After months of insisting the U.S. consistently objected to the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, newly discovered memos show the U.S. did oppose the move but also pushed for Megrahi’s outright release as opposed to moving him to a Libyan prison when British and Scottish officials were weighing those options. So what does this tell us about what role the Obama administration really played in this saga? What does it tell us about our approach to the war on terrorism? And how do our enemies interpret Megrahi’s release? We ask Clifford May, president of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
