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HiPointDem

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Fri Jan 11, 2013, 02:34 AM Jan 2013

This is weird: photos of kidnapped fbi agent robert levinson [View all]

Last edited Sat Jan 12, 2013, 06:33 AM - Edit history (1)



Nearly six years after the disappearance in Iran of private investigator Robert Levinson, and two years after his family received an anonymous email confirming that the former FBI agent was still alive, five photographs taken by Levinson's captors have been released. "I am here in Guantanamo," reads a sign Levinson is holding in one photo. "Do you know where it is?"

According to U.S. investigators who spoke with crackerjack AP reporters Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman, yes they do: Levinson is probably in an Iranian secret prison.

http://gawker.com/5974225/these-shocking-guantanamo-photos-of-kidnapped-fbi-agent-robert-levinson-were-probably-taken-in-an-iranian-secret-prison



But one reader notes:

Something seems strange here - why do these images match almost 100% to the "computerized" image seen here from an article in March that claims to be only a "depiction" of what he'd look like today?

The hairstyle matches too perfectly for one to be a rendering based on a 5+year old photo, and the other to be an actual recent photo. Not a hair out of place on his head or beard?

http://gawker.com/5974225/these-shocking-guantanamo-photos-of-kidnapped-fbi-agent-robert-levinson-were-probably-taken-in-an-iranian-secret-prison



Here's the picture from March (far right), supposedly a computer-generated picture of what he 'might' look like after the time elapsed from his disappearance. left is picture from before capture, middle is from 2011 during captivity.




another weird thing is that fat levinson looks almost exactly like one of my old bosses.
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Yeah, the cowlick at the left part in his hair in the progressed image and the real one seems fishy. napoleon_in_rags Jan 2013 #1
Or maybe they had more then one picture to go on? Confusious Jan 2013 #2
or maybe Confusious Jan 2013 #3
Hurry!! We must invade Iran!! RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #4
That's amazing. Not only isn't there a hair or whisker out of place magellan Jan 2013 #5
That's what I think. There are various theories you could put forth for the fishiness. napoleon_in_rags Jan 2013 #6
agree. all we can do is speculate. about why the media put this out to the public without noting HiPointDem Jan 2013 #7
Do you think the media should have? napoleon_in_rags Jan 2013 #8
Old-style journalism used to do a bit of research -- easier with the internet, but today they HiPointDem Jan 2013 #9
Yeah, it may just be that... napoleon_in_rags Jan 2013 #10
could be. one thing for sure, we ants have no clue what our betters are doing. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #11
What gets me is the new images are color accurate magellan Jan 2013 #14
Yeah, similar ideas crossed my mind too. napoleon_in_rags Jan 2013 #17
Could be magellan Jan 2013 #18
" I feel bad for his family." napoleon_in_rags Jan 2013 #19
Indeed. n/t magellan Jan 2013 #21
Here's the image if you want to use it in your OP: UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #12
thanks! HiPointDem Jan 2013 #13
Conspiracy theories are for right wingers. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jan 2013 #15
the official explanation for 911 is a conspiracy theory. organized crime is a conspiracy theory. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author SidDithers Jan 2013 #16
bump for weirdness... Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #22
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