The deputy head of the US Embassy in London is cited in correspondence to Scottish ministers as saying the Obama Administration would "far prefer" to free the Lockerbie bomber than jail him in Libya, contrary to the President's contention.
Source: The Australian
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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. (Liar! Liar! Obama, the "Liar in Chief")
Scottish ministers viewed the level of US resistance to compassionate release as "half-hearted" and a sign it would be accepted.
The US has tried to keep the letter secret, refusing to give permission to the Scottish authorities to publish it on the grounds it would prevent future "frank and open communications" with other governments.
In the letter, sent on August 12 last year to Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond and justice officials, Mr. LeBaron wrote that the US wanted Megrahi to remain imprisoned in view of the nature of the crime.
The note added: "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."
Mr. LeBaron added that freeing the bomber and making him live in Scotland "would mitigate a number of the strong concerns we have expressed with regard to Megrahi's release".
The US administration lobbied the Scottish government more strongly against sending Megrahi home, under a prisoner transfer agreement signed by the British and Libyan governments, in a deal now known to have been linked to a pound stg. 550 million oil contract for BP.
It claimed this would flout a decade-old agreement between Britain and the US that anyone convicted of the bombing would serve their sentence in a Scottish prison. Megrahi was released by Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill on the grounds that he had three months to live, making his sentence effectively spent.
The US Senate foreign relations committee launched a probe after The Sunday Times revealed this month that Megrahi's doctors thought he could live for another decade.
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Americans, this is a perfect example of how the thugs and criminals work out of Chicago - lie, cover up, and work deceitfully and then, call yourself "compassionate"!
To the world, if you haven't figured it out by now, this Liar in Chief works behind closed doors, avoids the Senate and our Constitution, and federal laws i.e. sues one of America's states - Arizona, for following the Federal laws under Immigration to seal the border and protect Americans.
Oh, lets not forget that the policeman doing his job in Cambridge, MA was an idiot/racist and had "jumped to conclusions", according to Obama.
The Ft. Hood murderer, an Islamist, was not a "Islamic terrorist" according to Obama and I believe Congress still awaits a final report from this so-called Obama administration. Obama scoffs at the Federal agencies and our Congress, going about "his" business which has nothing to do with America's business in running this country properly.
The list grows and so does the list of lies that Obama spreads, like cancer, where ever he goes and not one word of his can be taken with a grain of salt. Without treatment, cancer spreads and the patient dies. This is the picture of America, under this Administration.Yes, the Americans who are patriots are angry with the lies; the falsehoods; the half-truths; the lack of actual NEWS that would reveal exactly what goes on behind Secret Door No. One - the closet, where rats hide, in order to work their evil intentions while smiling and waving to the cameras as if honey melts in his mouth.
Congress should rip the rug out from under this un-American sitting in our White House and begin proceedings immediately to IMPEACH this madman. Yes, he is either insane, or the most evil thing that ever happen to America. The French president noticed the insanity and spoke it out loud! How many other nations are not fooled by this deception in the White House? No one! The Iranian madman scoffs at our sanctions which came a year too late; the Palestinians whine and cry; the North Koran madman threatens the world with nuclear weapons and our president is mostly silent about the ever-present danger we're all in, while out he goes to play golf.
IMPEACH THIS IDIOT! Every day you wait, you in the House and Congress, is another day America remains in peril from his ignorant decisions and inability to lead the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Bee Sting
