{"id":2082,"date":"2010-07-25T19:04:52","date_gmt":"2010-07-25T19:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2010-07-25T19:04:52","modified_gmt":"2010-07-25T19:04:52","slug":"embarrassing_revelations_from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=2082","title":{"rendered":"Embarrassing Revelations From The British"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Australian<\/a> is reporting today on a secret letter sent to the Scottish government by the United States regarding the release of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi (the Lockerbee bomber).  The Obama Administration had stated in the letter that releasing al-Megrahi for compassionate reasons was more acceptable than locking him up in a Libyan prison.  This was based on the assumption that al-Megrahi was suffering from prostate cancer and only had a few months to live.  <\/p>\n

According to the article:<\/p>\n

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“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.<\/em><\/p>\n

“A source close to the Senate inquiry said: “The (LeBaron) letter is embarrassing for the US because it shows they were much less opposed to compassionate release than prisoner transfer.””<\/em><\/p>\n

“Last week, a succession of British politicians – including Mr MacAskill, Mr Salmond and former justice secretary Jack Straw – delivered a diplomatic snub to the senators by refusing to fly across the Atlantic to answer questions at the Senate’s hearing on Thursday (US time) about their role in Megrahi’s release.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The British are not obligated to show up for United States Senate hearings.  I think it is a bit of arrogance to expect them to come and be grilled by Congress!  The bottom line here is that we believed what we were told and acted accordingly.  It is a shame that the families of the people killed in the Lockerbee bombing had to watch the hero’s welcome al-Megrahi received in Libya and then be told he may live another ten to twenty years.  As usual, in the area of terrorism, the Obama Administration was snookered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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