Monthly Archives: March 2012

Yesterday afternoon the Crown Office issued the following press release, which included a letter from the Lord Advocate to the SCCRC. The Crown Office knows more than it is saying and, in my view, this is a panic measure.   … Continue reading →

I’ve just been sent a short article, which appeared in last Friday’s edition of the Scottish Daily Mail, on page 42, under the headline Megrahi book is a publishing flop.  It reads: The Lockerbie bomber’s ‘deathbed memoirs’ have been a … Continue reading →

The latest issue of Private Eye carries the following article, under the headline Source sauce, about the BBC’s recent tawdry scoop on Abdelbaset’s private life.   The BBC has failed to protect its journalistic sources over its recent “revelation” about … Continue reading →

As the Times is now behind a paywall, much of its content remains under the radar. So it was with an opinion piece written by the late Paul McBride QC, published on the day of the book’s publication, 28 February, … Continue reading →

On 18 March Scotland on Sunday ran an article headlined Megrahi probe ‘failed to speak to FBI agents’, which reported criticisms of the SCCRC by FBI officers Oliver ‘Buck’ Revell and Richard Marquise. It states: Oliver “Buck” Revell, the former … Continue reading →

I’ve just been sent a copy of the front page splash from last Sunday’s Scottish edition of the Sunday Times, headlined Lockerbie conspiracies demolished. It’s a classic of its kind: recycled information masquerading as news, based on a false predicate.  … Continue reading →

The latest issue of the New Statesman carries the following article by me under the headline Still no justice for Megrahi   The killing of 270 people on 21 December 1988, when a bomb destroyed the New York bound Pan … Continue reading →

The Herald today runs an article by political editor Brian Currie under the headline Crown’s actions in Megrahi case face scrutiny. Is it too much to hope that the Crown will be fully held to account for its appalling failures … Continue reading →

Below is the original text of a long article that appeared yesterday on the Herald’s website a under the headline Lockerbie Revealed: other key findings from ‘secret’ report. It’s a fuller version of the one headed The other prime suspects … Continue reading →

The Herald has just published a further article by me about the shortcomings of the SCCRC report.   Report fails to address crucial evidence THE 821-page SCCRC report is impressively detailed and argued, but important areas of evidence remain untouched … Continue reading →