Lucy Adams & John Ashton| March 25 | Sunday Herald(Scotland)
The explosive report on the man convicted of the Lockerbie atrocity …why we are publishing it after five years of secrecy
The Sunday Herald today publishes the full 800-page report detailing why the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing could have walked free.
The controversial report from the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) has remained secret for five years because, until now, no-one had permission to publish it.
The Sunday Herald and its sister paper, The Herald, are the only newspapers in the world to have seen the report. We choose to publish it because we have the permission of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the bombing, and because we believe it is in the public interest to disseminate the whole document.
The Sunday Herald has chosen to publish the full report online today to allow the public to see for themselves the analysis of the evidence which could have resulted in the acquittal of Megrahi. Under Section 32 of the Data Protection Act, journalists can publish in the public interest. We have made very few redactions to protect the names of confidential sources and private information.
Click here to read the report in full(PDF)
About 48 hours have elapsed since your post was posted and not a single comment says volumes about the audience here – rather shabby response at best.
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi has always claimed his innocence concerning the Lockerbie affair. Reporting in Europe initially presented grave reservations concerning the safety of the prosecutors evidence, the motivation and the ability to execute the bombing but these were overwhelmed by the hue and cry for blood to avenge the victims and the political pressure to resolve and lay to rest the tragedy. Expedience won the day. It is not surprising that the conviction might have been unsafe, mendacity was the mid-wife to injustice born of revenge.
Thanks Tina for your effort to bring this to attention and sorry for the appalling apathy that it has been demonstrated here. Some day the world will hold the Amerikkkan public responsible for those who act in their names and the devil will be paid.
It’s an 800 page report, Arnie! Give us a break.
I’ve posted in the past about this issue, and the report pretty much bears out what’s been reported in the UK for years, including that the push to blame Libya came from the US.