I was looking for a palate cleanser, I swear. Something nice and non-political. Relaxing. But Fark Geek had to spoil it for me:
Libya paid doctors who said Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Al Megrahi had three months to live
The Libyan government paid British doctors for medical advice which could have helped bring about the release of the Lockerbie bomber.
Cancer specialist Karol Sikora and two others received £100 an hour to consider how long they believed Abdelbaset Al Megrahi had to live.
Professor Sikora admitted yesterday that although he initially thought Megrahi could live for as long as 18 months, he was ‘encouraged’ to conclude he would die from prostate cancer within three months.
This is important as it is the amount of time under which Scottish law allows someone to be freed on compassionate grounds.
I don’t know why I’m surprised at this – anymore that I was surprised that the administration was fully kept up to date on the terrorist’s release (although Allahpundit’s reaction is more or less mine on that). But I am.
Moe Lane
Crossposted to RedState.
If you want a plate cleanser, you could look on the bright side that the man doesn’t have cancer. But then again, he isn’t a man but an animal.
Although, if a UK inmate does have cancer and is released, they would be subject to NHS rationing. Amazing how no prisoners, in the US or UK, ever experience health care rationing. Just because you are on death row it doesn’t mean a death panel.