was the libyans that carried out the attacks, my own personal view was that it was not enough just to go and seek to try the individual agents who were acting on behalf of libya. obviously the intelligence service doesn t go off on its own and do these things. so i felt we had to take direct action against libya and i felt that we should establish the precedent at that point that if you attack, if you engage in this kind of mass atrocity, terroristic attack on the united states that you will be signing your own death warrant. while masud was in custody in libya on separate charges, he confessed to his part in the lockerbie attack. are you convinced there is enough evidence to guarantee a conviction? that is the standard we use in the department ofjustice which is we don t bring charges unless we feel we have admissible evidence sufficient to prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that the individual is guilty. we know there was an interview he gave that to libyan
abi agila masud was told in court what the charges against him are and that he could face life in prison if convicted. he s accused of making the bomb that killed 270 people when it blew up pan am flight 103, over lockerbie in 1988. two years ago, that then us attorney general, william barr, announced formal criminal charges against masud. why is it important that masud is brought to the us and tried in american court? from a policy standpoint, i think it s important to let it be known that if you attack americans, you are going to be brought to justice, even if it takes 30 years. when we learned in november of 1991, when we came to the determination that this was the libyans that carried out the attacks, my own personal view was that it was not enough just to go and seek to try the individual agents who were acting on behalf of libya. obviously, the intelligence service doesn t go off on its own and do these things.
103, over lockerbie in 1988. two years ago, that then us attorney general, william barr, announced formal criminal charges against masud. why is it important that masud is brought to the us and tried in american court? in an american court? from a policy standpoint, i think it s important to let it be known that if you attack americans, you are going to be brought to justice, even if it takes 30 years. when we learned in november of 1991, when we came to the determination that this was the libyans that carried out the attacks, my own personal view was that it was not enough just to go and seek to try the individual agents who were acting on behalf of libya. obviously the intelligence service doesn t go off on its own and do these things. so i felt we had to take direct action against libya and i felt that we should establish the precedent at that point that if you attack, if you engage in this kind of mass atrocity, terroristic
they have been rumours for a few months that the government was considering giving them an exemption so that they could skip the service on the grounds, really, that they have done so much already to serve their country and perhaps their time could be better spent out of the army, they could achieve more for south korea if they didn t go, but this exemption was by no means guaranteed, and it wasn t even looking likely. so in the end, all of the members of them that came out and decided to preempt that decision by enlisting. but as you say, this compulsory military service here in south korea, it is a sort of grievance for many young men who feel that it disadvantages them against women who don t have to do it, and also that it takes them away from their work and their studies and theirfriends. at a really pivotal time in their life, usually in their early 20s or mid 20s. if they had gotten exemption, and could ve been quite significant backlash. so i think in the end they decided to do
to the determination that this was the libyans that carried out the attacks, my own personal view was that it was not enough just to go and seek to try the individual agent who was acting on behalf of libya. 0bviously intelligent service doesn t go off on its own and do these things. so i felt we had to take direct action against libya and i felt that we should establish the precedent at that point that if you attack or engage in this kind of mass atrocity terroristic attack on the united states that you will be signing your own death warrant. while abi agila masud was in custody in libya on separate charges, he confessed in his part in the lockerbie attack. are you convinced there s enough evidence to guarantee a conviction? that is the standard for using the department ofjustice which is we do not bring charges unless we have admissible evidence sufficient to prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that the individual is guilty. we know there was an interview