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To: kumar who wrote (4044)	8/29/2009 6:05:54 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4152

The truth never dies [I think there has been something strange about the Lockerbie disaster straight from the outset. Dr Swire, whose daughter was killed in the crash has followed the investigations closely, and he also thinks that Megrahi has nothing to do with the bombing (n+1)] theherald.co.uk The story was on the front page. theherald.co.uk /sippet "I support the issue of a public inquiry if it can be agreed. In my view, it is unfair to the victim's families that this has not been heard. It would help them to know the truth. As I said, the truth never dies. "If the UK guaranteed it, I would be very supportive. I would want to help Dr Swire and the others with the documents I hold." However, he added during an hour-long interview: "My feeling is that the UK Government will avoid a public inquiry because it would be a headache for them and the Americans and it would show how much the Americans have been involved and it would also cost them a lot of money which they may not want to spend because of the recession." Megrahi was vitriolic about the Scottish police and legal system. "I was supposed to receive a fair trial and I was supposed to be subject to fair procedure. From day one of the trial there were delays and delays from the Crown Office. "The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission found at least six grounds of appeal and said there were six grounds on which it may have been a miscarriage of justice. "From that point we asked the Crown for more documents and more papers. We received only some of them and they were still redacted. Most of the pages were black and I think this is shameful. They were supposed to give us everything." Referring to the revelation seven years ago that some of the police notebooks recording the aftermath of the tragedy had been destroyed, Megrahi said: "It is very strange that the police forces that dealt with the case - and there were more than 400 officers - it is very strange that many of their notebooks went missing. /end snippet.