Undoubtedly, that is exactly what Mr. Tsvangirai’s attorneys must do. North American technology has reached the dubious achievement of being able to totally falsify both picture and voice transmission.
Three years ago, on February 1, 1999, the Washington Post published an article by William M. Arkin, revealing the “latest” developments in voice "morphing" technology, developed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Scientists are now capable of duplicating the speech patterns and physical movements of any individual, thereby creating a believable falsification.
Three years ago, on February 1, 1999, the Washington Post published an article by William M. Arkin, revealing the “latest” developments in voice "morphing" technology, developed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Scientists are now capable of duplicating the speech patterns and physical movements of any individual, thereby creating a believable falsification.
Quoting from the original Washington Post article:
“ “Once you can take any kind of information and reduce it into ones and zeros, you can do some pretty interesting things,” says Daniel T. Kuehl, chairman of the Information Operations department of the National Defense University in Washington, the military's school for information warfare.
"Digital morphing — voice, video, and photo — has come of age, available for use in psychological operations. PSYOPS, as the military calls it, seek to exploit human vulnerabilities in enemy governments, militaries and populations to pursue national and battlefield objectives.
“ “Once you can take any kind of information and reduce it into ones and zeros, you can do some pretty interesting things,” says Daniel T. Kuehl, chairman of the Information Operations department of the National Defense University in Washington, the military's school for information warfare.
"Digital morphing — voice, video, and photo — has come of age, available for use in psychological operations. PSYOPS, as the military calls it, seek to exploit human vulnerabilities in enemy governments, militaries and populations to pursue national and battlefield objectives.
"To some, PSYOPS is a backwater military discipline of leaflet dropping and radio propaganda. To a growing group of information war technologists, it is the nexus of fantasy and reality. Being able to manufacture convincing audio or video, they say, might be the difference in a successful military operation or coup. ”
The Daily News, of Zimbabwe, quotes one of the accused, Professor Ncube, as saying: “As we have already said, the allegations are nothing but yet another Zanu PF trick to tarnish the image of the MDC.
The Daily News, of Zimbabwe, quotes one of the accused, Professor Ncube, as saying: “As we have already said, the allegations are nothing but yet another Zanu PF trick to tarnish the image of the MDC.