# 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.
- Title: Fact Check: Fake Photo Shows Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld And Bin…
- Summary: 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…
- Keywords: penta, bush, cheney, rumsfeld, bin laden, 9/11, pentagon, photo, fact check, do d, original photo, edited photo
- Source: Lead Stories — https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2026/10/fact-check-fake-photo-shows-bush-cheney-rumsfeld-and-bin-laden-together-edited-version-of-pentagon-image.html
- Published: 2026-10-13T22:02:54+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: penta, bush, cheney, rumsfeld, bin laden, 9/11, pentagon, photo, fact check, do d, original photo, edited photo
## 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."
## Key takeaway

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.