Category Archives: Lockerbie

Lockerbie — Was Megrahi a Libyan Intelligence Officer?

“Abdelbaset al-Megrahi (1 April 1952 – 20 May 2012) was a Libyan who was head of security for Libyan Arab Airlines, director of the Centre for Strategic Studies in Tripoli, Libya, and an alleged Libyan intelligence officer.” Abdelbaset al-Megrahi — … Continue reading

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Lockerbie — Trial Start Delayed by COVID-19

“We are in discussion with the court about when we might have a hearing, and we anticipate that things will be clearer in May [2020] on the basis that lockdown provisions in Scotland will continue for at least the next … Continue reading

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FBI : “There is no clue or piece of information too small.” [Lockerbie]

“The #FBI is seeking information about this image (…) Do you notice something familiar? There is no clue or piece of information too small.” FBI Tweet (April 4 2020) “Special photography techniques were utilized on specimen K-1 to identify the … Continue reading

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Lockerbie — Diabolical Endgame — Part II : Chronicle of an Injustice Foretold

“The Devil’s cleverest wile is to make men believe that he does not exist.” Charles Baudelaire — “Le Joueur Généreux” (Le Figaro –1864) March 25 2020 — When it comes to the Lockerbie Affair, nothing is ever what it seems. … Continue reading

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Lockerbie — Diabolical Endgame — Part I : SCCRC & The Grounds of Appeal [UPDATE — Kenny MacAskill : New trial will not provide closure on Lockerbie.]

“The Devil’s cleverest wile is to make men believe that he does not exist.” Charles Baudelaire — “Le Joueur Généreux” (Le Figaro –1864) On March 11 2020, the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission [SCCRC] decided to refer the Lockerbie case … Continue reading

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Lockerbie — Diabolical Endgame [Part I : SCCRC & The Grounds of Appeal]

“The Devil’s cleverest wile is to make men believe that he does not exist.” Charles Baudelaire — “Le Joueur Généreux” (Le Figaro –1864) On March 11 2020, the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission [SCCRC] decided to refer the Lockerbie case … Continue reading

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Lockerbie — SCCRC Refers Case Back to Court

“Thus, I do not see what use there is in those mills of the gods said to grind so late as to render punishment hard to be recognized, and to make wickedness fearless.” Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea — On … Continue reading

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50 Years Ago — Remembering Swissair Flight 330 (February 21 1970)

“330 is going down. Goodbye everybody.” Co-pilot Armand Etienne — February 21 1970 1:34 “Bern threw a ‘cloak of silence’ over the case.” Swiss Investigator Robert Akeret “The secret deal was ‘immoral’ and in breach of legal principles, but it … Continue reading

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Flashback — Intel Today : “Lockerbie Witnesses Were Paid”

‘”I can assure you that no witnesses were ever offered any money by anyone–including the CIA. This issue came up at trial and I spoke with the defense lawyers about it in Edinburgh in 1999 — before trial. No one … Continue reading

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Lockerbie & the Glorious “Conspiracy Theorists” [103 Quotes from a Few Good Men]

“On a huge hill, Cragged and steep, Truth stands, and hee that will Reach her, about must, and about must goe; And what the hills suddenness resists, winne so; Yet strive so, that before age, deaths twilight, Thy Soule rest, … Continue reading

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