Authenticating the Bin Laden Tape

NPR | By Lynn Neary

Published November 13, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

There is some doubt over whether the voice on the tape is actually bin Laden. Lynn Neary talks with Steve Cain, president and CEO of Forensic Tape Analysis, Inc., about what sort of voice recognition techniques would be key to identifying whether the voice on a tape received by al Jazeera television is really Osama bin Laden. (4:15)

Lynn Neary

Lynn Neary is an NPR arts correspondent covering books and publishing.

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