abdel ma sed al-megrahi. he's the only person ever convicted in connection with the 1988 bombing of pan-am flight 103 which killed 270 people, mostly americans. scotland released el me gras hi from prison on compassionate grounds when he was supposedly on his death bed. that was two years ago. now the u.s. is asking politely for the rebels to review the case, and in the meantime, the west is holding millions of dollars in frozen assets. dominic, it would seem that, you know, financially the u.s. has some leverage to bargain with here, and yet so far the rebels don't seem inclined to hand this guy over. >> reporter: it's going to be interesting just how much the united states can convince the u.n. to use this as a bargaining chip. you're right there. but they seem to be pretty firm in the fact that it isn't going