Sri lanka Murders clarified
Cognitech Announces Successful Forensic Video Processing and Analysis of a United Nations Requested Sri Lanka Execution
Video With Its Video Investigator Software
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 18, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cognitech Inc., has announced the successful forensic video processing and analysis of the United Nations requested digital video/audio recording of a purported Sri Lanka execution, with the use of their Video Investigator™ software. Before giving the scientifically pre-processed video to a forensic pathologist and terminal ballistics expert, Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, requested forensic multimedia analyst and Cognitech® technical representative Jeff Spivak to video process and analyze the authenticity of the recording which purportedly depicts the executions of Tamils by Sri Lanka armed forces personnel. In part, due to the image processing results performed with the Cognitech Video Investigator software, UN Rapporteur Professor Phillip Alston, has requested a full scale investigation into the incident.
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