Topic: Abdel Basset al-Megrahi

US senator from NJ solicits help from insiders with info on Lockerbie bomber's releaseA U.S. senator from New Jersey is hoping someone with information about the release of the convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber will talk.Robert Menendez is asking whistle-blowers to ...
Obama welcomes additional information on release of Lockerbie bomberPresident Barack Obama says he welcomes any additional information about what led to the decision to free the Lockerbie bomber from jail last year and send him home to Libya.The Obama administration has asked ...

Obama disappointed in release of Lockerbie bomber

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama expressed his disappointment to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday at Scotland's release of a Libyan prisoner convicted in the Lockerbie bombing, the White House said.Obama and Brown spoke by telephone to discuss preparations for ...

Editorial Roundup

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: It also has a duty to make sure the nation's veterans get the best care and service the federal government can deliver.Those obligations require Congress to take a look at ...
Disgruntled Obama calls Lockerbie bomber's elaborate Libyan homecoming 'highly objectionable'President Barack Obama on Friday called the elaborate Libyan homecoming for the freed Lockerbie bomber " "Obama commented before departing the White House for a weekend at Camp David, Md.Asked after issuing a ...
White House calls Lockerbie bomber's elaborate homecoming 'outrageous and disgusting'White House is condemning the elaborate homecoming the freed Lockerbie bomber received in Libya.Spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday that the images of a jubilant, flag-waving crowd greeting Abdel Baset al-Megrahi in Tripoli were ...
Obama warns Libya against splashy welcome for Lockerbie bomber, who gets one anywayPresident Barack Obama urged Libya not to give a hero's welcome to the convicted perpetrator of the Pan Am 103 bombing, who was released from a Scottish prison Thursday over ...