Scotbom: Evidence and the Lockerbie Investigation by Richard A. Marquise

By Richard A. Marquise

Pan Am Flight 103 used to be blown out of the sky over Lockerbie, Scotland on December 21, 1988, killing 270 humans and altering the best way the area checked out terrorism. FBI distinctive Agent Richard A. Marquise led the U.S. activity strength which integrated the FBI, division of Justice and the critical Intelligence employer. He controlled all points of the research, interpreting first the extensive query of rationale, the booklet units the bombing within the context of global occasions. Then it appears to be like on the unique suspects, a Palestinian terrorist workforce which were established in Germany, besides a variety of renowned theories relating to who was once in the back of the sinister plot, from the view of the guy who "lived" Lockerbie for over 12 years. the writer analyzes the findings of the Scottish courtroom and exhibits what it took to convey Libyans to trial at a Scottish court docket sitting within the Netherlands over 12 years later. this primary hand account supplies the reader an extraordinary glimpse into the internal workings of a tremendous overseas legal research and descriptions the organizational constitution the us and Scotland installed position to deal with this foreign crime, now a version for overseas interagency cooperation on questions of terrorism. * Richard A. Marquise was once concerned with the research from its inception and, after being named to guide the duty strength, led the research in the course of the go back of indictments in 1991. He performed an lively function in the course of the trial. In August 2001 he obtained the lawyer General's Award for uncommon carrier following the winning answer of the trial. Mr. Marquise is a professional within the fields of counter terrorism and difficulty administration, either as an investigator and as a supervisor. His 31-year profession with the Federal Bureau of research (FBI) incorporated the position of particular Agent in control of the Oklahoma urban department of the FBI 1999-2002; through the past due Nineteen Eighties, he used to be the manager of the Terrorist study and Analytical heart (TRAC) at FBI Headquarters. A veteran of diverse crises together with terror assaults, kidnappings, felony takeovers and different major occasions, he's now a Senior examine go together with the Institute for Intergovernmental study (IIR), Tallahassee, Florida. He has seemed on tv and radio speak exhibits and has given hundreds and hundreds of speeches worldwide with regards to terrorism. He has supplied education to cops everywhere in the usa and across the world. Mr. Marquise holds a Masters measure from the George Washington collage. He has been a member of the foreign organization of Chiefs of Police Terrorism Committee and is a member of the Society of Former exact brokers of the FBI.

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In mid-February 1989, Nezar Jaafar, Khaled’s father, traveled to Washington. He had been interviewed several times and his son’s name had appeared in various newspapers. A number of documents belonging to Khaled had been located among the wreckage. These included airline travel coupons and a Lebanese passport. Khaled’s mother and sister resided in Syria, making this a logical place for him to visit. His grandfather resided in Lebanon. One of the individuals arrested in the October “Autumn Leaves” roundup in Germany bore a resemblance to Jaafar and was no longer in custody.

Detroit was home to one of the largest Arab populations outside of the Middle East. Palestinians along with immigrants from Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries lived in suburban Dearborn, in the shadow of the Ford Motor Company. Many of them worked for Ford, Chrysler, or General Motors. Some existed and many thrived in their adopted land. However, with the new threat 22 Chapter 3: December 1988: Washington from Palestinian terrorists, the FBI had to develop a plan overnight to determine whether an attack similar to that which claimed eleven Israeli athletes would come to America.

Hendershot, an affable Kentuckian, did not have extensive experience but had excellent interpersonal skills. An agent with more rank or experience, particularly at the outset, might have ruffled feathers. Hendershot left the United States at the end of 1988, and did not return for over a year. J. Reid, a former Baltimore Police officer and a member of C-3, the squad designated at WFO to investigate terrorism against Americans abroad, to liaise with SO 13 in London as they conducted investigation at Heathrow airport.

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