Aipee so no direct quote:The former Libyian justice minister who resigned days ago claims to have proof Gaddafi personally ordered the Lockerbie attack.
Gaddafi was afraid Megrabi would rat him out which is why he insisted on his release.
My commentary:
No surprise here, a grain of salt wrt Megrabi though.
Given Western government's fecklessness in recent years (including the Bush administration after about 2003), Gaddafi could have openly admitted to planting the bomb with his own hands. Western leaders would have traveled to Libya, fallen on their knees and begged Gaddafi to refrain from further attacks.
Megrabi got out because Gaddafi used a mixture of bribery and intimidation (British diplomats were threatened). Gaddafi wanted to publicly humiliate the West because he had been tricked into giving up his nuclear program.