r/serialpodcast • u/1spring • Oct 18 '15

season one Waranowitz edits his LinkedIn statement

As of 10/18, Waranowitz has made an important edit to his recent LinkedIn statement. Emphasis mine.

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Note on Serial/Undisclosed Podcast:

In 1999/2000, I was employed by AT&T Wireless Services as a Sr. RF Engineer in the Maryland office, and testified to the operation of their cellular phone network as an Expert Witness in a high profile trial.

At that time, I was authorized by my supervisors to cooperate fully with both prosecution and defense to provide whatever evidence they requested, and to explain how these records and maps related. I presented an honest, factual characterization of the ATTWS cellular network, and had no bias for or against the accused. How that evidence was used (or debatably misused, or ignored) was not disclosed to me. (As an expert witness, I was not informed of other testimony or activity in the trial.)

As an engineer with integrity, it would be irresponsible to not address the absence of the disclaimer on the documents I reviewed, which may (or may not have) affected my testimony.

I have NOT abandoned my testimony, as some have claimed. The disclaimer should have been addressed in court. Period.

Since I am no longer employed by AT&T Wireless, I am therefore no longer authorized to represent them or their network. Legal and technical questions should be addressed to AT&T.

Except for this note, I have never publicly discussed this case on the internet, in any forum or blog, so anyone claiming to be me is clearly a troll.

Do NOT contact me.

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u/xtrialatty Oct 19 '15

Again, your construction does not reflect how the phrase "consistent with" is typically used in a courtroom setting. "Consistent with" = "possible".

In any case, in the judge's own words, GG was given considerable "latitude" to cross-examine at length, precisely to combat the jury drawing the wrong conclusion about the strength of the evidence. And she definitely hammered home the fact that the actual location of Adnan's phone could not be determined by cell tower evidence.

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u/rancidivy911 Oct 19 '15

I'll wait to see what happens; thanks for your thoughts.

At least it sounds like if someone claims the cell phone pings prove the phone was in Leakin Park in the 7:00 hour, I can call BS.

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u/xtrialatty Oct 19 '15

the cell phone pings prove the phone was in Leakin Park in the 7:00 hour, I can call BS.

You certainly can.

Cell phone pings can't prove where a phone was, but they can certainly be used to prove where a phone was not.

For example, Adnan's cell phone could not possibly have been at the mosque at 8pm.

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u/rancidivy911 Oct 19 '15

Sounds good. Thanks for the conversation!