01x04 - Episode 4

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CLERK: Court!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]

JIM: The whole case
against them is a fiction.

It's a lie. The entire
prosecution case

rested on this... fragment
of electronic circuit board.

Rested on this... fragment
of electronic circuit board.

It was a clue, but no
one could identify it

until a forensic scientist at
the FBI did nearly a year later.

He matched it to timers they'd seized
from Libyan Intelligence agents.

He matched it to timers they'd seized
from Libyan Intelligence agents.

British forensic scientists
agreed with the FBI.

Similar in all respects.

The timers that the fragment
circuit board came from

were made by MEBO, a Swiss
company owned by Edwin Bollier.

Yes, we supplied Libya

Yes, we supplied Libya

with 20 of these timers.

MEBO used long delay timers,

which are manually set to trigger the
b*mb's detonator hours in advance.

So my question is, why put
the b*mb onto two flights,

Malta to Frankfurt,
Frankfurt to Heathrow,

before it goes on the plane you want
to blow up? It doesn't make sense.

You run the risk of your
suitcase being found

You run the risk of your
suitcase being found

by security at three airports.

It's clearly a ludicrous
basis for a prosecution.

Next...

Next...

Tony Gauci.

Now, he claims that Megrahi
bought from his shop

the clothes that were wrapped
around the b*mb inside the suitcase.

But a year before he identified
Megrahi, he mentioned someone else.

Abu Talb, a t*rror1st with links
to Palestinian militant groups

Abu Talb, a t*rror1st with links
to Palestinian militant groups

operating out of Syria.

One of the Scottish
Police's first suspects.

The whole prosecution case against
Fhimah and Megrahi is full of holes.

The whole prosecution case against
Fhimah and Megrahi is full of holes.

It was presented as a foregone
conclusion from the very first day.

These men are guilty. We
will get a conviction.

Murtagh represented the
US Department of Justice.

Murtagh represented the
US Department of Justice.

He said that before the trial
began, but nothing has been proven.

But if it wasn't them, then who?

Iran. Syria.

Iran. Syria.

But, Jim, they moved on
from them. There's more.

One of the prosecution's
last witnesses

was a German Police
expl*sives expert.

Was a German Police
expl*sives expert.

They wanted him to destroy
the Palestinian theory.

Remember the initial
suspects, the PFLP-GC?

Well, he did the opposite.

Well, he did the opposite.

Flight 103 could only have been
brought down by a PFLP-GC device

if it had been primed or
put on board at Heathrow.

If it had been primed or
put on board at Heathrow.

And a baggage handler at
Heathrow saw two suitcases.

There was two new suitcases
lying in the container.

I didn't put them there.

I didn't put them there.

Was the b*mb that k*lled Flora
in one of those suitcases?

Was the b*mb loaded onto
the plane at Heathrow?

Was the b*mb loaded onto
the plane at Heathrow?

Is Iran behind it? Is Syria?

Did a member of the PFLP-GC
put the suitcase there?

Nothing in this whole
case adds up. Nothing.

Nothing in this whole
case adds up. Nothing.

Fhimah and Megrahi
are both innocent.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Would you give me
please your verdict

in respect of the named
accused, Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah?

In respect of the named
accused, Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah?

Not guilty.

[INDISTINCT WHISPERS]

Would you give me
please your verdict

Would you give me
please your verdict

in respect of the named
accused, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi?

Guilty.

[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]

[MUFFLED CHATTER, APPLAUSE]

[MUFFLED CHATTER, APPLAUSE]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[INAUDIBLE]

[INAUDIBLE]

He can't be...

He can't...

He can't...

[HEARTBEAT POUNDING]

SUTHERLAND: for the crime
of m*rder is 20 years...

[ARABIC TRANSLATION
PLAYING THROUGH EARPIECE]

[ARABIC TRANSLATION
PLAYING THROUGH EARPIECE]

..life imprisonment..

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

..and that is the
sentence that we impose.

..and that is the
sentence that we impose.

[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING CONTINUES]
[HEARTBEAT POUNDING FASTER]

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

[MEGRAHI'S FAMILY
SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

[HEARTBEAT THUMPING]

[MUFFLED] Jim?

Jim! Quick, get someone, please!

He's collapsed. Please,
help me. [PEOPLE CLAMOURING]

Please, help me. Can we get someone
in here? Please get someone.

Jim, Jim, it's alright.

Jim, Jim, it's alright.

Jim, it's alright.
Need a doctor.

It's alright, Jim. Please...

NEWSCASTER ON TV: Coming
to us live from New York.

NEWSCASTER ON TV: Coming
to us live from New York.

Reports are reaching
us of a collision

involving a passenger plane

which appears to have struck
the World Trade Centre.

Which appears to have struck
the World Trade Centre.

Let's go over to our
colleagues in New York.

REPORTER: tip of Manhattan, you're
looking at the World Trade Centre.

We understand that a plane has
crashed into the World Trade Centre.

We understand that a plane has
crashed into the World Trade Centre.

We don't know anything
more than that.

We don't know if it was
a commercial aircraft.

We don't know if it
was a private aircraft.

We don't know if it
was a private aircraft.

We have no idea how
many were on board,

or what the extent of the
injuries are right now.

Oh... Oh, my God!

Oh... Oh, my God!

A second plane.

It looks like a second plane
has hit the south tower

of the World Trade
Centre. [PHONE RINGING]

of the World Trade
Centre. [PHONE RINGING]

Oh... Oh...

My God... Um, it looks
to be a passenger jet.

[MULTIPLE PHONES RINGING]

The second plane...

[SIREN WAILING]

[NEWSCAST IN DUTCH]

[SIGHS] f*cking t*rrorists.

Good luck with your
appeal now, huh?

Good luck with your
appeal now, huh?

GEORGE W. BUSH: These
acts of mass m*rder

were intended to frighten our
nation into chaos and retreat.

Were intended to frighten our
nation into chaos and retreat.

But they have failed.

[SPEAKING ITALIAN]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]

[SPEAKING RUSSIAN]
[SPEAKING FRENCH]

[SPEAKING RUSSIAN]
[SPEAKING FRENCH]

These t*rrorists will
regard us all as targets.

REPORTER: More Muslim terror.

REPORTER 2: Forget
political correctness.

REPORTER 2: Forget
political correctness.

Racially profile...
Racial factor.

REPORTER 3: number
of hate crimes-

REPORTER 5: Four attempted arson
attacks on Arab businesses.

REPORTER 6: Muslims threatened
with g*nf*re. The target of hate-

REPORTER 6: Muslims threatened
with g*nf*re. The target of hate-

ALL CLIPS: w*r on terror. w*r
on terror.t*rror1st.t*rror1st.

Terrorism must be
fought resolutely.

GEORGE W. BUSH: We will
find those who did it.

GEORGE W. BUSH: We will
find those who did it.

We'll smoke them out of their holes
and we'll bring them to justice.

After a year of
witnesses testifying,

al-Megrahi's appeal
against his life sentence

al-Megrahi's appeal
against his life sentence

was refused earlier today

by a panel of five judges
at Camp Zeist, who concluded

that none of the grounds of
his appeal were well-founded.

That none of the grounds of
his appeal were well-founded.

No surprises there.

Mr Al Megrahi has been
flown to Scotland,

Mr Al Megrahi has been
flown to Scotland,

where he will serve
his 20-year life term

here at Barlinnie
Prison, outside Glasgow.

[INMATES CLAMOURING]

[BANGING]

INMATE: You better
f*cking watch yourself.

INMATE: You better
f*cking watch yourself.

INMATE 2: Youse gonna
die, you dirty rag-head!

[BANGING]

INMATE 3: Welcome to
Scotland. You're screwed, pal.

INMATE 3: Welcome to
Scotland. You're screwed, pal.

[CLAMOURING CONTINUES]

If you want room
service, just ring.

How are you, darling?

How are you, darling?

Exhausted.

Sleep-deprived.
[WHISPERS] Doesn't show.

Much. [LAUGHS]

Much. [LAUGHS]

[BABY COOING]

Do you mind her being in here?

Her name's Isabel, Jim.

Her name's Isabel, Jim.

It's a bit odd,

but I know why you've done it.

I want this room used again.

How are you, Dad?

JIM: Oh, you know...

JIM: Oh, you know...

No, I don't.

It's very difficult, obviously.

It's very difficult, obviously.

Megrahi lost his appeal.

He's in prison now over-Shall
we go downstairs, let her sleep?

But trying to get any
information about how he is,

But trying to get any
information about how he is,

is proving impossible. You're
still convinced of his innocence?

Of course.

Of course.

You only have to look
at his failed appeal.

All kinds of new evidence heard,

new information about
the shopkeeper, Heathrow.

You know there was a break-in?
He has to appeal again.

You know there was a break-in?
He has to appeal again.

Jim! Jim! He has to
show- Jim, please.

[PHONE RINGING]

[SCOFFS] [WHISPERS
INDISTINCTLY]

Hello? Hey, Jim. Good news.

I've just heard Megrahi is
being granted application

I've just heard Megrahi is
being granted application

for a second appeal.
Oh, that is fantastic.

He's also got rid of his legal team,
hired a new lawyer, Roddy McGill.

He was with Fhimah's defence team.
Yeah, well, Megrahi is obviously

He was with Fhimah's defence team.
Yeah, well, Megrahi is obviously

hoping for the Midas
touch. Also, Jim,

I found a detective who was
on the original investigation.

He wants to talk.
Oh, I've gotta go.

He wants to talk.
Oh, I've gotta go.

[CLEARS THROAT]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Bryan?

What the hell are
you doing here?

I said no. Oh,
you phoned me...

Aye, then I thought better
of it. Now, f*ck off.

Aye, then I thought better
of it. Now, f*ck off.

Look, I remember talking to
you a few weeks after Lockerbie

about the FBI, CIA. Possible
interference in the investigation.

About the FBI, CIA. Possible
interference in the investigation.

Evidence tampering. I...

I can't speak to you.
I'm still with the force.

Why call me out of the
blue 14 years later?

You know there's been
a cover-up, don't you?

You know there's been
a cover-up, don't you?

You're looking in
the wrong place.

What do you mean?

Bryan...

What do you mean?

What do you mean?

What do you mean?

Your source pan out?

Your source pan out?

Uh, no. He got spooked.

But, um, I'll give
it a couple more days

and try again.

And try again.

I'd drop it, Guthrie. There
are bigger things going on.

[MELANCHOLIC MUSIC]

[MELANCHOLIC MUSIC]

[HORN HONKING]

[DOOR KNOCK, OPENS] Mr McGill.

[DOOR KNOCK, OPENS] Mr McGill.

I've got a Jim Swire here.

It's very good to
meet you, Mr McGill.

Congratulations on
getting Fhimah off.

Congratulations on
getting Fhimah off.

[CHUCKLES] Well, we're hoping
for a repeat performance.

Um... Shona Randall,
my senior associate.

John Ashton, our researcher.

John Ashton, our researcher.

As you can see, we're targeting
the prosecution's weak spots.

Tony Gauci being a big one.

Tony Gauci being a big one.

I see you have Robert
Baer's name there.

Ex-CIA case officer who was
based in the Middle East.

You certainly need
to talk to him.

You certainly need
to talk to him.

What he says in that book about
Iran being behind the b*mb

is potentially
game-changing. Yeah, I know.

But I've had no response
from him or his publisher.

But I've had no response
from him or his publisher.

I do know he happens to
have a book tour coming up.

What are Megrahi's chances?
I'd say it's pretty good.

What are Megrahi's chances?
I'd say it's pretty good.

But it's up to the Scottish Criminal
Cases Review Commission, not us.

I will never understand it.

The prosecution built its
entire case around the claim

The prosecution built its
entire case around the claim

that they acted together. I
mean, even the UN observer

and the trial questioned how judges
came up with guilty in one case

and not guilty in the other.
Well, we need to make sure

and not guilty in the other.
Well, we need to make sure

the Review Commission sees
the absurdity of that.

It's a total
miscarriage of justice.

As you can see, Dr Swire, we're in
the midst of doing exactly that.

As you can see, Dr Swire, we're in
the midst of doing exactly that.

I want to visit Mr Megrahi.

I want to visit Mr Megrahi.

I fought long and
hard for that trial.

I want to meet him.

I want to meet him.

All that blood on his hands.

How can you, of all people,

How can you, of all people,

be able to be in the
same room as him?

[DOOR UNLOCKING]

[DOOR UNLOCKING]

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[HANDCUFFS CLICK]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[DOOR CLOSES, LOCKS]

[DOOR CLOSES, LOCKS]

[MUSIC STOPS]

Did you k*ll my daughter?

No.

I did not.

I did not.

Forgive me. I had
to hear you say it.

Forgive me. I had
to hear you say it.

Sometimes...

..it is best to be direct.

You must have other questions.

You must have other questions.

Ask.

How are you?

I will spend 20 years in
a foreign jail for a...

I will spend 20 years in
a foreign jail for a...

crime I did not commit.

My family have had to move
to this foreign country

My family have had to move
to this foreign country

where they are abused
and attacked daily.

I can't imagine what it must
be like for you, being in here.

I can't imagine what it must
be like for you, being in here.

With your family
having to suffer that.

Especially knowing what I know
now. What do you know now?

That the case against
you is a sham.

That the case against
you is a sham.

A travesty of justice.

And I will do
everything in my power

to help you, Mr Megrahi.

Get your conviction overturned.

Get your conviction overturned.

I... [CLEARS THROAT]

I am intrigued.

It is to absolve your guilt?

Like I said, Dr Swire, sometimes
it's best to be direct.

You are here partly
because of my actions.

Not a day goes by without
my bitterly regretting that.

I was led to believe that the
evidence against you was watertight.

I was led to believe that the
evidence against you was watertight.

Incontestable. Yes.

They did their best.

They lied, deceived.

They lied, deceived.

They succeeded.

Dr Swire...

my country Libya is
paying for my legal fees.

I have new legal team
after the failure...

I have new legal team
after the failure...

..of my first appeal.

So, please tell me,

why do I need you to help me?

Why do I need you to help me?

What do you expect, Dr Swire?

I would embrace
you as my saviour?

I would embrace
you as my saviour?

No, that's not what
I expect at all.

I have to do something.

I have to do something.

Because if you do not...

we may never find out
who k*lled your daughter.

Yes.

Yes.

So in truth, it's not about
me at all, is it, Dr Swire?

Perhaps not.

Not entirely.

I wear this badge
for my daughter.

And now wear it also
for you, Mr Megrahi.

And now wear it also
for you, Mr Megrahi.

And simply for what it says.

The truth must be known.

The truth must be known.

Please...

Please...

..call me Baset.

I thought I might find you here.

I thought I might find you here.

You're hard to get
hold of these days.

Good to see you, Jim.

How long has it been? Nearly
a year? Something like that.

How long has it been? Nearly
a year? Something like that.

You on your way to Skye? I
visited Barlinnie this morning.

You never cease to amaze.

You never cease to amaze.

What if I got you an
interview with Baset?

Baset? I can arrange
it. I can speak to him,

Baset? I can arrange
it. I can speak to him,

speak to his appeal team-
Megrahi's not news, Jim.

The last time I wrote
anything about Lockerbie,

The last time I wrote
anything about Lockerbie,

buried on page
eight, two columns.

The world and my editor wants


[CHUCKLE] I'm being left behind.
You can interview both of us.

[CHUCKLE] I'm being left behind.
You can interview both of us.

The father of Flora Swire and the
innocent man convicted of her m*rder.

Then the press would
m*rder you, Jim.

Believe me, that's not the
exposure you're wanting.

Believe me, that's not the
exposure you're wanting.

The... Look, Jim...

[CLEARS THROAT AND INHALES]

[CLEARS THROAT AND INHALES]

The thing is,

most people think he did it.

And now, most people
just want to forget.

Bye, darling. Take care.
Love you. Drive safely now.

I do. [ENGINE STARTS]

I do. [ENGINE STARTS]

[CAR DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

[CAR DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

How was Cathy? Isabel?

What?

What?

It saddens me you
have to ask that.

They're fine, Jim.

How is he?

Struggling.

Struggling.

I think he appreciated my visit.

Did you not want me to go?

I'm not sure it matters
what I say anymore.

I'm not sure it matters
what I say anymore.

He's all you talk about.
You know that, don't you?

I'm trying to get him freed.

I'm trying to get him freed.

Hmm.

You've not asked one of
us directly what we think.

You've never wanted to sit down
and discuss it as a family.

You just assume we're
behind you, supporting you.

Is that what the children think?

Is that what the children think?

Well, why can't they just
come and speak to me?

Because they don't think you
listen, Jim, and you don't.

Because they don't think you
listen, Jim, and you don't.

You haven't noticed they
hardly come here anymore.

There are too many bad memories.

There are too many bad memories.

But this-this is where they grew
up. This is where they all grew up.

I think we should move.

I'm not leaving this house!

I'm not leaving this house!

I want to be closer to my
children, to my grandchildren.

I want to be around
life, not death.

Not-Not death every
single minute of the day.

Not-Not death every
single minute of the day.

Would I rejoin the
CIA if I was asked?

With all due respect,

With all due respect,

have you read any of
my books? [LAUGHTER]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Thank you.

Jim Swire, as I
live and breathe.

Jim Swire, as I
live and breathe.

Professional thorn in
the side, just like me.

How are you? It's
good to meet you, Bob.

This is John Ashton from
Megrahi's appeal team.

Of course. Let me
finish up here.

Of course. Let me
finish up here.

I'll meet you guys in the
next room to this in ten.

No prying ears.

Damn good to meet you, Jim.

Damn good to meet you, Jim.

Look, Lockerbie is very
simple. It was Iran's revenge.

For the Americans sh**ting
down their Airbus?

Like I say in the book, the CIA
had known about it all along.

Like I say in the book, the CIA
had known about it all along.

The bombing of Flight


authorized and financed by Iran.

They paid the Syrian-based
PFLP-GC to do it.

They paid the Syrian-based
PFLP-GC to do it.

The b*mb was made by
a PFLP-GC b*mb maker,

a Jordanian named
Marwan Khreesat.

We know that they were
raided by German police

We know that they were
raided by German police

in October 1988.The Autumn
Leaves operation.Yeah.

They arrested some of
their main players,

but others slipped
through the net.

They only found four
expl*sive devices.

They only found four
expl*sive devices.

Lost track of the fifth.

I believe that was the b*mb
that k*lled your daughter, Jim.

Your guy, Megrahi,

Your guy, Megrahi,

had nothing to do with it.

You talk about a meeting.

The Iranians met with the
PFLP-GC people in Beirut.

We had telephone intercepts
of them discussing it.

We had telephone intercepts
of them discussing it.

Two days after Lockerbie,

Iran transferred $11 million
into a PFLP-GC bank account.

Iran transferred $11 million
into a PFLP-GC bank account.

We have records of the transfer.

Hell, we had ironclad proof.

Handed over our intel to the US
Administration. What did they do?

One look, quietly shelved it.

One look, quietly shelved it.

Why? There were
bigger problems.

Like S*ddam Hussein.

Once he invaded Kuwait in 1990,
suddenly everything changed.

Once he invaded Kuwait in 1990,
suddenly everything changed.

We were at w*r, and we needed
Iran and Syria on our side,

so the heat was off
them, sands shifted.

They pointed the finger
at Libya. A rogue state,

They pointed the finger
at Libya. A rogue state,

proven t*rror1st links, developing
weapons of mass destruction.

Gaddafi was the top
of our hit list.

Plus, we needed to
throw some kind of bone

to the victims'
grieving families.

To the victims'
grieving families.

Libya was that bone.

This has to go into
the submission, John.

The Review Commission have to know
about this. Would you speak to them?

Go on the record? Sure.

I'll talk to whoever you want,
but it won't make a difference.

I'll talk to whoever you want,
but it won't make a difference.

Right now, Libya is
right where we want them.

Tomorrow, that could
all be flipped.

Libya has oil, remember.

Libya has oil, remember.

Suddenly Gaddafi will
be back in favour,

or he'll buy his way
back into favour.

And Megrahi will stay guilty
for as long as they need him to.

And Megrahi will stay guilty
for as long as they need him to.

It's all transactional,
Jim, so tread carefully.

You don't want to be on loose
footing when the sands shift.

You don't want to be on loose
footing when the sands shift.

RODERICK: There it is, our full
report ready to be submitted

RODERICK: There it is, our full
report ready to be submitted

to the Scottish Criminal
Cases Review Commission.

Where's the champagne,
then? [LAUGHTER]

On ice. For now, it's the pub.

We have to get it
accepted first.

We have to get it
accepted first.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

We appreciate what you've
gone through to help out.

We appreciate what you've
gone through to help out.

How long will it take the
Review Commission to decide?

Well, they're professionals,
they know what they're doing.

Thank you.

It's a man's incarceration
we're talking about.

I'd say a year...

I'd say a year...

..maybe less.

[DOOR SLAMS]

They took their time...

but the Review
Commission have finally

delivered their
statement of reasons.

Delivered their
statement of reasons.

[SIGHS]

They rejected all
of our submissions.

[ALL GROANING] sh*t.

[ALL GROANING] sh*t.

Apart from six.

[LAUGHTER]

Six grounds for referral
back to an Appeal Court.

Six grounds for referral
back to an Appeal Court.

The first ground of referral.

Unreasonable verdict.

The judges were satisfied
the purchase of clothing

The judges were satisfied
the purchase of clothing

was made from Gauci's shop
on December 7th, 1988,

when Megrahi was in Malta.

But Tony Gauci was never clear
on the exact purchase date.

But Tony Gauci was never clear
on the exact purchase date.

He tell the court a Libyan
customer buy umbrella from his shop

because it's raining outside.

My defence team called
Malta's chief meteorologist...

My defence team called
Malta's chief meteorologist...

Who said there was no rain on
the 7th of December. Yes, but...

there was rain on
the 23rd of November.

There was rain on
the 23rd of November.

The only other potential purchase
date matching Gauci's statement...

and I was not on Malta
on the 23rd of November.

And I was not on Malta
on the 23rd of November.

Baset? Please...

I must use bathroom.

Referral grounds two and three,

undisclosed evidence relating

to Gauci's identification
of Megrahi,

and the date when the clothes
were purchased from his shop.

And the date when the clothes
were purchased from his shop.

Thank you.

When the Commission looked into
this... Everything alright?

..they found that Gauci
actually gave 23 statements,

..they found that Gauci
actually gave 23 statements,

and he was visited by the Scottish
Police, Jim, more than 50 times.





only 19 of his statements
were given to my defence team.

The details of these meetings,
they have never been revealed.

The details of these meetings,
they have never been revealed.

What else did Gauci
claim in them, I wonder?

By withholding this information,

the Crown denied the defence
items of real importance...

the Crown denied the defence
items of real importance...

in undermining the Crown case.

Fourth referral.
Undisclosed evidence

about Gauci's
interest in rewards.

About Gauci's
interest in rewards.

The commission discovered
three Scottish police documents

that suggested that Gauci...

Gauchi was aware that
a substantial reward

Gauchi was aware that
a substantial reward

was an offer from
the US Government.

A reward for giving evidence?

Jesus! Did he get paid?

Jesus! Did he get paid?

SHONA: Referral five. Undisclosed
secret intelligence documents.

Last year, the Crown
informed the commission

Last year, the Crown
informed the commission

of two classified documents
held at Dumfries police station.

The commission
believes non-disclosure

of one of the
documents indicates...

of one of the
documents indicates...

that a miscarriage of
justice may have occurred.

That is what we
were waiting for.

Music to my ears.

It's all centered, everything,
on Gauci's evidence.

It's all centered, everything,
on Gauci's evidence.

They seem to have dismissed
pretty much everything else.

There's nothing here about
Robert Baer, PFLP-GC.

There's nothing whatsoever
about the timer fragment.

There's nothing whatsoever
about the timer fragment.

[SIGHS]

You're frustrated.

You're frustrated.

I'm happy for you,
of course, I am.

But there's nothing in here that
helps us discover what did happen.

But there's nothing in here that
helps us discover what did happen.

Nothing that gets us
closer to the truth.

It's, uh...

You would say, one
step at a time.

So, Jim, one step at a time.

So, Jim, one step at a time.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

I didn't think
I'd see you again.

So you left the Dumfries force?

Megrahi got his second appeal.

Second appeal. Possible
miscarriage of justice.

And the Crown with a hell of
a lot of questions to answer.

And the Crown with a hell of
a lot of questions to answer.

Including one about
undisclosed secret documents

held at your police station.

I'll drive. You talk.

[ENGINE STARTS]

One of these documents is a
letter from the King of Jordan

to the then Prime
Minister John Major,

to the then Prime
Minister John Major,

intimating that the Libyans
were innocent of the crime.

It points the finger at the PFLP-GC
and the b*mb maker Marwan Khreesat,

who is believed by many,

who is believed by many,

including and according to
Robert Baer and most of the CIA,

to have built the b*mb that
brought down Flight 103.

Now, these documents were known
to the Crown during the trial,

Now, these documents were known
to the Crown during the trial,

and they withheld
them from the defence.

We're still not
allowed to see them.

So what are we
talking about here?

A cover-up? Was Megrahi framed?

A cover-up? Was Megrahi framed?

Whatever it is, they want to keep
it buried. It's mucky as hell.

So why are you
still standing here?

Go and talk to people and find
out what they're not telling us.

Go and talk to people and find
out what they're not telling us.

Then write the bloody thing.

[KEYBOARD CLICKING]

Jim, it's Murray.

Good to hear from you, Murray.

Wait till you hear
what I've got for you.

Wait till you hear
what I've got for you.

Front page? Without a doubt.

What do you mean we
can't publish it?

We want to-But you can't.

We want to-But you can't.

Phil Marsden, our
lawyer. Why the hell not?

We ran the story past the FCO
for comment. I got a call back

We ran the story past the FCO
for comment. I got a call back

threatening legal action. You don't
think that's just scare tactics?

The Foreign Secretary,
David Miliband,

has issued a public interest
immunity certificate,

has issued a public interest
immunity certificate,

a PII.What? For reasons
of national security.

To protect the contents
of certain documents.

These documents your
source is talking about

These documents your
source is talking about

may well be the same ones
Megrahi's defence team

were denied access
to under that PII.

Were denied access
to under that PII.

We're still going
to print it, right?

Publish and be damned and all that?
You'll be damned, and I'll be sued.

Publish and be damned and all that?
You'll be damned, and I'll be sued.

And your legal fees alone will
mean this newspaper goes down.

I just don't get it. The
documents in that safe,

they're over 20 years
old. Makes no matter.

This is the long
arm of the state.

This is the long
arm of the state.

For national security, read
intelligence services, MI6,

CIA, who knows who else?
Protected like they always are-

CIA, who knows who else?
Protected like they always are-

You said you'd publish
it. You phoned me up

and you told me you'd publish
it. Yeah, I know, but-No.

Take it somewhere else. Someone will
print it. Someone not afraid of them.

Take it somewhere else. Someone will
print it. Someone not afraid of them.

Not gonna do that.

Give it to me.

Give it to me.

I will.

I'm not going to let
them get away with it.

This is serious.

This is serious.

You need to see sense.
You could be sued.

I could be sued.

[SIGHS]

You ever think this might
be a lost cause, Jim?

You ever think this might
be a lost cause, Jim?

That they will never allow
us to know the truth?

I never thought I'd
hear you say that.

[SIGHS]

I'm so sorry, but it's cancer.

I'm so sorry, but it's cancer.

Prostate cancer.

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

GHADA: Will he survive?

GHADA: Will he survive?

I'm afraid I don't know
the answer to that.

I'm sorry.

How is he?

How is he?

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

Thank you.

Thank you.

[DOOR CLOSES]

How're you doing?

How're you doing?

Please, go sit down.

OK. I can do it. I can do it.

You have been told?

Yes.

Is it...

severe?

Yes. Yes, it is.

Yes. Yes, it is.

But I've had patients who fought
their cancer, who beat it.

And you, Baset,
you're a fighter.

And you, Baset,
you're a fighter.

Mmm.

I don't want to die here, Jim.

I don't want that either.

I don't want that either.

I don't want my family
to see me die here.

I want to go home to die.

I want to go home to die.

Jim...

Jim...

..the UK and Libya
are negotiating

..the UK and Libya
are negotiating

a prisoner transfer agreement.

I heard.

I will be instructing my Libyan
lawyers to make an application to...

I will be instructing my Libyan
lawyers to make an application to...

..return home and serve
whatever time I have left there.

..return home and serve
whatever time I have left there.

And what about your appeal?

You think I would give it up?

If Prisoner Transfer is
granted, you'll be in Libya.

Jim...

OK...

..I have said to you
before, I will say it again.

I will not go down in history
as a Lockerbie b*mber.

I will not go down in history
as a Lockerbie b*mber.

I will not let
them do that to me.

I will never give up my appeal.

I will never give up my appeal.

Whether I am here,

in Libya, dead or alive...

my appeal will go to court.

My appeal will go to court.

Trust me and you will
get what you want.

My name will be cleared,

and you will go on and find
out who really did this.

RODERICK: Baset, I'm
afraid there's a problem.

RODERICK: Baset, I'm
afraid there's a problem.

Under Scottish law...

..to be considered for a PT,

a prisoner can't have
an appeal ongoing.

You'd have to give it up.

Baset, there is another way.

Baset, there is another way.

You're released on
compassionate grounds.

You'll be examined by
three separate doctors

who will decide...

who will decide...

how long you have to live.

And if it's less
than three months,

then there's a good possibility

then there's a good possibility

that you will return home
and you can keep your appeal.

These are the options.

These are the options.

You must decide.

MACASKILL: Well, we have beliefs
and values in Scotland that

those who perpetrate crimes,
certainly heinous atrocities

those who perpetrate crimes,
certainly heinous atrocities

such as this, should
be brought to justice.

That has been done.

Equally, we recognise that justice
has to be tempered by mercy.

Equally, we recognise that justice
has to be tempered by mercy.

That there has to be
the ability to recognise

that although he did not show
compassion to the victims,

that doesn't mean that we should
lower our beliefs, or our values.

That doesn't mean that we should
lower our beliefs, or our values.

REPORTER: A campaign for
the release of the man

convicted of the Lockerbie
bombing was launched today.

Justice for Megrahi is
appealing for the early release

Justice for Megrahi is
appealing for the early release

of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
on compassionate grounds.

I just think it is absolutely
wrong to release someone

who has been imprisoned
based on evidence,

who has been imprisoned
based on evidence,

about his involvement in
such a horrendous crime.

DAVID CAMERON: I think this
is a very bad decision.

DAVID CAMERON: I think this
is a very bad decision.

This man was convicted
of murdering 270 people.

REPORTER 2: Some claim
economic influences were key

to the deal struck by Tony
Blair and Colonel Gaddafi

to the deal struck by Tony
Blair and Colonel Gaddafi

on the potential release
of the Lockerbie b*mber,

the so-called "deal
in the desert."

RAEBURN: The fact that Libyan
oil reserves are now understood

RAEBURN: The fact that Libyan
oil reserves are now understood

to be far greater than they may have
thought to have been in the past...

shouldn't be overlooked.

JIM: Megrahi will
continue with his appeal,

JIM: Megrahi will
continue with his appeal,

and regardless of opinion
on his conviction,

the Justice For Megrahi campaign
urges the Scottish government

to send Mr Megrahi back to
Libya on compassionate grounds.

To send Mr Megrahi back to
Libya on compassionate grounds.

Jim, take it off.

Jim, take it off.

Please. Not here. Not today.

I'm not ashamed.

I'll look them in
the eye. For us...?

I'll look them in
the eye. For us...?

Do it for us.

WOMAN: John Michael
Gerard Ahern.

Sarah Margaret Aicher.

John David Ackerstrom.

Ronald Ely Alexander.

Thomas Joseph Ammerman.

Thomas Joseph Ammerman.

Bridget Concannon.
[BELL TOLLS]

Thomas Concannon.

MAN: Roger Elwood Hurst.

MAN: Roger Elwood Hurst.

Elizabeth Sophie Ivell.

Andrew Alexander Teran.

Andrew Alexander Teran.

Arva Anthony Thomas.

Jonathan Ryan Thomas.

WOMAN 2: Flora McDonald
Margaret Swire.

WOMAN 2: Flora McDonald
Margaret Swire.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

WOMAN: I don't know what
he thinks he's doing.

MAN: This should be about
remembrance, not politics.

MAN: This should be about
remembrance, not politics.

MAN 2: I can't
believe he's here.

WOMAN 2: It's a disgrace.
He's befriended a k*ller.

WOMAN 2: It's a disgrace.
He's befriended a k*ller.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

JANE: Lovely to see you again.

Four grandkids myself
actually. Yeah.

Is it Ellen?

Jane's spoken a lot about you.
Sorry. This is Jim, my husband.

Yes, I know. Hello, Jim.

Look, I'm sorry, I think we're
running low on hot water.

I'll see you shortly.

Um, I'd like to go.

Um, I'd like to go.

BERT: Everyone here agrees
with me, the world agrees.

BERT: Everyone here agrees
with me, the world agrees.

Releasing Megrahi would be
insane, immoral, reprehensible.

He has to serve his
time here in Scotland.

Then they can send his ashes
back to Libya in a casket.

Then they can send his ashes
back to Libya in a casket.

Jim. Jim!

Can't you see it from their
point of view for one second?

It is so completely irrational.

Who are you to decide what's
rational or irrational?

Maybe this appeal
isn't rational to them.

Maybe this appeal
isn't rational to them.

Maybe none of this is rational

to people who process their
grief by moving forwards

rather than scrambling
around in the past.

Rather than scrambling
around in the past.

They're hurt and they're angry.

And completely fixated on one
man. Oh, not like you, then?

That's how they cope.

This is how you cope.
I am not coping.

This is how you cope.
I am not coping.

Oh, yes, of course. You're doing
this for Flora. What you always say.

But it's not about
Flora anymore, Jim.

But it's not about
Flora anymore, Jim.

It's not even about
him. [DOOR OPENING]

You have visitors.

You have visitors.

You're just doing anything
you can to avoid grieving.

That is simply not true. Jim!

You can't sit still.

You can't sit still.

You can't be silent for one moment
to take in what happened to us.

If you did, then you'd
see the-the damage.

If you did, then you'd
see the-the damage.

You're saying this is my
fault? No. I'm to blame, too.

But you're missing
everything, Jim.

We need you now
before it's too late.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Baset has promised me he's
committed to fighting this.

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

Once his appeal is over,

Once his appeal is over,

we will find out
who really did this.

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS]

[MUSIC STOPS]