Sunday, September 6, 2009
More information continues to come out of Britain concerning the absolute mess that Megrahi's release has become. If it turns out that these two knew it was coming (and I have found it extremely surprising to think they didn't), it ought to be a huge scandal. They threw the Brits under the bus by feigning surprise...we can't wait for the leaks to come. The more heat the Brits take, the more they won't want to go down alone: No.10 turns on Obama and Clinton for criticising decision to release Lockerbie bomber
Downing Street has hit back at Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for attacking the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber.
President Obama and the US Secretary of State fuelled a fierce American backlash against Britain, claiming Abdelbaset Al Megrahi should have been forced to serve out his jail sentence in Scotland - but a senior Whitehall aide said their reaction was 'disingenuous'.
British officials claim Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton were kept informed at all stages of discussions concerning Megrahi's return.
The officials say the Americans spoke out because they were taken aback by the row over Megrahi's release, not because they did not know it was about to happen.
'The US was kept fully in touch about everything that was going on with regard to Britain's discussions with Libya in recent years and about Megrahi,' said the Whitehall aide.
'We would never do anything about Lockerbie without discussing it with the US. It is disingenuous of them to act as though Megrahi's return was out of the blue.
'They knew about our prisoner transfer agreement with Libya and they knew that the Scots were considering Megrahi's case.'
Mr Obama said Megrahi's release on compassionate grounds was a 'mistake' while Mrs Clinton phoned the Scottish administration to complain in person...
[Via Jeff Jacoby]
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I also believe that the scottish release of the lone convicted bomber responsible for the Pan Am 103 bombing was not done in a vacuum.
The brits definitely were, and possibly obama and hillary were in the loop.
If it can be proved that obama and hillary knew about the outrageous "compassionate" release, it will drive a stake through the heart of the bho administration.
Of course, Obama and Hillary knew beforehand...The construct of Megrahi's trial was put together by international agreement...It was after all a US Flagged Air Carrier that was blown up over Lockerbie and their were 189 Americans on-board. It was never dreamed that he would be released prior to serving his life sentence. The world media need to cover this as it is surely the story of the decade...Our elected leaders in Britain and the United States have conspired to release a monster!
It is so refreshing to have improved relations with our allies.