THE DISGRACE CONTINUES - AT 10:09 A.M. ET:  Even though America lost more citizens than any other country in the Lockerbie bombing of Pan Am 103, it has been the British press, not ours, that has relentlessly pursued the story of why the Lockerbie bomber was recently freed and sent back to his native Libya.  We now know, based on British reporting, that money was indeed a factor - trade deals with Libya - even though the publicly stated reason for the release was compassion, that the bomber is dying of cancer.

Now, even the compassion argument is being blown up.  Apparently, the medical reports were bought and paid for.  Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi alerts us to this:  Britain's Telegraph reports:

The British, Scottish and Libyan governments connived to free Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds The Sunday Telegraph can disclose.

Medical evidence that helped Megrahi, 57, to be released was paid for by the Libyan government, which encouraged three doctors to say he had only three months to live.

The life expectancy of Megrahi was crucial because, under Scottish rules, prisoners can be freed on compassionate grounds only if they are considered to have this amount of time, or less, to live.

And...

Professor Karol Sikora, one of the examining doctors and the medical director of CancerPartnersUK in London, told The Sunday Telegraph: “The figure of three months was suggested as being helpful [by the Libyans]..."

COMMENT:  Nice, huh?  And our government's response?  Aside from some initial, and very muted, grumbling, there hasn't been much.  Another part of our "outreach," presumably, to the Muslim world.

Makes you proud of your government, doesn't it?

September 6, 2009