Libya and Pan Am flight Lockerbie

[David Guyatt]

Immediately after the crash, CIA did arrive on the scene and took control, selecting sectors were native searchers were not to tread. This would be with MI5 and/or Home Office support. What were they looking for?

I seem to recall an argument (but might be misremembering) that the CIA arrived on the scene far quicker than would have been possible had they flown in from London Station. The argument thus suggests that there was prior knowledge of something going down.

I'm not sure this argument stands up but it is, at least, worth considering.

I knew Les Coleman and found him to be okay. I think his story can be largely relied upon. But not entirely. Les loved to talk and can talk the hind legs off a Donkey. Perhaps it's the introvert in me but I am always mildly cautious about people who talk incessantly - especially in the shadowland business. Once I had a 1 1/2 phone conversation with a Canadian in Vancouver who tried to talk over every question and thus control the conversation in order to avoid answering any questions asked of him. That was hard work. Les never did that. He would always answer the question. I guess he just liked to jaw.