Message #230496

[Adrienne]

Today 1:46 AM Facial Imaging Used To Identify Bin Laden's Body

CNN's Live Blog reports that according to U.S. officials, facial imaging was one of the methods used to identify Osama bin Laden's body.

    One official said it was clear to the assault force that the body matched bin Laden's description, but they used "facial recognition work, amongst other things, to confirm the identity."

    A senior national security official said that they had multiple confirmations that the body was bin Laden, saying they had the "ability to run images of the body and the face."

    The national security official would not confirm if DNA testing was performed.