Obama seeks reimprisonment for Lockerbie bomber

[sabra]

Source: AP

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (AP) - The Obama administration asked Friday that the only person convicted for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 be returned to a Scottish prison.

John Brennan, President Barack Obama's counterterrorism adviser, told reporters accompanying the vacationing leader that the U.S. has "expressed our strong conviction" to Libyan officials that Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi should not remain free. The comments came on the first anniversary of Al-Megrahi's release.

Brennan criticized what he termed the "unfortunate and inappropriate and wrong decision," and added: "We've expressed our strong conviction that Al-Begrahi should serve out the remainder - the entirety - of his sentence in a Scottish prison."

Al-Megrahi was ordered in 2001 to serve 27 years in prison for the bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, but was freed on Aug. 20 of last year on compassionate grounds. He was said to suffer from cancer and had just months to live.

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[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Maybe I was wrong about the Reagan thing...

[louis-t]

2. Yeah, just try to find him.

I think the Scots were duped.

[GodlessBiker]

3. From a bad batch of haggis, perhaps. Does funny things to you.

[frylock]

4. how about a retrial instead?

of course, that might prove to be a little embarrassing for the us intel apparatus.

[dipsydoodle]

8. Yup

That's what's needed and it wouldn't even need his attendance - could be done by video link.

Wouldn't take light years for the case to fold due to lack of proper evidence.

[atreides1]

5. Wow

And people say that this White House has no sense of humor!

[atreides1]

6. And if they don't?

Are we going to invade Libya too?

[Downwinder]

7. How about hearing his appeal? n/t

[dipsydoodle]

9. For that to proceed

it would need the formality of the original trial being declared a mistrial. That was curtailed only because he was set free anyway. In the event of an appeal there would be issues concerning evidence and it would quickly fold.