[This is the headline over a letter from Iain McKie published in today’s edition of The Scotsman. It reads as follows:]
The effects of the explosion of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988 reverberated across Scotland and the world and many hoped that when Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi was found guilty of the atrocity in 2001 that healing could start, comforted by the fact that Scotland’s justice system had served the 270 victims and their families well.
Unfortunately, as the 25th anniversary of the tragedy approaches, your latest revelations (...) only serve to highlight just what a miscarriage of injustice this was.
I follow the logic that “the explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct”. It is not the complex legal, political and forensic “facts” about the case that convince but the “simple” ones.
At the Camp Zeist trial the “star” prosecution witness, Tony Gauci, identified Megrahi as the person who had purchased clothes in his shop in Malta which were identified as having been packed in the suitcase containing the bomb which destroyed the aircraft.
To this end over many years Mr Gauci was interviewed more than 50 times and produced over 20 different statements before he arrived at his eventual “identification” for the court.
Conclusive documentary and witness evidence now proves that since 1989 Mr Gauci had regularly expressed an interest in monetary reward for giving evidence at the trial and that eventually he was paid $2 million with the full knowledge of the UK and Scottish authorities.
Forget the complexities. I would be interested in hearing from anyone who can, from these simple facts, come to any conclusion other than Mr Gauci’s evidence is so seriously compromised as to be worthless and that, as a result, a critical plank of the prosecution case is left without a shred of credibility.
Logic would also appear to dictate that our Scottish Government seeks an immediate inquiry into why prevarication and procrastination have become the default position of the authorities for nearly 25 years.
The effects of the explosion of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988 reverberated across Scotland and the world and many hoped that when Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi was found guilty of the atrocity in 2001 that healing could start, comforted by the fact that Scotland’s justice system had served the 270 victims and their families well.
Unfortunately, as the 25th anniversary of the tragedy approaches, your latest revelations (...) only serve to highlight just what a miscarriage of injustice this was.
I follow the logic that “the explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct”. It is not the complex legal, political and forensic “facts” about the case that convince but the “simple” ones.
At the Camp Zeist trial the “star” prosecution witness, Tony Gauci, identified Megrahi as the person who had purchased clothes in his shop in Malta which were identified as having been packed in the suitcase containing the bomb which destroyed the aircraft.
To this end over many years Mr Gauci was interviewed more than 50 times and produced over 20 different statements before he arrived at his eventual “identification” for the court.
Conclusive documentary and witness evidence now proves that since 1989 Mr Gauci had regularly expressed an interest in monetary reward for giving evidence at the trial and that eventually he was paid $2 million with the full knowledge of the UK and Scottish authorities.
Forget the complexities. I would be interested in hearing from anyone who can, from these simple facts, come to any conclusion other than Mr Gauci’s evidence is so seriously compromised as to be worthless and that, as a result, a critical plank of the prosecution case is left without a shred of credibility.
Logic would also appear to dictate that our Scottish Government seeks an immediate inquiry into why prevarication and procrastination have become the default position of the authorities for nearly 25 years.
MISSION LIFE WITH LOCKERBIE, 2013 -- Go on ground to new facts...
ReplyDeleteAfter examining several hundred police documents by Swiss (ex BUPO) - there are new questions.
Because of legal version only in German language.
Entitled inquiry to the Scottish Police 'Lockerbie Investigation Operational Team'
Michael Dalgleish
Detective Superintendent Police Scotland
Specialist Crime Divisio, Division 14 HQ
Dumfries DG1 1PZ, SCOTLAND
1.) Wurden die Kleider von Gauci's (Mary House) durch Agent Hassan Badri (ABH) in die Schweiz gebracht, welche von Edwin Bollier, am 18. Dezember 1988, im Auftrag von Badri, in einem braunen Koffer, nach Tripoli überbracht wurden ?
2.) Wurden die "Gauci Kleider" später aus Tripoli, von (unbekannt) nach Great Britain gebracht und in Scotland für einen "Beweis-Betrug" in der "Lockerbie-Affäre", gegen Libyen und Abdelbaset al Megrahi missbraucht ?
Nach einem Meeting in der US-Botschaft in Bern, am 17. 01. 1991, wurde ich, Edwin Bollier (MEBO Ltd) von den schweizerischen 'BUPO' Kommissaren Knaus und Flückiger, in ihr Office eingeladen.
Dort wurde mir von Kom. Flückiger u.a. mein damaliges Flugticket vom 18. 12. 1988 (nach Tripoli) vorgelegt. Flückiger verwies mich auf den Eintrag eines "Bag", von 19 kg. Ich erklärte ihm, was er bereits aus früheren Einvernahmen wusste, dass es sich bei diesem "Bag" um den braunen Koffer mit Kleidern handelte (für einen Freund bestimmt) welcher Hassan Badri (ABH) mir auf den Flug nach Tripoli übergeben hatte.
Auf die Frage ob ich wisse wo diese Kleider gekauft wurden, machte ich (Bollier) den Vorschlag für eine klare Antwort, Hassan Badri, nach Zürich einzuladen...
In diesem Zusammenhang taucht heute eine neue Frage auf:
Wieso wurde bei diesem Treffen mit Kommissar Flückiger, Edwin Bollier massiv nahegelegt - Hassan Badri nicht in die Schweiz einzuladen, ansonsten Hassan Badri verhaftet würde ?
Bei einer Akteneinsicht am (22. 08.2013) bei der Bundesanwaltschaft in Bern stellte ich (Bollier) fest, dass Hassan Badri kurze Zeit nach meinem Besuch 1991, bei P. Flückiger in Bern zu Besuch war (sign) !
Badri wurde nicht verhaftet... Er bekam weiterhin Visa's für die Schweiz.
Heute frage ich mich ob Hassan Badri die Kleider inkl. Koffer, am 14. 12. 1988, von Malta aus, zu Bollier gebracht hatte, weil Badri zu diesem Zeitpunkt von Malta in die Schweiz eingereist war ?
Wollte die 'BUPO' mit Agent Badri, aus gewissen Gründen, kein Befragungsprotokoll über diese Kleider Angelegenheit führen ?
Auf dem Telefonüberwachungs Protokoll vom 19. 01. 1991, von (BUPO/F, TK MEBO/BOLLIER) - ausgewertet aus Tonbandaufzeichnungen, wird lückenhaft - nur folgendes verkürzt geschrieben: BOLLIER tel. BADRI nach Tripolis 621 515, ein 'Ledercase' wird von Bo erwähnt. Bo warnt Badri in die Schweiz zu kommen !
Protokoll Nr. 376 (Gespräch auf Tonband) Auftrag BA: Unterhalten sich über Polizeiermittlungen betrifft Bollier - Badri Libyen - Koffer mit Kleidern aus Malta etc.
BA Protokoll Nr. 373 (auf Tonband engl. gesprochen): Bollier erinnert Badri daran, er habe mal ein Ledercase für B. in die Schweiz gebracht. Badri will sich nicht daran erinnern, hat Ausflüchte. Bollier warnt Badri in die Schweiz zu kommen, die Polizei sei bei Bollier gewesen.
Diese Angelegenheit ist äusserst dubios und muss erneut über internationale Rechtshilfe näher überprüftt werden !
by Edwin Bollier, MEBO Ltd. Telecommunication Switzerland. Webpage: www.lockerbie.ch