THE TELEGRAPH: US senators have called on the Scottish government to disclose the Lockerbie bomber's full medical records in an attempt to understand why he was released early.
In a letter to First Minister Alex Salmond they asked for the release of all medical documentation for Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi both while under Scottish care and after.
They also asked the Scottish government to issue the names, medical training and specialisations of the doctors who examined Megrahi.
The Libyan, who has cancer, was diagnosed with three months to live and was freed on August 20 last year.
The medical report which led to Megrahi being released on compassionate grounds went to Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill on August 10 last year.
Andrew Fraser, the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) director of health and care, said in the report no specialist ''would be willing to say'' if a three-month prognosis was reasonable.
The four senators said that examining the Libyan's full medical records would help clarify the circumstances surrounding his release. >>> | Wednesday, August 11, 2010
