Will the Real Hooded Man Please Stand Up Response

Right from the beginning, I was extremely surprised to see a man unveil himself in that light. His head is down in the photograph which gives me a feeling that he is not proud of being that hooded man who was tortured. The article starts to take a turn where Times finds out Qaissi has a disfigured hand from a wedding a few years ago and assumes he has it in the photo but the most distinguishable part of Qaissi's body is not shown. The main point of this article is to show how photography leads to the mistaken identification of this man.
   *Qaissi knew the environment extremely well
   *photograph was low res
   *no one else came forward saying it was them
   *finally admitted that it was not him
"was he a hooded man but not The Hooded Man?"
   *rabbit duck profile- you were there experiencing it, you could've been next in line not necessarily that one photo- do we see Clawman or hands are normal?
The story has an interpretation and reinterpretation emerging another photograph and another story which I found interesting.

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