Richard Ingrams comments in the Independent.
While the media pursue these red herrings, the most likely reason for Megrahi's
release will go unmentioned. It is generally forgotten that, at the time of his
release, he was engaged in a lengthy appeal hearing against his original
conviction. Evidence showing the flimsiness of the case against him would have
been produced; well-founded allegations of the bribery of witnesses and the
possible planting of evidence on the crash site by the CIA would have been
aired. It could all have ended with the exposure of one of the most scandalous
miscarriages of justice ever acknowledged in a British court. No wonder that in
the circumstances the Justice Minister, Jack Straw, was so keen to see the back
of Megrahi and the discontinuation of his appeal hearing.