Spanish politician’s photo used to make bin Laden poster
A Spanish politician is outraged to learn that the FBI has used a photograph of him to create an image showing what Osama bin Laden might look like today.
The image using Gaspar Llamazares’ photo appeared on a wanted poster updating the US Government’s 1998 photo of the Al-Qaida leader.
FBI spokesman Ken Hoffman acknowledged to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo that the agency used a picture of Llamazares taken from Google Images.
The wanted poster appeared on the State Department Web site rewardsforjustice.net, listing a reward of up to $25 million. The FBI said the photo of bin Laden would be removed from the Web site.
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