The Lockerbie Bomber Release From Jail -- The Fallout

Abdel Basset Ali Megrahi, 57, who has prostate cancer, returned to his native Libya last month. (Channel 4 News / August 31, 2009)

How The Stonewall Of Lockerbie Crumbled Under A Mound Of Paper -- Times Online

While much of the world shuddered when the Lockerbie bomber returned as a hero in Libya, the Government ramained strangely silent.

Much of the world shuddered at the sight of the man convicted of Britain’s worst terrorist atrocity being feted as a hero on his return to Libya last month.

The Government, however, remained strangely silent. Apart from suggesting the welcoming ceremony for the Lockerbie bomber was in poor taste, Gordon Brown and David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, refused to express any view on the release of cancer-stricken Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi from Greenock Prison on compassionate grounds. It was, they insisted, solely a matter for the devolved Scottish government.

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More News On The Fallout From The Release Of the Lockerbie Bomber

Lockerbie paper trail leads to Gordon Brown -- Times Online
Business chief Lord Trefgarne urged MacAskill to release al-Megrahi -- Times Online
Analysis: Gordon Brown's Lockerbie view is an explosive revelation -- Times Online
Ministers encouraged Megrahi release, documents show -- The Telegraph
What do Libyan documents tell us? -- BBC
Britain Releases Documents on Libyan’s Release -- New York Times
Libya threatened U.K. on Lockerbie bomber, notes show -- CNN
Scotland still defending release of Lockerbie bomber -- L.A. Times
Letters released on Megrahi release -- Al Jazeera
Lockerbie bomber: I prayed to 'see my parents before I die' -- CNN
Minister let slip that Gordon Brown would not want Megrahi to die in prison -- The Guardian
Cameron calls for Lockerbie inquiry -- BBC
Fair Is Foul in Scotland -- Tod Lindberg, Weekly Standard opinion
Special Relationship. Passed away 2009. RIP -- Rachel Sylvester, The Times opinion
A Catalogue of Errors that Shames the UK -- David Cameron, The Times opinion
Gordon Brown's Prisoner Dilemma -- Wall Street Journal editorial.