terrible FBI gaffe: for the digital older Osama portrait they used a spanish political leader's pic

[demoleft]

...the leader is Gaspar Llamazares, Izquierda Unida party.
here's the work:
http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Esteri/2010/01/16/pop_osama.shtml


the new presumed "grown older" face of Osama was published with some pride. here's an article:

"New face of terrorism? FBI releases age-enhanced picture of Osama bin Laden
Digitally enhanced images show the world's most wanted terrorist with different grooming and clothing, which he may have adopted in a bid to evade capture.
It also shows him with more lined features and lacking the long beard which many people associate him with."

source: telegraph, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6994682/New-face-of-terrorism-FBI-releases-age-enhanced-picture-of-Osama-bin-Laden.html


but now El Mundo, spanish paper, published the news with a funny remarking title:

"Osama bin... ¿Llamazares?

El hombre que aparece en la imagen de la izquierda podría ser, más o menos, Osama bin Laden. Así lo cree el Gobierno de EEUU, que maneja este 'retrato robot' del FBI en la búsqueda del líder terrorista. Pero... ¿qué pinta a su derecha Gaspar Llamazares? ¿Un 'lapsus' del redactor de ELMUNDO.es al hacer el montaje?
Esta vez no. Fíjense en el pelo de ambos: grisáceo, canoso, algo ondulado... Idéntico. Y no sólo el pelo; también la frente es exacta, con esa arruga que la recorre de sien a sien."

source: el mundo, http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/01/15/internacional/1263572681.html


same portrait with the beard, same model on reward for justice.
http://test.rewardsforjustice.net/index.cfm?page=bin_laden&language=english


embarassing, and funny too.
though not funny for mr Llamazares, i suppose!

ciao DUers.

[elocs]

1. The biggest gaffe is that here is what Osama really looks like now:

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[demoleft]

3. then spread the news. welcome to DU. n/t

[Enrique]

4. and we wonder how the underwear bomber got through?

the FBI is wasting their time with this shit. Cut their budget and give the difference to Haiti relief.

[demoleft]

5. spanish politician "shocked" at FBI's use of his photo - BBC

Spanish MP's photo 'used for Osama Bin Laden poster'

"A Spanish politician has said he was shocked to find out the FBI had used his photo for a digitally-altered image showing how Osama Bin Laden might look.
Gaspar Llamazares said he would no longer feel safe travelling to the US after his hair and parts of his face appeared on a most-wanted poster.
He said the use of a real person for the mocked-up image was "shameless".
The Spanish newspaper El Mundo said an FBI spokesman had admitted the agency had taken a picture from Google Images."

BBC, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8463657.stm


"an FBI spokesman had admitted the agency had taken a picture from Google Images" - damn guys, some more professionalism!