Wolf Blitzer interviews Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill

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[mattstat]

This is the transcript of the interview that was conducted by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer after Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill released the murderer Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi yesterday. The video was deemed “too controversial” and was never released. But thanks to the efforts of famed hacker trax8er (a long-time reader of this blog, apparently) we have it.

Blitzer : Thank you for agreeing to this interview, Secretary MacAskill.

MacAskill : It is my pleasure. We Scots are an open people and encourage curiosity.

Blitzer : Releasing the man-made disaster maker Mohmed al-Megrahi was a very controversial move. Can you comment on that?

MacAskill : As you know, we Scots have led enlightened thinking. Progressive thought was born in Scotland! David Hume, Robert Burns, John Playfair, Adam Ferguson…

Blitzer : Adam Smith?

MacAskill : (chuckles) Of course, everybody makes mistakes. (Blitzer heard laughing) But the point I was making: we are continuing our warm tradition of enlightened thinking by creating new forms and thoughts of justice. We are not remaining still.

Blitzer : In what ways?

MacAskill : Take al-Megrahi, who was clearly suffering. Prostate cancer! The evils of which are all too common. Progressive jurists like myself know—it is a basic human understanding, actually—that prison is not a place of suffering, and suffer al-Megrahi would have done had we forced—coerced might be a better word—him to remain in prison.

Blitzer : But what do you say to the families of the victims of al-Megrahi’s man-caused disaster?

MacAskill : I would say, I understand their loss. But—and I want to put this gently, especially since some Americans think, well, consider ...

[DManA]

MacAskill As you know, we Scots have led enlightened thinking. Progressive thought was born in Scotland! David Hume, Robert Burns, John Playfair, Adam Ferguson…

Blitzer Adam Smith?

MacAskill (chuckles) Of course, everybody makes mistakes. (Blitzer heard laughing)

Just two old commies yucking it up.

[DManA]

This is parody, right?

[mware]

—it is a basic human understanding, actually—that prison is not a place of suffering, and suffer al-Megrahi would have done had we forced—coerced might be a better word—him to remain in prison.

....no suffering is being on an airplane what is blown apart and you are hurdled down to earth.

I remember seeing a news report in the UK on an anniversary of the Lockerbie Disaster. A farmer in the area recalled that tragic night. He found a row of 3 seats on his land. In them, dead, were the bodies of 3 girls strapped in......clutching each other tightly.....and all had their fingers still crossed for ‘good luck’. I will NEVER forget that. Never.

[existtoexcel]

man-made disaster maker

He is a low life terrorist scum of the earth murdering bastard. I'm disgusted with the Scottish Gov. I doubt the people there feel so warm and fuzzie about it. Apparently Libyans are still proud of their terrorists though.