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>> they called.
>> me.

>> me.
>> the lebanese texan. I spoke.

>> the lebanese texan. I spoke.
>> arabic. First.

>> arabic. First.
>> they're

He realities
of the intelligence business,

Back in 1980,

When I came on board
with the cia.

I was blind. I didn't really
know what reality was.

I knew it wasn't hollywood.

If you're trying to
protect your country,

You have to play by the
rules of the neighborhood.

And those are dirty.

What I know now,
if I knew it then,

I would never have joined
the intelligence business.

Reporter: Pan am flight 103
crashed

Into the scottish village
of lockerbie.

Two hundred and seventy people,
most of them americans, dead.

It was the worst terrorist
attack on an airline ever.

Reagan: We have no knowledge
of how this happened.

We're trying to find out.

Man 1: It was an attack
on america.

Man 2: The largest crime scene
in history.

Man 3: Two-hundred-thousand
pieces of evidence.

Man 4: My daughter hadn't just
died in an accident,

But had been brutally murdered.

Man 5: They killed our children.

Man 6: To be lied to
for 30 years.

Man 7: I think the us government
had an agenda.

Reagan is the biggest terrorist
in the world.

Woman 1: If it's up to
our government,

We might not ever know
the truth.

Man 8: Nothing is what it seems
in the lockerbie story.

Woman 2: December 21st, 1988.

So I was, uh, 17 years old,

And my father was coming home
from a business trip in london

When his plane, pan am 103,

Exploded over lockerbie,
scotland,

Due to a bomb that had been
placed on board by terrorists.

This was a terrible tragedy
for my family to endure.

It was a life-defining moment,

That would absolutely forever
change the person I was.

It really changed the way I saw
the world, the way I saw myself.

We found out about
the plane crash

Through a breaking
news story.

I'm talking, like, tv on
in the kitchen, soap opera on,

Newscaster comes on, and my
mother hears the news, right?

Reporter 1: 747 down from london
to new york.

Reporter 2: There was some type
of explosion in midair

And the plane broke
into several parts.

Reporter 3:..Lockerbie,
scotland.

-There we go. There's...
-Oh, my.

I didn't even see these yet.

This is... Frank. Yes.

And, oh, these are old pictures

Of how young we were
at one time.

We met at a church dance,

And we ended up being
dance partners.

And we dated for almost seven
years, and then we were married.

He worked at
chase manhattan bank,

And he was serving in london.

He was coming home
for christmas.

And he was supposed to come
home Wednesday morning,

And they asked him to stay.

And he actually called me.

He said, "would you mind
if I came home that night?"

And... I never told him

When he could fly
and when he couldn't fly.

I said, "of course, as long as
you're coming home."

But he wasn't supposed to be
on that plane at the beginning.

We didn't know anything for
months and months, you know.

We knew someone put
something on the plane,

But we didn't know who, where
they came from, why they did it.

When something like this
happens,

You want to know the truth.

You want to know what happens.

You want to know who's
at fault,

-Who's to blame, all of that.
-And why.

Somebody, literally, did this
purposely to these people.

Man 9: Based on baggage records,

We determined that
it was here in malta

That the suitcase containing
the bomb was first planted.

I was with the case
for three years,

But assigned to malta
for almost two years.

Interviewer: That's a big
commitment.

It is a big commitment,

But it's not solved in an hour,
with commercial breaks

And things like that.

By 1990, we were all
pretty convinced

That libya was behind
the pan am 103 bombing.

We had two,
main potential suspects.

Lamin fhimah was the libyan arab
airlines manager here on malta,

And he owned a travel agency
called med tours

Here on the island.

His friend was
abdelbaset al-megrahi

Who apparently was an
intelligence officer.

Based on the artists' rendition,

Megrahi looked like the person
who had bought the clothing

Found in and around the
suitcase containing the bomb.

But we needed more
evidence, you know.

There's still more
work to be done.

Everybody in our government
wanted to find out who did this,

And as a result of that,
the cia did something,

And I won't say
it's never happened,

But I will say it's a rarity.

They offered up one of
their sources to the fbi.

They had a source in malta -
majid giaka.

They said that he was
a double agent,

He had worked at the airport,

But he had left
and gone back to libya,

And they were
trying to find him.

The fbi codename for him was
puzzle piece,

Because he became so critical,

He was a piece of the puzzle.

So, he volunteered himself.

We call them "walk-ins".

He walked into the embassy
in malta,

Claimed he was affiliated
with the libyan intelligence.

He worked for
libyan arab airlines.

We knew it was common practice

For the libyan
intelligence service

To use libyan arab airlines

As a cover office
for their operations.

Phil: This is the old
luqa airport.

Investigation determined
that it was here

That the bomb bag...

Was actually put on the air
malta flight to frankfurt...

..And then was transferred to
the pan am 103 flight

Out of heathrow
that blew up over lockerbie.

Puzzle piece was working here
at luqa airport

In the luggage area.

The cia started looking
at his reporting.

Which was saying that,
around December of 1988,

He actually saw

Both fhimah and megrahi
coming into this airport here...

..With a suitcase.

And that double agent became
very, very important to us

In the case.

I get a phone call telling me

That cia the found the double
agent, majid giaka,

He's on a boat,

And they're bringing him to a
us ship of some kind

To be interviewed.

Got on a helicopter,
we were flown out

To a ship in the mediterranean,
international waters.

And I'm anticipating a
very aggressive interview.

But I found him credible,
uh, almost to a fault.

He was so honest.

Dick: He tells us
he knows megrahi.

Megrahi was in the libyan
intelligence service.

He tells us,
"I saw fhimah and megrahi

Come to the airport
with a suitcase."

Exactly the same as the one
that carried the bomb.

He said fhimah,
because of his job

Here as the libyan
arab airlines manager,

He was able to circumvent
customs with that suitcase.

And then he tells us that fhimah
kept explosives in his desk.

And, you know, why would
an airport security manager

Keep explosives in his desk?

You scratch your head.
But he looks at photo spreads

Of various types of explosives
and he picks out semtex...

..The explosive that was used
to make the bomb.

That was critical for us.

We had the people who actually
personally facilitated

That bomb
into the airline system

The people who actually,
personally facilitated that bomb

Personally facilitated that bomb
into the airline system that

Into the airline system that
eventually blew up pan am flight

Eventually blew up pan am flight
103, killing 270 people. We got

103, killing 270 people. We got
the criminal indictments against

The criminal indictments against
two libyan intelligence agents

Two libyan intelligence agents
announced today in washington

Announced today in washington
and scotland.

And scotland.
>> we charged.

>> we charged.
>> two libyan officials acting

>> two libyan officials acting
as operatives of the libyan

As operatives of the libyan
intelligence service.

Intelligence service.
>> megrahi, a.

>> megrahi, a.
>> senior officer with libyan

>> senior officer with libyan
intelligence, fema, a libyan

Intelligence, fema, a libyan
agent and station manager of

Agent and station manager of
libyan arab airlines in malta.

Libyan arab airlines in malta.
>> finally, something was

>> finally, something was
happening because it was very

Happening because it was very
difficult to to wait and see and

Difficult to to wait and see and
have had everything that

Have had everything that
happened without an answer. We

Happened without an answer. We
were looking for answers.

Were looking for answers.
>> okay, there were people that

>> okay, there were people that
we can look at and and kind of

We can look at and and kind of
say like, why did you do this?

Say like, why did you do this?
There's a relief in that

There's a relief in that
because you're trying so badly

Because you're trying so badly
to put the pieces together.

To put the pieces together.
>> that was one of the

>> that was one of the
questions, though. Why did you

Questions, though. Why did you
do it?

Do it?
>> you know.

>> you know.
>> you want to know who, what,

>> you want to know who, what,
where, when and why of the

Where, when and why of the
situation. You know, and keeping

Situation. You know, and keeping
in mind that my brother was such

In mind that my brother was such
a nonviolent guy. This is a some

A nonviolent guy. This is a some
break dancing. That's my brother

Break dancing. That's my brother
in the red. And he was. 19 ish.

In the red. And he was. 19 ish.
That was only a couple of years

That was only a couple of years
before he died. I recall being

Before he died. I recall being
afraid that I would forget his

Afraid that I would forget his
voice. And, you know, his

Voice. And, you know, his
mannerisms and, you know, to a

Mannerisms and, you know, to a
certain degree, I have, you

Certain degree, I have, you
know, which is really sad. We

Know, which is really sad. We
didn't always get along so

Didn't always get along so
well. You know, there was an

Well. You know, there was an
awful lot of sibling rivalry

Awful lot of sibling rivalry
going on. And, and again, being

Going on. And, and again, being
that we were so close in age and

That we were so close in age and
then we both went to syracuse

Then we both went to syracuse
and uh, he was, uh, he was not

And uh, he was, uh, he was not
happy that I was going to

Happy that I was going to
syracuse. He, he and I had a

Syracuse. He, he and I had a
little discussion about it. And,

Little discussion about it. And,
uh, you know, I think he said

Uh, you know, I think he said
something along the lines of,

Something along the lines of,
you know, couldn't you just go

You know, couldn't you just go
anywhere else? Anywhere else?

Anywhere else? Anywhere else?
You know, the last discussion he

You know, the last discussion he
and I had, I was driving him

And I had, I was driving him
somewhere for him to catch his

Somewhere for him to catch his
flight to the uk. Um, the last

Flight to the uk. Um, the last
words we said to each other was

Words we said to each other was
something along the lines of,

Something along the lines of,
you know, I really hate you, and

You know, I really hate you, and
I really hate you too. And, uh,

I really hate you too. And, uh,
those were literally the last

Those were literally the last
words that we said to one

Words that we said to one
another.

Another.
>> the relatives of americans

Who died on flight 103 expect
their government to take

Their government to take
decisive action.

Decisive action.
>> it was a military strike

>> it was a military strike
against the american flag on pan

Against the american flag on pan
am flight 103. And these libyan

Am flight 103. And these libyan
intelligence officers were used

Intelligence officers were used
as soldiers.

As soldiers.
>> abdelbaset al-megrahi is

>> abdelbaset al-megrahi is
accused of being the mastermind

Accused of being the mastermind
of the pan am 103 bombing, but

Of the pan am 103 bombing, but
he vigorously denies it.

He vigorously denies it.
>> and 20 of December or 21 or

>> and 20 of December or 21 or
at that time, I wasn't there.

At that time, I wasn't there.
Believe me, I was here in

Believe me, I was here in
tripoli with my family.

Tripoli with my family.
>> fema, who also worked for the

>> fema, who also worked for the
libyan airline, also denies any

Libyan airline, also denies any
role in the bombing.

Role in the bombing.
>> we knew it was a waiting

>> we knew it was a waiting
game. It was going to be up to

Game. It was going to be up to
gaddafi to decide to extradite

Gaddafi to decide to extradite
them. So chances are we're not

Them. So chances are we're not
going to get anybody to come and

Going to get anybody to come and
stand trial.

Stand trial.
>> colonel gaddafi took a look

>> colonel gaddafi took a look
at pictures of the two libyan

At pictures of the two libyan
agents and declared that the men

Agents and declared that the men
weren't guilty, even if they

Weren't guilty, even if they
were, he said he wouldn't hand

Were, he said he wouldn't hand
them over.

Them over.
>> there was no indication that

>> there was no indication that
libya had any inclination at

Libya had any inclination at
that stage in 1991 to give these

That stage in 1991 to give these
men up. So it seemed

Patented gel flex grid
technology.

Technology.
>> do not go to purple.

>> do not go to purple.
>> com do not visit a purple

>> com do not visit a purple
store.

>> I felt I had a right to know
the truth about how my daughter

The truth about how my daughter
flora was killed. So following

Flora was killed. So following
the naming of the two suspects,

The naming of the two suspects,
essentially in the west, it was

Essentially in the west, it was
confidently said, of course

Confidently said, of course
gadhafi will never hand them

Gadhafi will never hand them
over. And that was where the

Over. And that was where the
idea dawned in my mind that

Idea dawned in my mind that
perhaps I could help go and see

Perhaps I could help go and see
him and see if if I could

Him and see if if I could
persuade him to allow these two

Persuade him to allow these two
to be handed over for trial.

To be handed over for trial.
>> gadhafi hadn't got a

>> gadhafi hadn't got a
extremely good reputation for

Extremely good reputation for
being a good man. And I saw we

Being a good man. And I saw we
were worried whether he would

Were worried whether he would
come back in one piece.

Come back in one piece.
>> todd blanche hamas jump.

>> todd blanche hamas jump.
>> back then, libya was a

>> back then, libya was a
dictatorship where westerners

Dictatorship where westerners
weren't really free to roam

Weren't really free to roam
around. I mean, it wasn't deemed

Around. I mean, it wasn't deemed
to be a safe place to go. So jim

To be a safe place to go. So jim
swire going there to talk to the

Swire going there to talk to the
man who was accused of

Man who was accused of
orchestrating the lockerbie

Orchestrating the lockerbie
bombing, was a big deal.

Bombing, was a big deal.
>> gaddafi definitely suffered

>> gaddafi definitely suffered
from grandiose delusions. He

From grandiose delusions. He
believed that he was he was not

Believed that he was he was not
an ordinary man. He was a like a

An ordinary man. He was a like a
political messiah. Libya was a

Political messiah. Libya was a
country ruled by fear, where

Country ruled by fear, where
people could not criticize or

People could not criticize or
dare to be against him.

Dare to be against him.
>> supported by a arabic

>> supported by a arabic
journalist who was from sudan,

Journalist who was from sudan,
agreed to accept his help to get

Agreed to accept his help to get
gaddafi.

Gaddafi.
>> how the hell do you go about

>> how the hell do you go about
getting to see colonel gaddafi,

Getting to see colonel gaddafi,
the leader of a rogue state?

The leader of a rogue state?
>> well, credit where credit is

>> well, credit where credit is
due, but he arranged the libyan

Due, but he arranged the libyan
end and helped to get libyan

End and helped to get libyan
visas to get into libya.

Visas to get into libya.
>> a man whose daughter was

>> a man whose daughter was
killed in the bombing of pan am

Killed in the bombing of pan am
flight 103 is to travel to libya

Flight 103 is to travel to libya
this week to try to persuade

This week to try to persuade
moammar gadhafi to hand over to

Moammar gadhafi to hand over to
libyan agents who have been

Libyan agents who have been
accused in the bombing.

Accused in the bombing.
>> I still, of course, felt

>> I still, of course, felt
extremely nervous about going to

Extremely nervous about going to
see gadhafi, who I thought might

See gadhafi, who I thought might
either take me prisoner or have

Either take me prisoner or have
me shot or something like that.

Me shot or something like that.
When I got there. We were parked

When I got there. We were parked
in the waiting area in the

In the waiting area in the
desert. And then a message came

Desert. And then a message came
over his radio saying, okay,

Over his radio saying, okay,
now.

Now.
>> you're effectively walking

>> you're effectively walking
into gadhafi's tent.

Into gadhafi's tent.
>> yes. So I went in and I said,

>> yes. So I went in and I said,
colonel, I'm very pleased to see

Colonel, I'm very pleased to see
you because I want very keen to

You because I want very keen to
talk to you. And I had a

Talk to you. And I had a
briefcase. And round the edge of

Briefcase. And round the edge of
this space was a ring of female

This space was a ring of female
soldiers, and each of them had

Soldiers, and each of them had
an ak 47. And as I opened the

An ak 47. And as I opened the
case, you could hear. Click,

Case, you could hear. Click,
click, click, click, click. As

Click, click, click, click. As
the safety catches came off.

The safety catches came off.
They weren't trusting me. One

They weren't trusting me. One
inch. But gaddafi had decided he

Inch. But gaddafi had decided he
was going to trust me. And I

Was going to trust me. And I
suppose he was brave, he would

Suppose he was brave, he would
say, because a lot of people

Say, because a lot of people
tried to kill him at one time or

Tried to kill him at one time or
another. In the briefcase was a

Another. In the briefcase was a
file full of pictures of flora

File full of pictures of flora
at various ages. He then asked

At various ages. He then asked
me why I'd come, and I said to

Me why I'd come, and I said to
him, well, look, two of your men

Him, well, look, two of your men
have been accused of the

Have been accused of the
lockerbie disaster. And I think

Lockerbie disaster. And I think
the only way to find out if

The only way to find out if
that's true or not is to have

That's true or not is to have
them tried in a proper court of

Them tried in a proper court of
law. Is there anything you could

Law. Is there anything you could
do to ease this situation?

Do to ease this situation?
>> kataib hezbollah.

>> kataib hezbollah.
>> after about 40 minutes, I

>> after about 40 minutes, I
felt that at the time to go. And

Felt that at the time to go. And
I took one more thing out of my

I took one more thing out of my
briefcase, a little badge, and

Briefcase, a little badge, and
it said on it, lockerbie. The

It said on it, lockerbie. The
truth must be known. And I

Truth must be known. And I
pinned that badge on his lapel.

Pinned that badge on his lapel.
And again, you could hear click,

And again, you could hear click,
click, click. And when I left

Click, click. And when I left
his presence at that time, he

His presence at that time, he
was wearing that badge on the

Was wearing that badge on the
lapel. I thought it was a good

Lapel. I thought it was a good
thing for him to acknowledge.

Thing for him to acknowledge.
The truth must be known.

The truth must be known.
>> colonel gaddafi insists that

>> colonel gaddafi insists that
his government has been unfairly

His government has been unfairly
accused.

Accused.
>> u.S. And british authorities

>> u.S. And british authorities
claim they have a lot of

Claim they have a lot of
evidence, including eyewitness

Evidence, including eyewitness
identification, that implicates

Identification, that implicates
the two men.

The two men.
>> well, a number of years went

>> well, a number of years went
past before it became clear that

Past before it became clear that
the libyans were going to

The libyans were going to
surrender them.

Surrender them.
>> libya resisted and resisted

>> libya resisted and resisted
handing them over for trial. And

Handing them over for trial. And
the pressure that was applied to

The pressure that was applied to
libya to make this happen was

Libya to make this happen was
sanctions.

Sanctions.
>> iran and libya sanctions bill

>> iran and libya sanctions bill
I signed today will help to deny

I signed today will help to deny
those countries the money they

Those countries the money they
need to finance international

Need to finance international
terrorism.

Terrorism.
>> those sanctions had the

>> those sanctions had the
libyan population, american

Libyan population, american
companies and many european

Companies and many european
companies were not allowed to

Companies were not allowed to
export anything to libya,

Export anything to libya,
including medicines and vital

Including medicines and vital
things for human

Suspects shoule
surrendered for trial promptly.

Reporter: Tonight does mark
the tenth anniversary

Of the disaster that was
pan am flight 103.

Reporter 2: Simultaneous
memorials today

On both sides of the atlantic.

At a parish church
in lockerbie, scotland,

In london's westminster abbey,

At syracuse university,

The campus that lost 35 students
to the terrorists.

Our thoughts and prayers today

Are with the families
and friends

Of those 270 people
from so many countries

Whose lives were tragically
taken in the lockerbie bombing

Ten years ago.

Man 10: Turn back the clock.

Let it be seven o'clock on the
evening of December 21st, 1988.

The pressures of personal
grief have been compounded,

For many, by the frustrations
of the fight for answers.

I remember thinking that libya
would never turn them over.

We find no answer to the
soul-searing question... Why?

Suse: We were not interested
in blaming anyone.

We wanted to find the real deal.

And so, if it took time,
it took time.

Reporter: The years
of diplomatic efforts

Have finally paid off,

With a handover of the
two libyan suspects.

It's clear
that the sanctions worked,

Because the minute the pair
were turned over to custody,

The sanctions were suspended.

Reporter: Abdelbaset al-megrahi
and al-amin khalifa fhimah

Are charged with conspiracy
and murder.

That was very surprising that
they were turned over for trial.

And we were very hopeful
at that point

That the truth would come out.

Two libyan suspects to be tried

In a special court
in the netherlands,

But under the laws of the nation
where the wreckage landed,

The laws of scotland.

Because I'd always an interest
in the lockerbie bombing,

I put my hand up and volunteered
to cover the lockerbie trial.

The trial is expected to last
more than one year.

Almost $20m have been spent

Building the court, prison
and media center,

On a tiny patch of dutch soil
designated as scotland.

This was going to be
a scottish court

Inside a former us airbase
inside of the netherlands,

And that area would be declared
scottish territory

For the duration of the trial.

So, they were tried
under scottish law.

Because scottish judges
were trying the case,

My job was to assist

The international press
and news agencies

In understanding the trial.

Victoria: There's quite a bit
of difference

Between scottish law
and american law.

Under scottish law,
there is no death penalty,

There's no life imprisonment
without parole.

So, we were horrified
that this was supposed to be,

You know,
the trial of the century

That was going to bring justice
to our loved ones.

Jim: We arranged
to live in holland

For the duration of the trial.

And call me obsessed
or what you like,

I was determined to extract all
the information I could

From the trial.

This is why we're here.
This is my daughter.

This is theo cohen.
She was 20 years old

When she was blown up
over lockerbie, scotland

Over 11 years ago.

Reporter: The two libyan
defendants arrived

For this landmark trial,

Coming face to face

With the relatives
of pan am 103's victims.

You know, there was
sort of, for me personally,

Kind of a disconnect.

That these two little guys,
sitting there in their robes,

Dressed in holy garb,
so to speak,

Could have committed
these enormous atrocities.

It was very hard for me to
actually connect them

To having murdered my boy.

I'm hoping for peace
at the end of it.

That I can finally grieve for my
daughter and my grand...

Sorry.

For some of them, it was
sort of an emotional release.

They talked about it
as a sort of moment of calm,

When they could finally see
the accused.

Others were much more angry, and
they were angry with these men.

They were convinced,
even before the trial,

That they were guilty.

I want them to see my
daughter's picture.

I'm gonna say,
"this is what you did."

I lost four on that plane,
my daughter was pregnant.

I'd like to see
them get executed.

I'm sorry,
that's how I feel about it.

All of us had been exposed

To the publicity, the negative
publicity about libya,

About gaddafi,
the mad dog of africa.

There was an assumption

That these two libyans
were clearly guilty,

And there must be a lot
of evidence against them.

Trials, by their nature,
as complicated to cover,

And this was going to be
one of the most complicated

In uk history.

A very important witness
for the prosecution

Was edwin bollier.

Edwin bollier owned a company
called mebo ltd,

Which was in zurich,

Which, according to the
prosecution, had manufactured

The timing device
that detonated the bomb.

And a fragment of the timing
device was found in lockerbie.

This is the one item of evidence

That led the track to
libyan intelligence agents

Having a role in the downing
of pan am 103.

So, it's where the dots
all start to connect together.

He's a westerner,

He is not connected to
the libyan government,

Other than through business,

And we assumed that he
would get on the stand

And tell the same story

That he told us.

But all of a sudden,
he wasn't quite as certain

That his timer
blew up pan am 103.

Bollier appeared to recant
his previous testimony.

He said different things

To that that'd he'd originally
told the police.

He seemed mercurial.

He seemed untrustworthy.

We thought he was going to be
a very important part

To find the accused guilty.

And then he comes and switches.

Nic: Edwin bollier would have
every reason

To essentially recant
what he'd previously said.

Don't forget, muammar gaddafi,

When this court case
was going on,

Was a formidable power.

He could reach you.

You could, as a witness,
be justifiably scared

Of going against
the libyan government.

I now understand
why he might have said that.

I should make it clear
that I consider the evidence

About pt/35b

To be a falsehood
from beginning to end.

There was a lot of doubt
about where this was found.

By whom it was found.

It seemed to me quite remarkable

That a very tiny, tiny fragment

Should miraculously be found
in the wilds outside lockerbie.

And questions then raised

Over how such a tiny, tiny
fragment could be identified.

Interviewer: So, do you think
that the scottish police

-Tampered with the evidence?
-Yes.

That cracks the
prosecution's case right there.

Now, the lockerbie trial
has heard crucial evidence

Linking the two libyan accused
to the place

Where it's claimed the bomb
was originally planted.

Reporter: Fragments of a suit

Recovered from the wreckage
of the flight

Were traced back to
a clothes shop in malta.

Giving evidence,
the shop owner, tony gauci, said

A libyan man resembling megrahi
had been in his shop

About a fortnight
before christmas, 1988.

Gauci is significant,

Because he is the one
who can identify megrahi.

He says megrahi came into his
store to buy random clothes

That were packed around the bomb
in the suitcase

That was put aboard, ultimately,
pan am 103.

He's the witness
that fingers megrahi.

Now, out of all of that,
the most controversial thing

Was mr gauci's identification.

Where would you like to stand?

It was put up
by the scottish police.

Later, it became clear

That tony gauci had actually
seen a picture of megrahi

In a magazine,
shortly before the line-up.

But also, megrahi,
it turned out,

Was the only libyan
in the line-up.

So, that's where the
prosecutions case weakens again.

Could you all turn round.

Clare: It's ridiculous.

Even with all of that, he
doesn't say it's definitely him.

The impression I got

Was that he was under
some pressure

To um... Accommodate
the police inquiry.

It was quite difficult
to establish

Just how many statements
this man had given.

But what is clear
is that his recollection

Of critical matters
varied hugely.

I mean, for example,

The man who'd purchased
the maltese clothing

Was described as much older,
much bigger.

He had identified other people,
quite apart from megrahi.

And the identification
of megrahi

Was, I would say, laughable.

It didn't quite deliver,

Because he had
changing recollections

Of what the suspect
looked like,

That his initial, seemingly
positive, identification

Of megrahi,

Then seemed less positive.

He seemed like
an unsatisfactory witness

When finally put on the stand.

Tony gauci was a simple,
decent businessman,

Eking out a living in this shop.

The police show up
in the biggest case

In the history of malta and
started asking him questions.

I honestly think
he was just a man

That was trying to be honest

And tell the truth
to the best of his recollection.

We found out subsequently
a lot of things

That weren't known
at the time of the trial,

And if they were, would
have completely demolished

Any credibility that he had.

Such as him being
paid a lot of money

After the trial.

And not only was
tony gauci paid money,

But his brother, paul gauci,
was also paid money.

One of the pieces of evidence
that emerged later,

That wasn't presented in court,

Was from notes
from a scottish police officer,

Where tony gauci said that he
wanted some form of compensation

For his information.

Which... Is not outwith
the practice

Of the us department of justice
to do that.

And I believe that
an fbi agent said,

"we can get some money
to help re-locate him

After the court case was over,
for his safety and protection."

We didn't know what
the threat to tony gauci was.

Interviewer: How much money
are we talking here?

They got millions.

I think a million dollars.

Two million dollars, I think,
for tony gauci,

A million for paul.

He was never called
as a witness,

So what was he getting
one million dollars for?

He didn't say
anything at the trial.

You can't have
people being paid.

It is totally contrary
to the interests of justice.

The trial period
was a very difficult one for me

Because at the beginning
of it, I still believed

That our government
had been telling us the truth

As best they knew it.

But the lack
of credible evidence

Was what converted
me to realizing

That the intelligence services
of britain and america

Had other things in mind
than truth and justice.

Reporter: In one of these cars

Is a witness from libya
who could decide the outcome

Of britain's biggest
murder trial.

Abdul majid was once
a libyan secret agent

And now fears that his former
libyan colleagues

Want to kill him.

Phil: The double agent,
who we called puzzle piece,

Was willing to testify.

You know, that was the real, you
know, crux of that trial.

There was some
critical questions.

"did you see,
with your own eyes,

Those two suspects,
al-megrahi and fhimah,

Bring in the bag
containing the bomb

That brought down
pan am flight 103?"

Two libyans are on trial at a
court set up in the netherlands,

They have always insisted
they are innocent.

The prosecution has hung
much of its case

On the man who was on the stand
today.

Reporter: Abdul majid giaka
is the super-grass

Billed as the
lockerbie-trial star witness.

He had presented to himself
to the cia

As working for
libyan intelligence.

So, this is somebody
who would seem to be able

To put the finger
on the culpability

Of megrahi and fhimah in this.

Reporter: From behind a screen,

With his voice disguised
electronically,

Abdul majid told the court

How libyan intelligence
planned the bombing.

Reporter 2: He told the court
he'd seen explosives

In the desk drawer
of one of the defendants,

And he had seen both defendants
with a brown suitcase.

Reporter 3: Abdul majid claimed
that before the bombing

He passed all this on
to his cia handlers.

He never mentioned to us

Anything about any knowledge
at all about the pan am bombing.

And we were handling him.

He was asked that question.
He knew nothing about it.

All I know is that I spent a lot
of time with him initially.

And I'm a skeptical kind of guy,
you know,

Until proven otherwise.

I found him just... Honest.

Um...

I wouldn't believe he would
tell a lie about nothing.

I think that he changed
the story.

He was looking for more money.

He was looking for
possible resettlement.

He would have told us
if he knew anything.

Doesn't make logical sense
that he would hide it then,

But all of a sudden, later,
know everything.

I think he was a manipulator
and a shyster.

I certainly have never had any
reason to question his honesty.

Everything that he said,
we were able to substantiate.

John: The fbi are
primarily cops.

And you get this guy walking
in, a former cia agent,

Who has initially claimed to be

A true
libyan intelligence officer,

They grabbed him immediately.

This can make their case.

This will make the fbi
look good.

The fbi and the cia
have a history

Of not getting along
with each other.

They don't trust each other.

Reporter: The former
double agent

Is not facing cross-examination
by a defense

Seeking to undermine
the credibility

Of a man who stands to collect
a $4m reward

If the two suspects
are convicted.

Eddie: He was such a dreadful
witness.

He actually did a lot more good
for the defense

Than you could ever imagine.

He'd gone from knowing nothing
about lockerbie,

To later giving evidence
to the fbi

That he had seen both
fhimah and megrahi

With a brown samsonite suitcase,

Going through the airport
the day before the bombing.

They'd gone through,
avoiding any security checks.

I mean, this was dynamite
if it were true.

But clearly it was not true.

It's been something
he had invented,

Perhaps encouraged to invent
later.

This is bs. This is...

..The government, you know,
manipulating the evidence

To get whatever outcome
that they wanted.

Even giaka didn't try to
incriminate fhimah,

In terms of being a member of
the intelligence service.

And that, in my view, was
a very clear signal to anyone,

Including the judges,

That this case against fhimah
was dreadful.

Nic: Another flawed witness
for the prosecution.

His testimony doesn't stand up.

He's seen as something as
a walter mitty.

Somebody who says
they're something

That they're actually not.

So, his evidence is, therefore,
much less credible.

Victoria: It was confusing
for us

To understand
what was going on.

This person is being put on
as an expert witness, or...

I mean, to us,
it was quite a sham.

Reporter: The day long-awaited
by lockerbie investigators

And victims' families
is at hand.

Reporter 2: The court that has
heard 84 days

And three million words
of evidence

Is ready for the final day

Of britain's biggest
mass murder trial.

This is another part
of the healing.

You know, it's still,
you know, his murderers.

Right? It's still the people

That committed
this horrendous crime.

So, there is that sense of,
like, wanting to kind of see...

You just never stop wanting
justice to somehow be served.

It wasn't until near
the end of the trial

That I realized
I could not continue

To believe that there was
a cogent body of evidence

That justified the finding of
either of these two men guilty.

I've never really been
a big conspiracy theorist

To being with.

But I believe that the...

..The libyans were responsible
for the bombing.

John: I never believed
that libya did it.

Our government and us
presidents have hated gaddafi

Since he took over in 1969.

He kicked all of the american
oil companies out of libya.

He confiscated our biggest
airbase anywhere in the world.

I think the us government
had an agenda.