low tech and lazy
with all the deserved focus on haiti last week, this one may have slipped past your radar senses. the f.b.i. updated the most wanted list and developed a new picture of the world’s most wanted criminal–osama bin laden. they updated his photo to account for changes in age and to show what he may look like if living in plain sight (and not in a cave). as you know, the fbi has available to it, some of the most advanced technology in the world and the initial pictures looked remarkable. that is, until, some dude, a liberal politician in spain thought it looked a lot like him. and guess what, it didn’t look like him, it was him.
it seems the forensic artist that developed the new picture of bin laden ” had been unable to find suitable features from the FBI’s database of photographs and used a picture from the Internet instead.” the politician who was wronged, gaspar llamazares said “I am stupefied the FBI has used my photo — but it could have been anyone’s — to compose a picture of a terrorist. It affects my honor, my own image and also the security of all us.” llamazares is investigating his legal options since he didn’t like the apology and rationale for the misstep he received from the fbi.
the picture has since been pulled from the website but, if the next time you’re watching america’s most wanted and you think that the serial killer with the grimace looks a lot like your boss, consider that it may be in fact be your boss. and if you’re thinking llamazares is over-reacting, imagine it was your face up there as the world’s most wanted terrorist.
photo via reuters
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