Here is the US State Dept. 8/12/09 letter to the Scottish authorities. What it really means....
The US letter says "We understand that Scottish law permits [release on compassionate grounds]." NOTE: Permits--not requires. The US then said that while it opposed release it preferred compassionate release to be with the bomber staying in Scotland, that he not be welcomed home as a hero.
So, what do we learn? First, that Scotland thinks the perpetrator of a deliberate, long-planned act of mass murder that killed more than one quarter of a thousand innocent people nonetheless merited release, on compassionate grounds. Second, that the US government lodged what amounted to a pro forma objection--not the strong objection coupled with possible punitive measures it might have lodged.
LFTC, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Foreign Policy, Conservative Politics
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