Opinion ID: 63
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Owen's Report

Text: During the trial, the FBI transported the original reel-to-reel analog tapes of the March 13, March 30, and May 21 conversations to its office in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where an FBI agent met with defense expert Tom Owen and allowed Owen to inspect, photograph, and download copies of the tapes onto Owen's laptop. [8] After conducting a physical and electronic inspection of the downloaded copies that consisted of [c]ritical listening, tape enhancement, spectrum analysis, [and] speed correction, Owen issued a final report dated October 12, 2003, concluding that the recordings of the three conversations he examined were original and authentic within the conversation, but contain some very questionable recording procedures and anomalies. App. at 1204, 1206. Owen's report indicated that both the March 13 and March 30 tapes had been started and stopped a number of times before the actual recording began, but that the internal integrity of the recorded conversations was intact. The report also noted that the conversation recorded on the March 30 tape was at times unintelligible.