Why the Lockerbie Bomber was released

[Paddy]

The two theories that I would go for on the bombing is either it was Iran in retribution for the US shooting down the Iran-air Airbus or the bomb was discovered an early stage in Germany and it was then ‘made-safe’ and was being sent to the US for forensics. The latter was normal practice at time.

[minestrone]

It was all going to end up very messy when the appeal got to court and I doubt the trial would have lasted more than a day.

The USA has dragged the UK into their problems for the last 10 years and quite frankly they have no right to be lecturing the Scottish Legal system on matters of human rights.

[Ignis Fatuus]

It was all going to end up very messy when the appeal got to court and I doubt the trial would have lasted more than a day.

The USA has dragged the UK into their problems for the last 10 years and quite frankly they have no right to be lecturing the Scottish Legal system on matters of human rights.

Indeed. It was the Scottish Government's decision to make, and it was extremely polite of them not to point out that the operators of Guantanamo Bay prison camp were ill-placed to criticise others' penal policies.

Justice Secretary MacAskill's refusal to answer to a US inquiry was for me the best thing the Scottish Government has done so far. All free Englishmen should be cheering their neighbours on that one.