Re: Lockerbie Evidence Faked by US Intelligence?
- From: "Hooda Gest" <Be@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 08:21:56 -0400
"Amused" <Amused@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Barbara Lake" <bglake@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Former police chief says Lockerbie evidence faked
> >
> > Marcello Mega
> >
> >
> >
> > Crucial new claims that could free the Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie
> > bombing have emerged via a retired Scottish police officer of high rank
> > who has told lawyers that vital evidence was fabricated.
> >
> >
> >
> > The revelation could represent the most dramatic breakthrough for the
> > legal team acting for Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al-Megrahi since his
> > conviction for mass murder in 2001.
> >
> >
> >
> > The retired officer was a member of the Association of Chief Police
> > Officers Scotland (ACPOS), and therefore achieved the rank of assistant
> > chief constable at least.
> >
> >
> >
> > He has supported the evidence provided to Megrahi's lawyers by a former
> > CIA agent that senior figures in United States intelligence wrote the
> > script to incriminate Libya for the bombing.
> >
> >
> >
> > The Scottish officer's validation of the claim gives it a credibility it
> > would not otherwise have had, given the senior rank he held.
> >
> > Sources close to Megrahi's legal team have said the retired officer
> > approached them after Megrahi's appeal, before a bench of five Scottish
> > judges, was dismissed in 2002.
> >
> >
> >
> > One source said: "He said he believed he had crucial information. A
> > meeting was set up and he gave a statement that supported the
> > long-standing rumours that the key piece of evidence, a fragment of
> > circuit board from a timing device that implicated Libya, had been
planted
> > by US agents."
> >
> >
> >
> > Asked why he had not come forward before, he admitted he had been wary
of
> > breaking ranks, afraid of being vilified. He also said that at the time
he
> > became aware of the matter, no-one really believed there would ever be a
> > trial.
> >
> >
> >
> > Dr Jim Swire, who has publicly expressed his belief in Megrahi's
> > innocence, said it was right that all relevant information should be put
> > to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. Dr Swire, whose
daughter
> > Flora was killed in the bombing, said: "It is in all our interests that
> > areas of doubt are thoroughly examined."
> >
> >
> >
> > http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1857922005
> >
> >
>
> Why would "they" fake the evidence?
Why would a lone former police official lie about this? Can't you see that
proves America is Evil and canot be trusted at all?
ho hum...
--
Hooda Gest
"Respect is difficult to win, easy to lose."
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