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FBI Still Using Bearded, Turbaned Version Of Dubious Bin Laden Photoshop

Justin Elliott | January 19, 2010, 11:15AM

Osama bin Laden, FBI "aged" photo.

The 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.

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