http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/01/fbi_claims_it_removed_bogus_bin_laden_image_but_be.php?ref=fpaThe bearded version of an "age-progressed" image of Osama bin Laden that was the source of international embarrassment for the FBI because it was photoshopped from facial features of a top Spanish politician is still posted on a most wanted Web site, days after the FBI said it would be removed.
The bureau apparently did scrap one permutation of its "aged" bin Laden, a beardless version that bore a striking resemblance to left-wing Spanish politician Gaspar Llamazares.
But a bearded, turbaned version of the very same image -- also clearly based on Llamazares' face -- remains up on FBI-State Department site Rewards for Justice. (See the full version here.)
The FBI was quoted by multiple media outlets as early as last Saturday promising that the image would be removed. It's not clear whether the bureau is comfortable with the version that features a pasted-on beard and turban.
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