FBI used Spanish politician's hair to 'photoshop' Bin Laden's portrait

The FBI published today the first "aged progressed"photographof Osama bin Laden in a further effort to track him down. This special "mugshot", published all around the world, was noticed by Spanish journalist Luis Tejero, from ELMUNDO.es, who got an e-mail from a reader, who saw something strange about the terrorist's hairdo.

"The FBI has used the hair of a Spanish politician leader to photoshop Bin Laden's portrait", claimed the reader. So the journalist made the comparison and found it was true: the FBI took the hair from a picture of Gaspar Llamazares, Spanish former leader of 'Izquierda Unida' left party, and used it to build up Bin Laden's aged portrait.

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The photograph on bin Laden is still available at the State Department's web site www.rewardsforjustice.net. ELMUNDO.es reached the State Department, where a spokesman showed his astonishment and celebrated "not to be in the responsable's shoes".