[NYTr] Lockerbie, Lindauer & the CIA
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The Guardian - March 15, 2004
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1169602,00.html
Lockerbie father fears jailed man is innocent
by Alexis Akwagyiram
A Lockerbie campaigner whose daughter was killed in the bombing has
revealed that he met the wife of the Libyan security agent convicted
of the atrocity because he now believes the man is innocent.
Jim Swire, who helped secure Abdel Baset al Megrahi's conviction, said
he arranged the meeting in Glasgow because he harbours a sense of
guilt.
Megrahi's wife Aisha, 41, lives with their four children in Glasgow to
be near her husband, who is being held in HMP Barlinnie.
Al Megrahi was found guilty in 2001 of the 1988 bombing and sentenced
to life imprisonment by a specially convened Scottish court in the
Netherlands.
Dr Swire, whose daughter Flora was on the flight, said: "I told her
[Aisha] I fear I may have played an important part in a miscarriage of
justice.
"I told her I hoped there would be a new appeal and of my guilt over
what has happened to her husband, who I believe is innocent".
Dr Swire, 67, the head of the organisation which represents the
families of UK victims, added: "I don't agree with the verdict of the
Scottish court but we must accept it until they decide different."
(c) Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004
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Joseph Cannon Comments:
I am covering the Susan Lindauer affair in my blog, Cannonfire. This
affair is fishier than Sea World.
Lindauer's broadcast denials, which she delivered as she was being
"led away" (as they say) struck me as persuasive.
This whole business struck me with such a profound sense of deja vu.
Anyone else out there recall the George Galloway affair?
Galloway is a (VERY) left-wing MP in Britain. Last year, the Christian
Science Monitor published a story, based on documentation found in
Iraq, claiming that Galloway had received money from Saddam Hussein.
The documentation behind this report later turned out to be forged.
For most people, the matter ended there. But it shouldn't have.
Forgeries don't make themselves. This particular put-up job was, by
all accounts, a very clever business, apparently done by pros.
Winners write the history. The winners of the Iraq war may be intent
on writing history in such a way as to eradicate enemies.
I have no idea if Lindauer's present predicament has any linkage to
her previous involvement in the Lockerbie affair. (I give excerpts of
her testimony on my site.) But one cannot rule out the notion.
I was particularly bothered by today's New York Times account, which
refered to Lindauer's contact, Dr. Fuisz, as a mere "businessman."
The NYT refused even to mention Lindauer's claim that he was CIA. That
claim would seem to be borne out by the fact that he was forbidden by
law to testify at the Lockerbie trial.
Lindauer may have come close to upsetting the apple cart vis-a-vis the
warming relations between Libya and the United States. Motive for a
frame-up?
Cannonfire can be found at http://cannonfire.blogspot.com
Joseph Cannon
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