"In a letter sent to Wikipedia's San Francisco office, the FBI said that "unauthorised reproduction of the FBI Seal was prohibited by US law [...] Whoever possesses any insignia shall be fined or imprisoned or both," the FBI wrote. [Wikipedia's] Mr Godwin claimed that the FBI letter sent to Wikipedia omitted key words, which changed the interpretation of the law. "The seal is in no way evidence of any 'intent to deceive', nor is it an 'assertion of authority', recognisable or otherwise," he wrote. - Simon

Interesting to see the BBC reproducing the logo in the article... CNN's article appears to have avoided doing so. - Simon