Spanish Osama

January 18, 2010

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.

posted by Deron Bauman in crime, etiquette, government, international, law, photographs, technology, war | * | 2 comments

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Josh Weichhand on January 18th, 2010 at 4:59 pm

It’s funny how I figured it was a fake to begin with and only later was stunned to find out people were approaching it with a certain seriousness. My first thought: some college kid totally blended George W. Bush and Osama Bin in a tired expression of political irony.
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