Last week President Obama and Britsh Prime Minister David Cameron held a joint press conference to discuss the release of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi the Lockerbie bomber who blew up Pan Am flight 103 murdering 243 people.
In their joint conference Obama claims he was against the release. See for yourself in the clip below.
An Australian new was investigating an oil deal that would allow for BP to drill off of Lybia's coast accidentally uncovered a memo from the Obama administration urging the release of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi as being preferable to him being sent to a Lybian prison.
The article states:
"The US has tried to keep the letter secret, refusing to give permission to the Scottish authorities to publish it on the grounds it would prevent future "frank and open communications" with other governments."
While the Administration preferred for Megrahi to remain in prison, they strongly opposed sending him to a Libyan prison.
"Nevertheless, if Scottish authorities come to the conclusion that Megrahi must be released from Scottish custody, the US position is that conditional release on compassionate grounds would be a far preferable alternative to prisoner transfer, which we strongly oppose."
This is the exact opposite of Obama's comments last week. In fact, this wreaks of political crony capitalism.
What is most disturbing is the blatant nature of the President's lie. Granted, it is assumed politicians are wordsmiths that don't always say what they mean, however, this is just blatant.
It is not just this lie but when one looks back at all of the lies told by this President, one has to come to the realization that he will say anything to get what he wants.
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