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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

At NRO, Michael Rubin notes: Lockerbie and a Cure for Cancer

Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi -- convicted in Scotland for his role in the Lockerbie bombing, which killed 270 people, but released last August on humanitarian grounds because terminal prostate cancer left him only three months to live -- appears to be alive and well in Libya.

The local Scottish council is now abiding by Megrahi's refusal to release his medical records. I guess the logic is, "Terrorism is forgivable and justice is expendable, but how could we ever violate the privacy of a mass murderer?"...[More.]

For some reason, every time I read about this guy I'm reminded of that catchy end-title music from Portal, "Still Alive" (at risk of ruining the song by association):

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