tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post970939888102892772..comments2024-03-15T06:02:30.623+00:00Comments on The Lockerbie Case: Damages for DEA official over Lockerbie filmRobert Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03606456028430261555noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-91219527470688825562017-01-27T01:02:14.301+00:002017-01-27T01:02:14.301+00:00My bad memory. Michael Hurley was named personall...My bad memory. Michael Hurley was named personally on multiple occasions in the film. I'm not surprised he was successful if these passages were broadcast by Channel 4. (I assume they were - my transcript is of the uncut film though, and the version C4 showed was about an hour shorter. I don't know what C4 cut.)Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849975010197698907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-35625280646732355362017-01-26T14:08:34.260+00:002017-01-26T14:08:34.260+00:00It always struck me that the Wilson suitcase, if i...It always struck me that the Wilson suitcase, if it proved anything (and of course its very existence can't be proved), showed that the drug shipment hadn't been switched for anything. I have a transcript of The Maltese Double Cross, I'll need to check it to see exactly what they said about Hurley.<br /><br />I have no idea what Juval Aviv was up to. The story he tells seems incredible, the details of car hires and so on that he gave didn't check out, and although he claims to have had a videotape showing the switch he says he gave it to the CIA or somebody and it has vanished. You could copy videotapes even in 1989 you know.<br /><br />And whatever he did or didn't see, the bomb suitcase wasn't on the feeder flight anyway.Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16206952819245786811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-4057411215924720322017-01-26T09:14:59.521+00:002017-01-26T09:14:59.521+00:00The DEA's front company in Cyprus - "Eura...The DEA's front company in Cyprus - "Eurame" did indeed exist, and Hurley was the head man. The controlled system of drug shipments did indeed exist, and John Mosey's meetings with farmer Jim Wilson were pretty good evidence that a consignment of drugs was on the Lockerbie plane. <br /><br />But there was no proof that the Wilson drug suitcase came from Hurley and Eurame. And the theory promoted by Juval Aviv and others that a drug suitcase was switched by the Jibril group for one containing a bomb was unproven.<br /><br />Hence, Hurley had a strong case for claiming damages. Tough for Channel 4, but that's the way it was.About us ...https://www.blogger.com/profile/10861835905210461367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-40266615391754601532017-01-25T07:45:17.988+00:002017-01-25T07:45:17.988+00:00I never knew that! So Channel 4 had to pay out in ...I never knew that! So Channel 4 had to pay out in spite of all the checking they did (as recounted in that article by Lesley Riddoch) and only broadcasting an edited version of the film.<br /><br />I'm slightly surprised Michael Hurley got damages personally as I don't even remember him being named in the film let alone blamed.Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849975010197698907noreply@blogger.com