MacAskill confirms slippery Jack’s statement

No deals done over Megrahi release

I wish I knew which Oil-for-Prisoner deal Guido is harping on about, it clearly isn’t true, Jack Straw says so!

Update

A source close to Jack Straw told The Times that the move to include Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi in a prisoner transfer agreement in 2007 was a government decision and was not made at the sole discretion of the Justice Secretary. “It wasn’t just Jack who decided this. It was a Government decision. Jack did not act unilaterally.”

Update

Thurs. Sept. 3rd.

Guido is busy putting two and two together and Guardian report draws Alex Salmond closer into the web of possible commercial deals. Salmond of course “has never met any of them and never discussed it with any of them,”
Check the tags before you contact the lawyers please.

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