Justice is the casualty in this Britain of secrets

Here is an excerpt from an article with this title by Ian Bell in today's issue of The Herald:

"The IPCC [Independent Police Complaints Commission] will not now be taking action against four Met officers for their roles in the killing of [Jean Charles] De Menezes. As with Omagh, no-one is being held to account. Combine crude with legal, and you could say this: no-one did it. Yet, in the matter of Lockerbie, the biggest atrocity of all in these islands, we are offered the surreal converse: officially, one man did it. Except, of course, he did not.

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi will be plucked from Scottish justice, and from his belated exoneration, in a deal whose existence was denied by our former Prime Minister while the Crown, citing a public interest it will not define, withholds a key document from a Scottish court. The document might demonstrate a miscarriage of justice. A reasonable person will ask, such being the case, why the Crown has elected to obstruct a court.

The truth is known to some, but not granted to all. On what authority? In each of these cases, judges have proved impotent and justice has been denied, blatantly, shamelessly. A pattern does not prove a theory. It certainly does not prove conspiracy. But this secret Britain has begun to stink, and stink badly."

See http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/features/display.var.1923252.0.Justice_is_the_casualty_in_this_Britain_of_secrets.php

As far as I am aware, the prisoner transfer agreement concluded between the Westminster Government and Libya does not exclude Mr Megrahi. But the ultimate decision, if any application for repatriation were made, would rest with the Scottish Ministers. I would be surprised if any behind-the-scenes arrangement to transfer Mr Megrahi had been arrived at with them. But, of course, I could be wrong. Otherwise, I find it difficult to dissent from Ian Bell's sentiments.