Brits: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton knew about decision to release Lockerbie bomber
If this Daily Mail piece is true, then Barack Obama lied about not signing off on the release of the Muslim terrorist who took down Pan Am flight 103, killing 270 people.
From the Daily Mail article:
British officials claim Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton were kept informed at all stages of discussions [...]
Lockerbie Bomber Release: What Did Obama Approve, and When Did He Approve It?
Blogger DRJ on powerhouse blogsite Patterico’s Pontifications links to an important article; but I think she missed one of its major implications.
She linked to an article in the UK Daily Mail, “No.10 turns on Obama and Clinton for criticising decision to release Lockerbie bomber,” focusing on the damage this contretemps is doing to our special [...]
The Brits Take the Gloves Off
With more politesse than is perhaps warranted, a “senior Whitehall aide” (Prime Minister Gordon Brown? Foreign Minister David Miliband?) has dubbed the U.S. government’s ire over the release of the Lockerbie bomber “disingenuous,” the Daily Mail reports. Statements issuing from Washington — Mr. Obama: “a mistake”; his mouthpiece: “we deeply regret”; his secretary of [...]
