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CU Denver scientists help journalists confirm identity of masked ISIS militant

Four years after video surfaced, killer identified

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Scientists at the University of Colorado Denver are using highly technical forensics to help identify terrorists.

The school’s National Center for Media Forensics recently helped the New York Times independently confirm the identity of a war criminal who claimed to be the narrator in a series of ISIS propaganda videos and recordings.

The New York Times reached out to scientists here in Denver to help identify the ISIS militant.

“We specialize in analyzing that material and determining where it came from,” said Jeff Smith, director of CU Denver’s National Center for Media Forensics. “The process that we apply is highly technical.”

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