17 Jan 2010

Spanish MP's photo used for Osama Bin Laden poster

A Spanish politician [Gaspar Llamazares] 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.

"I was surprised and angered because it's the most shameless use of a real person to make up the image of a terrorist," he told 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."

The FBI claimed to have used "cutting edge" technology, but Mr Llamazares said it showed the "low level" of US intelligence services and could cause problems if he was wrongly identified as the Saudi.

"Bin Laden's safety is not threatened by this but mine certainly is," he said, adding that he was considering taking legal action.

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