White House backed release of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi

[GSLevel9]

expect this to be next weeks "scandal" de jour... from the mainstream corporate media.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/white-house-backed-release-of-lockerbie-bomber-abdel-baset-al-megrahi/story-e6frg6so-1225896741041

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.

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.

here we go again...

:sarcasm:

[babylonsister]

1. theaustrailian is mainstream corporate media? Guess who

runs it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Australian


The Australian is published by News Limited, an asset of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation,

[GSLevel9]

2. exactly....and guess which network (s) will run with it next week? nt

[Dennis Donovan]

3. An article full of weasel words by the very-conservative "The Australian" newspaper?

Come back with actual proof, and welcome to DU...

[GSLevel9]

4. dude...

I don't care if the story is run by Little Oak High School journalism department...

this story will be red-meat in the coming week from all the predictable sources.

[Dennis Donovan]

5. dude... faux still reports birther stories followed by question marks...

Only they will report this and only the teabaggers will care.:eyes:

[bluestateguy]

6. This has already been dubunked as false

nt

[GSLevel9]

8. that would be quick...

the story came out today and Google says there are 1077 related stories from 7/25/2010.

[ProSense]

9. Do you think it's true? n/t

[GSLevel9]

10. unfortunately...

the "truth" no longer matters. 25 million people go to the water cooler and repeat it and it's as good as true.

"if" it were true I would have a problem with it...

Look at the pct of the population that believes Obama is not a US citizen. What is it, 30%?

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it..."

[ProSense]

11. "Look at the pct of the population that believes Obama is not a US citizen. What is it, 30%?"

Yes, we write those people off as a group of grossly misinformed people, which includes a few conspiracy nutcases.

You're not going to change Orly's mind, she's beyond help.

Unfortunately, posting this with the headline as if it's news doesn't help.

[GSLevel9]

14. I'll go a step further.

I think it's people who so hate Obama that they subscribe to the theory as a sign of their hatred. We, in 2010 THINK we live in a healed nation where race has become a non-issue... but in reality, we're about 3 steps away from 1957.

[ProSense]

15. Like I said

lunatics.

"We, in 2010 THINK we live in a healed nation where race has become a non-issue... "

No, we actually don't think that.

[ProSense]

12. And another thing

the RW has been screaming "Obama knew" since last year, nothing new about that.

[Raine1967]

16. Some people ARE quick. It's not true.

Try this: http://www.thepoliticalcarnival.net/2010/07/pre-emptive-strike-debunking-the-rights-next-smeary-lie-infested-talking-point/

[impik]

7. What a load of crap

[Joe Chi Minh]

13. It's well-known that the evidence against Megrahi didn't stack up. The

Iranians (and possibly other Arabic countries) are widely believed to have been behind it, in retaliation for the shooting down of an Iranian airliner carrying 290 passengers, by the USS Vincennes, allegedly by accident. But it wasn't (geo)politic to accuse Iran or Syria at that time.

[Raine1967]

17. No -- the WH did not.

You might want to take a look over at little Green Footballs, of all sights. <-- I know, I know....

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/36829_The_Self-...


Do a little more research when you google. It's not true.