing we know that our enhanced copies are the clearest,
most intelligible that can be produced, regardless of the format or
speed of the original tape, from consumer microcassettes, to the real
“James Bond toys” currently being utilized in intelligence
operations. We have optimized our enhancement equipment for each of
the various tape formats being used in the field.
Digital recordings are our specialty
2. EXAMINATION of taped evidence to determine authenticity
and continuity to refute claims of tampering, erasures, etc. We can
perform complete electronic examinations of tape-recorded evidence and
provide supporting expert testimony at trial using specialized laboratory
equipment and techniques.
3. DICTAPHONE MULTI-CHANNEL LOGGER TAPES can now be
scanned automatically by computer to yield a print-out of dates, times,
and channels of calls to specific telephone numbers. No more looking
for a needle in a haystack. Useful for financial investigations.
Also, using proprietary software, we can now duplicate Dictaphone logger
tapes, and download various channels for use during investigations.
We have equipment to play back Dictaphone multi-channel reel and DAT
tapes of all formats from 4-channel to 60-channel.
4. DUPLICATION of tapes for review, transcription,
and discovery. Incidentally, our high speed duplication equipment has
been modified to filter offending hum and noise, if necessary; something
you won't find elsewhere.
5. REDACTION of tape copies for efficient presentation
of selected relevant portions of conversations.
6. TRANSCRIPTION of tapes using our specially designed
speech enhancement equipment so as to ensure that transcripts are as
accurate and complete as possible. Foreign language tapes can also be
accommodated.
7. REPAIR of accidentally damaged tapes. Occasionally
a tape, usually a cassette or micro-cassette jams and breaks. Our expert
"electronic surgical team" can repair damaged tapes and fully
document the operation. We have complete evidence-handling facilities,
including evidence safe, heat-seal evidence envelopes and labels to
preserve chain of custody for all tapes.
8. EXPERT TESTIMONY on all phases of electronic surveillance
and tape-recorded evidence. Court-qualified on over 165 occasions in
26 Federal districts, as well as in Canada. Paul Ginsberg is a true
graduate engineer with 28 years of experience and a reputation for being
independent and objective.
9. VIDEOTAPE DUPLICATION with sound-track enhancement
so as to provide the best possible tapes for you at hearings and trials.
10. PRESENTATION OF TAPES at proceedings, as well as
for review by witnesses and attorneys during litigation preparation
using the finest enhancement equipment available.
In addition to the above we have acquired expertise in working with
multi-channel tapes used by police departments and brokerage firms for
long-term recording of telephone lines and two-way radio communications.
Enhanced cassette copies of selected conversations can be produced for
use in litigation should these conversations become pertinent to your
case.
Feel free to duplicate and distribute our “Prosecutor’s
Guide to the Use of Audio Taped Evidentiary Material” as you see
fit. Hopefully the insights and tips gained after 1,700 trials spanning
33 years will be useful. Our reputation and experience speak for themselves. Independent,
qualified, professional and trusted, with quick turn-around of evidence…the
ideal electronic forensic lab to provide the best support, from a single
tape case, to a multi-tape complex conspiracy Title III case. Our job
is to make every tape case go more smoothly. We look forward to assisting
with your next tape case. |
