Posted on 01/31/2011 3:16:23 PM PST by sunmars
Ministers secretly advised Muammar Gaddafi’s Libyan regime how to secure the successful early release of the Lockerbie bomber, documents obtained by The Daily Telegraph have disclosed.
A Foreign Office minister sent Libyan officials detailed legal advice on how to use Abdelbaset al-Megrahi’s cancer diagnosis to ensure he was released from a Scottish prison on compassionate grounds.
The Duke of York is also said to have played a behind-the-scenes role in encouraging the terrorist’s release.
The Libyans closely followed the advice which led to the controversial release of Megrahi – who was convicted of the murder of 270 passengers on Pan Am Flight 103 – within months of the Foreign Office’s secret intervention.
The disclosure seriously undermines British Government claims that is was not complicit in the release of al-Megrahi, and that the decision to free the convicted terrorist was taken by the Scottish Executive alone.
It will also lead to renewed pressure from senior American politicians on David Cameron to release all internal documents detailing Britain’s role in the scandal. Last summer, the Prime Minister pledged to release the relevant information – but the publication has yet to occur sparking fears that a cover-up may have been ordered.
The Daily Telegraph today publishes more than 480 American documents detailing international relations with the Libyan regime over the past three years.
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no,,, but if the king had secret agreements that hitler should target American bases and leave london alone,,, you should. They do not have a right to conceal treachery. Unless you equate helping a mass murderer go free with keeping D-day secret,,, silly trite argument.
Assange is a narcissistic drama queen, but this stuff shows that our governments really are being run by a bunch of evil people.
He's doing it because he loves America and want to keep her safe. /sarc
We like the leaks that serve our cause. Mark my words, Wikileaks will hurt our country and may end up getting people you love killed.
Intelligence is meant for those we entrust it to.
It's not a perfect system but it's all we got.
If I was King, Assange and Manning would have had their necks stretched after a very brief trial.
Hell, these two homos only did it all as blackmail for the repeal DADT and Obama ending up giving that away for free.
This whole thing will be looked back upon as a sad moment in our history.
Don't like your premise. You assume I'm against Hitler. My argument stands.
Might as well. They know it's coming. They just don't know what day or what beach(es). The Germans have heard all kinds of stories and they have to sort through the misinformation to pick the right one.
So what did our admin do to aid and abet?
Soooooo,,,,, are you not against hitler? You’re fight,,, I did assume any save person is against hitler. Crazy me,,
Hitler had some allies in Spain. The D-Day planners took a cadaver, put some documents on him to indicate where and when the invasion would be and let the body land ashore in Spain. The info was taken to the Germans and based on that info, Hitler set orders for fortifications way north of the actual invasion point.
They weren’t stupid. They practiced counterespionage techniques and gave out misinformation. Hey, they might even have mention Normandy as an alternative. The Germans certainly thought Normandy was an alternative.
But, these leaks are different. They show that the people in the US and UK governments are doing some dirty deals and they are trying to keep secrets from the public.
What national security is threatened by exposing how Hillary Clinton tried to buy support for the Global Warming Copenhagen treaty to enslave American taxpayers?
amen,,, what you said
I don't know, but I'm sure the orthodox FReeper response is "I hope the government murders enough foreign nationals before they can release the details on how corrupt it is. Too much information about the evils our government does in the hands of the people is dangerous.".
lol,,, so true
Yes, I am torn between wanting to see him hanged and wanting to give him a medal.
Let’s not forget Obama’s letter suggesting he wouldn’t be averse to the release on compassionate grounds.
Yes. I never thought I'd say this. Thank God for the wikileaks.
Dude, I guarantee that you are seeing from wiki exactly what "governments" want you to see.....get a grip and get a clue.....
Whaddiya think.... might Hillary’s huge mass meeting of the embassy heads have something to do with Wikileak documents about Mubarak and the Muslim Brotherhood ... or maybe, even worse?
They would not even considered this if Obama told them he would fight it vigorously and retaliate diplomatically and economically.
Of course, for that to have happened, you would need to have a US President that loved the US more than Islam.
No kidding. They learned it from the Germans.
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