Spanish threatens to sue FBI

MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish politician said on Saturday that he was stupefied by the FBIs decision to use his photograph to compose its latest image of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and is considering taking legal action.
Firstly, I will ask the FBI for an explanation, which they havent given me yet, and then I will reserve the right to take legal action, Gaspar Llamazares told CNN.
In the last few days I have seen the security services involved in some very strange things, some major failures, but I would never have believed they could have affected me so directly, he said.
LLamazares is a former leader of Spains communist party Izquierda Unida and is currently its parliamentary spokesman.
An FBI agent said the organisation was aware of similarities between the image - an age-progressed photograph intended to give an updated idea of Osamas appearance - and that of an existing photograph of a Spanish public official.
Special agent Jason Pack said a forensic artist had been unable to find suitable features from the FBIs database of photographs and used a picture from the Internet instead.
The forensic artist was not aware of the identity of the individual depicted in the photograph, Pack said, adding that the image would be taken off the FBI website.
I am stupefied the FBI has used my photo - but it could have been anyones - to compose a picture of a terrorist. It affects my honour, my own image and also the security of all us, LLamazares said.