The US government secretly advised Scottish ministers it would be “far preferable” to free the Lockerbie bomber than jail him in Libya.
Correspondence obtained by The Sunday Times reveals the Obama administration considered compassionate release more palatable than locking up Abdel Baset al-Megrahi in a Libyan prison.
The intervention, which has angered US relatives of those who died in the attack, was made by Richard LeBaron, deputy head of the US embassy in London, a week before Megrahi was freed in August last year on grounds that he had terminal cancer.
The document, acquired by a well-placed US source, threatens to undermine US President Barack Obama’s claim last week that all Americans were “surprised, disappointed and angry” to learn of Megrahi’s release.
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He was "surprised, disappointed, and angry" because it took so long to release the scumbag.
Barry wanted him out immediately and given an apology for forcing him to blow up that airliner, and a huge lump sum payment by way of penance on our part.
After all, we have to make muslims "feel better about themselves", right?
No...the US government did not...The US Government stated:
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-Mr LeBaron wrote that the US wanted Megrahi to remain imprisoned in view of the nature of the crime.
-Nevertheless, if Scottish authorities come to the conclusion that Megrahi must be released from Scottish custody, the US position is that conditional release on compassionate grounds would be a far preferable alternative to prisoner transfer, which we strongly oppose."
So the Obama administration was adamant he was not to be released and did not want him returned to Libya, so he could become a hero..which IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN HE WENT BACK THERE.
You people twist words and lie and it will catch up with you one day.
Stop lying. They said first and foremost they wanted he kept in prison. Your article is another twisting of the words. Master of that, the right-wing.
And yet the right wingers still get behind BP...lets face it right wingers are no better than the terrorists.
You'd better sit down to hear this. . . . . Obama lies!!!!!!!!!!