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Fact Check: Fake Photo Shows Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld And Bin Laden Together
Pentagon photo edited to show Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Bin Laden together is false.
In brief
Pentagon photo edited to show Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Bin Laden together is false. A Pentagon photo from Sept 12, 2001, was edited to show Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Bin Laden together but actually shows Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, White and Bin Laden. Originally reported by Lead Stories.
Altered Photo
A photo edited to show Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Bin Laden together is false.
“Is this a real photo of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Bin Laden? •YES or NO•”
Original Photo
The original photo shows Rumsfeld introducing staff to Bush at the Pentagon on Sept 12, 2001.
“Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (second from left) introduces his staff members to President George W. Bush at their Pentagon meeting on Sept. 12, 2:001”
Who Was Edited
Bin Laden replaced Paul Wolfowitz, and Thomas E. White was misidentified as Cheney.
“Osama bin laden was edited into the original photo, replacing then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, while then-Secretary of the Army Thomas E. White is misidentified as Cheney”
Alternative Angle
Another photo shows the same meeting from a different perspective.
“President Bush meets with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and his staff at the Pentagon on Sept. 12, 2001”
News Searches
No established news outlets reported the claim using the search terms.
“Lead Stories searched Google News and Yahoo News and found no matching reports about the claim from established news outlets using the search terms: "Bush," "Cheney," "Rumsfeld," "Bin Laden" and "photo."”
At a glance
A Pentagon photo from Sept 12, 2001, was edited to show Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Bin Laden together but actually shows Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, White and Bin Laden.
