tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post7569229382728010237..comments2024-03-15T06:02:30.623+00:00Comments on The Lockerbie Case: The appeal: week threeRobert Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03606456028430261555noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-91854447999655631572009-05-16T21:52:00.000+01:002009-05-16T21:52:00.000+01:00Dear Mr. Marquise,
could we establish agreement ov...Dear Mr. Marquise,<br />could we establish agreement over following points:<br />1. That it is not for an accused to present evidence that she or he is innocent. It is for the prosecution to present evidence that he or she is guilty. <br />2. Insofar it makes no judicial sense if the Crown´s representative now mourn that Mr. Megrahi didn´t explain why he was on a stopover in Malta on December 20. and 21. 1988. <br />3. That Mr. Megrahi frequently used Malta for a one-night-stopover. And frequently he used an alias-passport. Insofar the December stopover was nothing special.<br />4. That it is quite normal for secret service agents either to get diplomatic status or to use alias-passports.<br />5. That Mr. Giaka was paid before and after the trial.<br />6. That Giaka was a key witness for the prosecution.<br />7. That Giaka´s only value for the USA was to get information about the Lockerbie case.<br />8. That it would be unfair towards people like Mr. Gauci when Giaka was paid and Gauci not.<br />9. That the FBI in 1995 produced a poster showing Megrahi and Fhimah under the text “GIVE US THESE TERRORISTS. WE´LL GIVE YOU UP TO $4MILLION."Nennt mich einfach Adam!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17238191759123231681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-80272520027517213782009-05-16T17:52:00.000+01:002009-05-16T17:52:00.000+01:00Professor,I am amazed that you can call yourself a...Professor,I am amazed that you can call yourself an expert in the Lockerbie trial yet not only show a lack of general knowledge of the evidence, you have changed the facts. Although the transcript does show that airline personnel claim the LAA discount, there is no evidence that Mr. Megrahi claimed it on Dec. 20-21. Your referral to a particular page was a question of a general nature and not one which related to Mr. Megrahi filling out any hotel registration for December 20-21 in his own name. Back on page 4652 there is discussion by the witness about the registration card filled out by Mr. Abdusamad. <br />The fact remains-- your claim that "As Mr Marquise very well knows, Mr Megrahi claimed his Libyan Arab Airlines discount at the hotel on that visit, under his true name" is simply not correct.Richard Marquisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07646785486690022140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-51618549453239753402009-05-16T15:04:00.000+01:002009-05-16T15:04:00.000+01:00The evidence that Megrahi claimed the Libyan Arab ...The evidence that Megrahi claimed the Libyan Arab Airlines discount in his own name came on day 30 of the trial from witness Doreen Caruana, who worked at the Holiday Inn in Sliema. See trial transcript page 4663.Robert Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606456028430261555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-49377918804926296292009-05-16T13:55:00.000+01:002009-05-16T13:55:00.000+01:00Professor Black-- please educate me. You are righ...Professor Black-- please educate me. You are right that Mr. Megrahi did in fact claim his "discount"--in the name of Abdusamad. If you recall he denied ever being in Malta on those dates (until proven at trial). If he always denied being there, how could he have claimed his "discount" using his true name? Please show me where that information exists. If you were to look at the "evidence" it clearly shows that Mr. Megrahi did not use his true name on 12/20 or 12/21 when in Malta, but in fact used the name on his "coded" passport--Abdusamad. As Mr. Megrahi said in his television interview, "I wasn't there, maybe this name (Abdusamad) traveling I don't know. But I told you, maybe someone used this name I don't know, actually, but believe me--I wasn't there at that time. On 20 December or 21 at that time, I wasn't there, believe me, I was here in Tripoli with my family..." The facts speak for themselves and so did Mr. Megrahi.Richard Marquisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07646785486690022140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-65824033874081574512009-05-15T18:37:00.000+01:002009-05-15T18:37:00.000+01:00As Mr Marquise very well knows, Mr Megrahi claimed...As Mr Marquise very well knows, Mr Megrahi claimed his Libyan Arab Airlines discount at the hotel on that visit, under his true name.Robert Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606456028430261555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-68589135019789460322009-05-15T17:11:00.000+01:002009-05-15T17:11:00.000+01:00Hi, Richard Marquise, you surely forgot to answer ...Hi, Richard Marquise, you surely forgot to answer my further down comment on Giaka?<br />And, as an experienced FBI officer you may confirm that alias passports are commonly used by security officers of all countries and for all possible purposes. The use of alias passports is not confined to alleged terrrorists.<br />Therefore the stay of Mr. Megrahi in Malta is only a lose hint and far away from any evidence, right?<br />Expecitng your answer.Nennt mich einfach Adam!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17238191759123231681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-67178801650764902332009-05-15T14:15:00.000+01:002009-05-15T14:15:00.000+01:00On the evening of 12/20/88, Mr. Megrahi DID NOT st...On the evening of 12/20/88, Mr. Megrahi DID NOT stay at a hotel under his true name as your comment indicates. He stayed at the Holiday Inn in Malta under his "other" identity--Abdusamad--the man he said he never heard of.Richard Marquisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07646785486690022140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-34871104883141832182009-05-15T10:59:00.000+01:002009-05-15T10:59:00.000+01:00"At no stage was any significant evidence offered ..."At no stage was any significant evidence offered as to the issue or use of the passport in any innocent connection..."<br />I would have preferred had Mr. Megrahis team offered an explanation for the stay and the Abdusamad passport. That would have made things easier. <br />But in my understanding it was the prosecution that was obliged to present evidence THAT the stay and passport HAD anything to do with the Lockerbie bomb. This evidence was not presented. Instead the prosecution and thereafter the judges speculated to establish a "link" that was not established in court.<br />When Ronnie Clancy QC now demands that Mr. Megrahi´s team should offer "significant evidence" - in my view it is simply rubbish.Nennt mich einfach Adam!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17238191759123231681noreply@blogger.com