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Monthly Archives: December 2013
A letter to The Times and a response from Magnus Linklater
Below is an unpublished letter, which I wrote to The Times in response to Magnus Linklater’s article of 21 December (to which I responded at greater length in an open letter). It provoked a response from Mr Linklater, which I … Continue reading
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Tagged conspiracy theorist, Lockerbie, Magnus Linklater, Megrahi, the Times
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Another open letter to Magnus Linklater
Dear Magnus, More than two months ago I wrote you an open letter and invited your response. You promised that you would, but, so far, you have not. Yesterday you wrote another commentary piece for the Scottish edition of The … Continue reading
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Tagged Lockerbie, Magnus Linklater, Megrahi, SCCRC, the Times
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Released today: the Fuisz files
I am today releasing remarkable documents, which reveal that senior Syrian sources were telling a deepcover CIA agent as late as 1995 that the Syrian based group the PFLP-GC was to blame for Lockerbie. The documents feature in tonight’s Channel 4 … Continue reading
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Tagged Channel 4 News, CIA, Fuisz, Jibril, Libya, Lockerbie, Megrahi, PFLP-GC, Syrian government
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Press reease for tonight’s Channel 4 News Lockerbie report
There follows the text of a press release issued this afternoon by Channel 4 News. I shall be releasing the documents upon which the report is based on this blog at 7.30 pm. REVEALED: Secret CIA testimony identifies true Lockerbie … Continue reading
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Tagged Channel 4 News, CIA, Jibril, Lockerbie, Megrahi, PFLP-GC, Richard Fuisz, Syria
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More on tonight’s Channel 4 News Lockerbie report
The following text has just appeared on the Channel 4 News website: New documents reveal that both high-level Syrian officials and the CIA independently stated that a Syrian-based Palestinian group, not Libya, was responsible for the Lockerbie bombing. An exclusive … Continue reading
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Major new Lockerbie revelations in Channel 4 News report to be broadcast tonight
Channel 4 News will tonight reveal major new evidence about the real Lockerbie bombers. The report, by Julian Rush, which I produced, will also include a critique of the Scottish authorities by two influential MSPs and an important interview with … Continue reading
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Libya’s justice minister speaks
Libya’s justice minister, Salah al-Marghani, has told ITV news that British and American authorities will be allowed to question Gadafy’s former intelligence chief Abdullah Sennusi about Lockerbie. He said: ‘What we are working on is finalising the arrangements for this … Continue reading
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The misreporting of Operation Bird
A number of press reports on Operation Bird, including the original one published by Exaro news and the one in today’s Scotsman, claim that the Bird investigation would have been central to Abdelbaset’s second appeal. This is completely untrue. The … Continue reading
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Operation Bird – some words of caution
Today’s media contains a number of articles about an investigation codenamed Operation Bird, which was carried out by a firm called Forensic Investigative Associates, on behalf of Abdelbaset’s defence team prior to his first appeal. The main articles, by the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Talb, Dalkamoni, Lockerbie, Operation Bird, PFLP-GC, SCCRC
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Nelson Mendela’s message to Megrahi
Nelson Mandela visited Abdelbaset al-Megrahi in Barlinnie prison on 10 June 2002. Here is Abdelbaset’s account of the visit and below it a photo of the two men together and one of the inscription that Mr Mandela wrote in an … Continue reading
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