Did Obama Know About Release of Convicted Terrorist?

NewsReal Blog ^ | August 31, 2009 | David Swindle

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On August 24 Claude Cartaginese reported for NewsReal about the recent hugely controversial release of a terrorist in Great Britain:

On December 21, 1988, Libyan intelligence agent Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi, acting on instructions from Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qadaffi, placed a bomb on board Pan Am Flight 103, destroying the plane in flight. The blast killed 270 people, including all 243 passengers (189 of whom were American), 16 crew members, and 11 people on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland.

After being sheltered for years by the Libyans, al-Megrahi was finally convicted of the crime in 2001 and sentenced to life imprisonment. After serving the equivalent of 11 days in prison for each victim, this mass murderer, now suffering from prostate cancer, was released by Scotland on “humanitarian” grounds. He arrived back in Libya, Amy Goodman reported on Democracy Now!, maintaining his innocence. In fact, Goodman’s report was a most sympathetic one...

The decision has been devastating for Gordon Brown's government in Great Britain, with condemnations coming from all over the world.

The scandal has yet to touch President Obama. But historian Ron Radosh expressed some thoughtful questions over at his blog at Pajamas Media:

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I have no doubt that bo probably just asked them not to make big deal of it, which they then did.
That’s probably what bo was upset about. What a creep!!