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01-19-2010, 01:25 AM
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#1 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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| FBI use Spanish lawmaker's photo for updated bin Laden poster
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MADRID -- A Spanish lawmaker was horrified to learn that the FBI used an online 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 U.S. 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.
In a statement Saturday, the agency would say only that it was aware of similarities between their age-progressed image "and that of an existing photograph of a Spanish public official."
"The forensic artist was unable to find suitable features among the reference photographs and obtained those features, in part, from a photograph he found on the Internet," the FBI said in a statement to The Associated Press.
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.
Llamazares, former leader of the United Left party, was elected to Spain's parliament in 2000. The photograph of him used to make the wanted poster originally appeared on posters for his 2004 general-election campaign.
He said he would no longer feel safe traveling to the United States after his hair and facial wrinkles appeared on the bin Laden image.
"I was surprised and angered because it's the most shameless use of a real person to make up the image of a terrorist," Llamazares said Saturday at a news conference. "It's almost like out of a comedy if it didn't deal with matters as serious as bin Laden and citizens' security."
Llamazares planned to ask the U.S. government for an explanation and said he reserved the right to take legal action.
Llamazares said he was concerned to see the government resorting to what he called sloppy techniques, especially in the light of recent terrorism alerts such as the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Detroit-bound airplane.
"It might provoke mirth, but it demonstrates that what we're seeing from security services isn't exactly recommendable," he said.
Llamazares said he has "no similarity, physically or ideologically" to bin Laden. They do share one trait - both are 52.
Jose Morales, spokesman for Llamazares' party, was surprised that computer images such as the retouched bin Laden photo were made using photos of real people.
Bin Laden, who is wanted in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya, is believed to be hiding in the lawless Pakistan frontier bordering Afghanistan. His exact whereabouts have been unknown since late 2001, when he and some bodyguards slipped out of the Tora Bora mountains after evading air strikes, special forces and Afghan militias.
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01-19-2010, 01:37 AM
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#2 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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wow that forensic specialist must of been some lazy ass 18 year old. At least use someone less well known. Way to go USA. Fuking morons. Yes i am sure bin laden has perfectly groomed hair and beard now. I hope that guy sues like no tomorrow, talk about public defamation.
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01-19-2010, 01:39 AM
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#3 | | The RS Freebie guru
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LoL... uber fail.
But at the same time, if I saw the picture and then saw the guy, I wouldn't connect the dots.
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01-19-2010, 01:54 AM
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#4 | | Unofficial Tin Foil Hat Specialist.
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The only similarity i see is the Hair but lol at the the graphics artist.
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01-19-2010, 07:17 AM
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#5 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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im not gonna rat him out if i even see him
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01-19-2010, 10:46 AM
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#6 | | I don't get it either
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maybe bin ladin does not even exist. Everyone knows 911 is fake, Bin ladin is probably a vapor character made up by the states for propaganda reasons. didn't people say that video of bin ladin speaking few years back is fake too?
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01-19-2010, 11:48 AM
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#7 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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Originally Posted by Boostaholic  maybe bin ladin does not even exist. Everyone knows 911 is fake, Bin ladin is probably a vapor character made up by the states for propaganda reasons. didn't people say that video of bin ladin speaking few years back is fake too? | Well I can't tell if your post is serious, but if it is then yes Bin Laden is a real character. The FBI helped train him back in the 80's.
The validity if he's still alive is what's in question. He could have died years ago for we know, and the Americans are keeping his ghost alive to further the war in Afghanistan.
Either way we will probably never see Osama Bin Laden again.
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01-19-2010, 11:58 AM
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#8 | | I only answer to my username, my real name is Irrelevant!
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bin laden died in the 90's  | |
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01-19-2010, 11:59 AM
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#9 | | Banned (ABWS)
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I hear bin laden and tupac are working on a single Posted via RS Mobile | |
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01-19-2010, 01:23 PM
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#10 | | I STILL don't get it
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looks like George Clooney
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01-19-2010, 01:47 PM
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#11 | | Hypa owned my ass at least once
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lol the fbi should watch the u suck at photoshop vids on youtube
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01-19-2010, 05:19 PM
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#12 | | F**K YOUR HEAD
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what next? 
and the spanish guy looks a lot better than bin laden render
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