TEN YEARS AGO last Friday, then FBI Director Robert Mueller bundled himself in his tan trench coat against the cold December air in Washington, his scarf wrapped tightly around his neck. Sitting on a small stage at Arlington National Cemetery, he scanned the faces arrayed before him—the victims he’d come to know over years, relatives…
Twenty Eighteen marks the thirtieth anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, and there has been a flurry of activity over the past few weeks as families and friends make plans to commemorate the anniversary on December 21. This year’s Remembrance Week begins with the candlelight service this coming Sunday. The full list…
It’s no an exaggerator to say the Robert Muller, former director of the FBI and special counsel, has become a household hame in recent months, but for families and friends connected to the Pan Am 103 bombing, he was a tenacious advocate who often attended the annual memorial service in Arlington National Cemetery. CNN’s profile…
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Francis “Frank” Duggan, president of the Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, died on Wednesday after a long illness. His obituary provides a description of his long association with VPAF 103 and his years of service to their cause: After the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, President George H.W. Bush appointed him…
Hamish Macdonell, the Scottish Political Editor for The Times, describes the reaction to the latest attempt by Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi’s family to appeal his 2001 conviction for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103: The move has angered the families of the Americans who died in the atrocity. In a statement to The Times…
In an article in The Herald, David Leask writes the Abdullah al-Senussi, one of the alleged masterminds of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, is no longer being held in a Libyan prison: Abdullah al-Senussi, Libya’s one-time intelligence chief, former dictator Mummer Gaddafi’s “executioner” and the ultimate boss of the man known as the…
In an Editorial appearing in the July 5 edition of The Times, Magnus Linklater addresses the most recent effort by Abdelbaset al Megrahi’s family to appeal his conviction: The family of Abdelbaset al_Megrahi are convinced that if they manage to get this third appeal into court, they will finally succeed in proving his innocence. They…
Episode 047: Richard Marquise – Lockerbie Bombing of Flight 103
Tony Gauci, a key witness whose testimony linked Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi to the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, died on October 29. Critics of Gauci’s testimony characterized him as the prosecution’s “weakest link,” pointing to discrepancies in his testimony. Additionally, Gauci received a substantial payment for his participation in the inquiry (though the…
Ken Dornstein’s 2015 documentary, My Brother’s Bomber, wrote a new chapter in the nearly 30 year-old story of the bombing of Pan Am 103 and played a key role in identifying 2 additional suspects. Last night, Dornstein’s work earned the journalist 2 Emmy awards: My Brother’s Bomber, a brother’s gripping search for the terrorists who…
This week marks the beginning of the fall term st Syracuse University, and the 37 Lockerbie and Remembrance Scholars will soon gather to begin planning events for Remembrance Week, which is scheduled for October 23-29. They follow in the footsteps of hundreds of their predecessors dating back to the inception of Remembrance Week in the…