The women on the tape spoke fast, Ms. Wyatt said later.
McIlvain is also heard on the tape speaking about the power Armstrong had over the people who worked with him and for him.
Two men stood smoking cigarettes next to the police tape speaking Armenian — Watertown is one of the largest Armenian enclaves in the U.S. — and laughing.
But at least one news executive whose network used part of the tape, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he felt every use of the video was questionable.
Officials have not yet explained, however, why firefighters in the south tower were captured on tape speaking clearly over a repeater channel before that tower collapsed.
On tape, speaking English, Mr. Megrahi denied visiting the clothing store and, given Malta's and Libya's climates, joked, "Why would I buy an umbrella?" (An umbrella found in the debris was believed to be in the bomb suitcase).
Selena Coles, a publicist, noted that the movie was filled with Americana — Converse sneakers, Star Wars memorabilia, the Statue of Liberty — but that the voice on the tape spoke with a "weird, European-ish accent".
Amelia Roskin-Frazee, a senior involved with No Red Tape, spoke to me dismissively about the Sexual Respect Initiative, a consent-education requirement, instituted by Goldberg in 2014, that included an arts option: students could write a poem, submit a drawing, or perform a dance.
The FingerReader's voice is clipped and metallic – what one might liken to a Berlitz tape speaking through clenched teeth – but it is something the Finger Reader team is aware of and is working on, amongst many other things.
"I think the tape speaks for itself, so I'm just going to leave it as is".
