-Caveat Lector- WTF? http://thescotsman.co.uk/index.cfm?id=TS00976956532&d=News&c=front&s=4 Secret new evidence halts trial Tanya Thompson MYSTERY new evidence in the Lockerbie trial could have "the greatest conceivable effect" on the proceedings, a defence lawyer warned yesterday. The defence has been granted a week-long adjournment to give time for worldwide investigations triggered by the latest information. William Taylor QC, representing one of two Libyans charged with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988, said that a further adjournment might be necessary because of the scale of the inquiries. Reasons for a dramatic halt to the Lockerbie trial remain shrouded in secrecy. It follows revelations by the Crown that a foreign country had supplied new information. The prosecution team has already spent two weeks investigating claims made in the material, which arrived unexpectedly from "a foreign source" - believed to be a government - on 4 October. The contents are "of some complexity and considerable sensitivity" according to Lord Advocate Colin Boyd QC, leading the Lockerbie prosecution. He passed the full details to the defence on Monday, telling the court at Kamp van Zeist in the Netherlands that the information "points to a number of individuals who had to be seen by the Scottish police force". Mr Boyd said there were five names of people "in another European country and one in the United States of America". Mr Taylor, representing Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, said: "The information we have received, if true, is of the greatest conceivable effect on this trial." He gave no further clues to the court, but said it was likely he would be seeking a further adjournment when the court reconvened next Tuesday. A senior legal source said that the key players involved in the trial were sworn to secrecy. He said: "I cannot remember a case where secrets were so closely guarded. It �s all very dramatic stuff." Earlier this month, the Lord Advocate revealed that a foreign country had supplied fresh information at the eleventh hour. Mr Boyd told the Scottish court in the Netherlands that inquiries were being made at a very senior level, but he would not divulge further details until the investigations are completed. He said that the information related not to the Crown case, but to the defence of incrimination being put forward by the two accused Libyans. They blame Palestinian terrorists for the bombing. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and Al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah are accused of being agents of the Libyan intelligence service and of being responsible for the placing of the bomb on Pan Am flight 103 which killed 270 people in December, 1988. The pair deny conspiracy to murder, murder and a breach of the 1982 Aviation Security Act. The presiding judge, Lord Sutherland, has said that he expects to be given more information about what is going on before accepting the need for a further delay. He has already warned that the trial was "beginning to grind along rather slowly" but has agreed that the new evidence needs full investigation by both sides before the trial, which began last May, can continue. ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
