…then this is going to hit this administration:
Correspondence obtained by The Sunday Times reveals the Obama administration considered compassionate release more palatable than locking up Abdel Baset al-Megrahi in a Libyan prison.
The intervention, which has angered US relatives of those who died in the attack, was made by Richard LeBaron, deputy head of the US embassy in London, a week before Megrahi was freed in August last year on grounds that he had terminal cancer.
The document, acquired by a well-placed US source, threatens to undermine US President Barack Obama’s claim last week that all Americans were “surprised, disappointed and angry” to learn of Megrahi’s release.
Back when this happened I said this:
I can’t see how England did this without at least informing the US if this is true the big loser is Not going to be president Obama.
Back when Hillary was named Sec of State it seemed a shrewd move for both parties. By making Mrs. Clinton a part of the administration she is tied to it, and by taking State she not only avoids having to deal with a declining economy but she puts herself in a position to resign in protest at a key moment if she wants to make a move.
Since Mrs. Clinton has become almost an afterthought in this administration it looks like I’m going to be wrong, it will not hit Clinton it will hit President Obama.
memeorandum thread here
Will Morning Joe and everyone else who have been pushing this story continue to do so if this blows up in the Administration’s face. I think Mika still will, but I wouldn’t be on anyone else in the MSM.
Update: Michelle Malkin: So much for Smart Diplomacy.
