Malcolm Brinded, Royal Dutch Shell Executive director of Upstream International
By John Donovan
In view of current events, it is timely to consider the real motives of the UK government’s complicity in the release of the Lockerbie bomber – a development said to be “casting a long shadow over relations between Britain and United States, where senior figures in the Obama Administration have voiced dismay over the Governments failure to take a stand.”
The White House condemned the decision by Scottish authorities to release al-Megrahi as “outrageous and disgusting. A senior US official said: “The UK has been extraordinarily silent on this issue.