Evidence against the Lockerbie bomber was fabricated and manipulated on both sides of the Atlantic, according to leaked defence documents which appear to undermine the conviction of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi.
Hundreds of new documents and photographs examined by Scotland on Sunday appear to show many aspects of the Lockerbie prosecution were at best incompetent and at worst amounted to an attempt to pervert the course of justice.
Legal experts and families of the victims reacted with astonishment and outrage to the revelations. Jim Swire, whose daughter died in the disaster, said: “Scottish justice obviously played a leading part in one of the most disgraceful miscarriages of justice in history. The Americans played their role in the investigation and influenced the prosecution.”
It’s expected the case will be sent back to court by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. This week.
These things are always “fact dependent” and facts are source dependent, and the source can have its own issues.
It is too bad whenever someone thinks they have an issue that is more important than the truth. While I accept there “may” be short term benefits to a lie, long term, its hard to imagine.
The spook game I suppose should include lies, but probably fewer than are used.—or rather just better ones than are used.
The Bush Sr. administration basically exonorated Syria of its role in Lockerbie, in exchange for Syria’s not opposing Gulf War I.
2–I’m very happy to see other folks reading way too fast. I don’t know, but I assume that Libya (not Syria) gets the pay off for its decision to give-up its quest for nuclear weapons which is indirect support for Gulf War 2.
I wonder if that means the lie is started up, or stopped?
Either way, I would advocate a general approach of USA politics using the truth as its shield and spear. Might lose something here and there, put overall?
#2 — The early investigations did lead to this conclusion. I also think there was a deal to get Syria to stop doing this sort of thing. At the time they were the nexus of much terrorism. It was not done for political reasons but for extortion.
Irrational renegade states just ain’t what they use ta be.
Libya admits Lockerbie blame
Libya has handed over a letter to a United Nations Security Council meeting formally taking responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing in 1988.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3155523.stm
Seems they let anyone be an American running-dog puppet these days.
RBG
a one sided story about a defense attorney trying to discredit the prosecutions evidence does not a “fabrication” make.
#5 – In other news, my application to be one of America’s running-dog puppets has finally been accepted.
All of my future posts will now feature unequivocal support of all American foreign policies.
The problem with fabricating or altering evidence is that it lowers the veracity of ALL the evidence.
Was OJ Simpson guilty? When the defense showed that there was sufficient fudging of some evidence, then all the prosecution’s evidence became impeachable and open to suspicion.
Do the police lie? Sure they do. With the higher profile the case, the more the pressure is on them to make a case. Thus comes the incentive to lie or falsify evidence. Did it happen here? Quite possible, considering all the political machinations behind the scenes.
Looks like I just didn’t have the bandwidth to image something like this ( 2:24 pm )
The ongoing vortex of Government security apparatus lies:
IRAQ has Nukes
IRAQ has Biologicals
IRAQ has Terrorist
IRAQ trains Terrorist
Tasers don’t kill
Duke lacrosse players are rapist
Scooter Libby Lies to the Grand Jury
Lies and deception during Vietnam
Evidence against the Lockerbie bomber was fabricated
Gonzales Lies Under Oath
US condemns Hussein because he countenance, condone or participate in the practice of torture or other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading procedures, yet the US condones torture in Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and pretty much any other place.