I've also processed the whisper heard during the gun question. I've processed this many different ways, and I'm not sure that it's a whisper. It's the right frequency, and looks about right (very similar to the audible "taxes" whisper), but when it's isolated, it doesn't sound much like a whisper. Here's the chart:

Region A is the "ation" part of "legislation." B is the word "I" from "I do not support..." Region C is the part which, when played, sounds like an whispered "s" possibly from someone whispering "support." I compared that whispered "s" with the one from "taxes." The frequency doesn't match all that well -- but it's possible -- of course, it could be a different speaker as well.
Here's the whisper sound from the gun question, processed and unprocessed. I've isolated it, and I think anyone would agree that it's unconvincing:
Both of the clips I have were compressed in the original format. That means information was lost that cannot be reconstructed. I'd like very much to get uncompressed and multi-channel signals. There are a few more tricks I can try, but I doubt there's much more to get from these files.
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Could the two "s" sounds look different because of a difference in the way they're pronounced in the 2 words?
That is, the "s" in "support" sounds like a "ssss" hiss, whereas the "s" in "taxes" is more of a "zzz" sound.
Just a thought.
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