A seemingly unquestioning media was again filled with stories today about Delhi Police claims reported as a fact that the Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory (CFSL) had examined the controversial Shanti Bhushan CD and that it "could not have been tampered" with.
The police has not made the CFSL report public.
Nor is there any answer as to how all of the audio dialogue in Mr Mulayam Singh's voice in this controversial CD also appears exactly as in an earlier CD featuring his conversations with Mr Amar Singh which had been filed in the Supreme Court by Mr Prashant Bhushan in 2006
Mr Prashant Bhushan had already demonstrated the above in his press conference last Sunday.
Clearly, if the CFSL has indeed given such a report on a CD said to have been received anonymously by some media organisations, it would have a lot to answer for.
The press release issued by Mr Bhushan on Sunday after the above press-conference which also contains the two forensic reports of the American Lab of Dr. George Papcun and the Hyderabad- based Truth Labs follows:
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Rajesh,
Your comment #12 is mere obfuscation.
You have dodged all the issues raised and gone on to a critique of the merits of the movement. There can well be arguments for and against the way this movement has been conducted. If you have read my previous posts, you will have noted that I am critical of having two Bhushan's in the panel and also that some of anna Hazare's pronouncements appear dictatorial.
Howver, the point at issue here is whether the government (rightly or worngly) having succumbed tp pressure to constitute a joint committee is justified in resorting to a smear campaign led by Amar Singh and Digvijay Singh (who have recently declared themselves soul mates or something like that) to malign the members of the committee which it has itself appointed vide a gazette notification.
I repeat below the full paragraph of which you quoted just one sentence. since you have taken it upon yourself to defend the smear campaign perhaps you can answer.
When in service, we were always taught that anonymous complaints should go into the dustbin unread. Apparently our wonderful media is happy to make public material from an unknown source. If they are so sure that they have it right, why don't they publish the audio and the transcripts as did Outlook and Open magazine with the Radia tapes. They can then defend themselves for publishing false defamatory material without due diligence.
>> Brings us back to the BASIC problem : There is NO ONE in India ( from PM down ) who is above bribery/suspicion.
There can't be. Bhushan like all other lawyers need to bribe the judges in order to be in the business. Ordinary citizens need to bribe get even the basic amenities. There is no person with 'impeccable integrity' in the country. In fact it is a tool to harass people, especially those who are from disadvantaged groups. If one person in the ministry has to be incarcerated it has to be a Dalit. Ditto in the judiciary. I have no doubt that first task of so called Lokpal would be to round up the remaining Dalits holding important positions.
Bonita >> Apparently our wonderful media is happy to make public material from an unknown source.
Hazare and his committee is not only trying to influence the country's governance but going to re-write part of the constitution. It is natural that they are undergoing intense scrutiny from media, political parties, organizations and individuals. Some might appear malicious and timing may be of suspect but they are valid are in public interest.
I wish Hazare and his people were forthcoming and had more maturity. Someone asked Hegde on his performance as Lokpal in Karnataka. Instead of going through the record, he takes these questions as offense and complains of malicious campaign.
When push came to shove, the final defense of CFSL will be so we made a mistake "our incompetence is not a crime". In the mean time, what Amar Singh, Diggiboy and our Rajmata intended to put a doubt in the mind of the general public about the integrity of Bhushans will stay. This is how the political game is played. Granted very few will believe that Bhushans are completely clean but you can not hold a pencil thief to the same account as multi-crores Rupees thief.
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