AND HE WONDERS WHY NO ONE TRUSTS HIM ON CLOSING GITMO?:

No.10 turns on Obama and Clinton for criticising decision to release Lockerbie bomber (Simon Walters, 06th September 2009, Daily Mail)

British officials claim Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton were kept informed at all stages of discussions concerning Megrahi’s return.

The officials say the Americans spoke out because they were taken aback by the row over Megrahi’s release, not because they did not know it was about to happen.

‘The US was kept fully in touch about everything that was going on with regard to Britain’s discussions with Libya in recent years and about Megrahi,’ said the Whitehall aide.

‘We would never do anything about Lockerbie without discussing it with the US. It is disingenuous of them to act as though Megrahi’s return was out of the blue.

Maybe he should have given Gordo more than a DVD?

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 6, 2009 12:21 PM