[ 2019-02-28 ]

NDC leaked tape not obtained through bugging – Security analyst
A Security analyst, Adam Bonah has said the leaked
NDC tape could not have been obtained through
bugging as the party has claimed.

The National Communications Officer of the NDC,
Sammy Gyamfi accused the government of engaging in
“illegal espionage” while responding
to the leaked tape on Wednesday.

“We know the government is engaged in
illegal espionage activities in this country;
employing state resources and the national
security apparatus to spy on political
opponents.”

But Mr Bonah said the tape sounds nothing like one
that was acquired through bugging.

He explained on Joy FM’s Top Story that
“This does not go anywhere near anything
like bugging. There are certain parameters that
you need to establish if you need to bug an office
or somebody.

“If you listen to the tape, it is not so
clear and you can hear the distance in terms of
target…the person who was talking and where
the person who was recording or the alleged
bugging device was. It does not work that
way,” he added.

Mr Bonah who is an expert in bugging and
de-bugging said anyone who had the appropriate
expertise would have deployed the right systems
for a bugging job.

That system, he said, would have “a lot of
functions –voice cancellation, be able to
pick voice amplifications - and looking at it [the
leaked tape], I don’t think it comes
anywhere close to the facility being bugged.

“I think it is more of someone who used a
simple tool –perhaps a mobile phone or a
recording device - and was probably farther away
from the target, Mr Bonah who claimed to have
reviewed the tape close to 50 times added.

Expert Analysis

Mr Bonah who is CEO of Security Warehouse,
however, agrees for experts to analyse the leaked
tape.

He said it was important for the voice on the
tape, which sounds like that of the NDC’s
Chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, to be verified.

“It is very important because the voice
could be that of the NDC Chairman but the person
speaking might not be the NDC Chairman…and
so the fact that they said a voice sounds like
you, does not necessarily mean it is you.

“So we need to be able to forensically put
the tape through a lot of techniques to be able to
see if indeed it was him who as on the
tape.”

He also wants security beefed up around the people
who were mentioned in the tape so that no other
person takes advantage of the comments to do
anything untoward.

Source - Myjoyonline

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