Original subtitles

>> 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.