MSPs write to US and UK over bomber release
A HOLYROOD committee has agreed to write to the US and UK Governments as part of its inquiry into the release of the Lockerbie bomber.
The justice committee will request information from London and Washington about both governments' understanding of a prisoner-transfer agreement between Libya and the UK signed by Tony Blair. Justice secretary Kenny MacAskill rejected the transfer of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al-Megrahi, who has terminal cancer, and released him on compassionate grounds.
Committee convener Bill Aitken said: "Whether anything might come out of that remains to be seen but we should at least try."
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