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The FBI's Newest Tool — Google Images

Posted by timothy on from the what-could-possibly-go-wrong dept.

lee317 writes "The FBI recently used a photograph of Spanish politician Gaspar Llamazares as an example of what Osama Bin Laden might look like today. According to Reuters, Special Agent Jason Pack said a forensic artist had been unable to find suitable features from the FBI's database of photographs and used a picture from the Internet instead. That photo turned out to be one of Llamazares, who apparently looks strikingly similar to what the FBI thinks Bin Laden would look like with a few extra years on him. 'I am stupefied the FBI has used my photo — but it could have been anyone's — to compose a picture of a terrorist. It affects my honor, my own image and also the security of all us,' Llamazares said."

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  1. Re:Terrorists!!! by DJ+Particle · · Score: 4, Interesting

    We should constantly live in fear of dead tribal men in caves 8000 miles away at all times. It's the new American way.

    Corrected for you. :) Even Fox reported his death in 12/2001

  2. Re:Fashion by zach_the_lizard · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have a feeling that he's in the US, probably even working in DC, laughing at how he has managed to be free for years. He probably is working at a StarBucks by the White House. It sure beats the hell out of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, and no one would suspect it.

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  3. Re:Terrorists!!! by Captain+Splendid · · Score: 3, Interesting

    To the idiots who modded this flamebait, ask yourself this: How long do you think a 6 foot, 4 inches tall man, needing serious regular medical care, whilst on the run in the mountains of Pakistan, will survive?

    That's right kids, he's dead. The US has been fighting a fucking ghost.

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