The Press and Journal, a daily newspaper published in Aberdeen and serving principally the north-east of Scotland, published on 21 February an editorial criticising the UK Government for seeking to prevent disclosure of the mysterious document to Megrahi's legal team. The article reads in part:
"Even those who do not subscribe to conspiracy theories must now have real doubts about the safety of the conviction following the rather extraordinary lengths to which Westminster is going to avoid releasing an official document which would help al Megrahi's appeal.
"Scotland's Lord Advocate, Elish Angiolini, is quite happy to hand over the document, the contents of which have not been divulged, but the move is being blocked by the UK Government, which claims it would not be in the public interest to do so. This is a strange position to take, given that al Megrahi was tried under Scottish law for a crime committed in Scotland, and creates the impression that, for some reason, the powers that be in London do not want the truth to emerge."
For the full text, see
http://www.thisisnorthscotland.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=149212&command=displayContent&sourceNode=149702&contentPK=19937714&folderPk=85910&pNodeId=149693
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