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The whole question of a motive for release depends on your view of the Scottish Government and how likely they would be to bow to pressure from Westminster - the call was made by the Scottish Justice Minister under Scottish law and Westminster had no legal right to revoke the release.
The SNP government in Scotland has said that this is why they didn't want Megrahi on a list of names for prisoner exchange and why they released him on grounds that completely bypassed that arrangement. They claim they were trying to exclude the possibility that trade concessions could be gained by either side on those grounds and defuse the possibility that accusations based on that could be levelled at them.
I'm fairly pleased with the attitude the Scottish government have maintained throughout this, responding comprehensively when questioned, but not talking themselves up too much in the process.
As to whether he did it or not, I'm not convinced either way, and will therefore take a very wide berth around the subject. |
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