IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 732 
Condemning the release of convicted terrorist Abdel Basset Mohamed al- 
Megrahi from a prison in Scotland to return home to Libya. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 
Mr. ADLER of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FOS-
TER, Mr. HOLT, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. MCMAHON, Mr. PAT-
RICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. MURPHY of New York, Mr. 
PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. 
TEAGUE, Mr. WAXMAN, and Mr. WOLF) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning the release of convicted terrorist Abdel Basset 
Mohamed al-Megrahi from a prison in Scotland to return 
home to Libya. 
Whereas, on December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103, from 
London to New York, was destroyed by a bomb, killing 
all 259 people on board, 11 civilians on the ground, for 
a total of 270 people which included 189 people from the 
United States; 
Whereas, on January 31, 2001, Abdel Basset Mohamed al- 
Megrahi was sentenced to life in prison for his participa-
tion in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103; 
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Whereas, on August 20, 2009, the Scottish Government re-
leased him on ‘‘compassionate grounds’’ to return to 
Libya due to terminal prostate cancer; 
Whereas, on August 20, 2009, the White House expressed 
deep regret for the decision to release Abdel Basset 
Mohamed al-Megrahi and has stated that he should serve 
out his sentence in Scotland; 
Whereas, on August 20, 2009, the United States Secretary 
of State, Hilary Rodham Clinton, expressed the United 
States deep disappointment by the decision of the Scot-
tish Government to release Abdel Basset Mohamed al- 
Megrahi and deepest sympathies to the families of the 
victims; and 
Whereas, on August 21, 2009, the Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, Mr. Robert Meuller III, ex-
pressed his outrage of the release of Abdel Basset 
Mohamed al-Megrahi to the Scottish Justice Secretary, 
Kenny MacAskill, stating ‘‘Your action in releasing 
Megrahi is as inexplicable as it is detrimental to the 
cause of justice. Indeed your action makes a mockery of 
the rule of law. Your action gives comfort to terrorists 
around the world who now believe that regardless of the 
quality of the investigation, the conviction by jury after 
the defendant is given all due process, and sentence ap-
propriate to the crime, the terrorist will be freed by one 
man’s exercise of ‘compassion.’ Your action rewards a 
terrorist even though he never admitted to his role in this 
act of mass murder and even though neither he nor the 
government of Libya ever disclosed the names and roles 
of others who were responsible.’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) strongly condemns the release of Abdel Bas-
set Mohamed al-Megrahi, who was convicted for par-
ticipating in the bombing of Pan Am 103, causing 
the deaths of 270 innocent people, including 189 
United States citizens; 
(2) extends deepest sympathies to all the family 
members of the victims of Pan Am Flight 103; 
(3) recognizes this type of action sends a nega-
tive message to terrorists and undermines the judi-
cial system in terrorist convictions; 
(4) expresses concern for the celebration of 
Abdel Basset Mohamed al-Megrahi’s return to Libya 
because this sends the wrong message to terrorists; 
and 
(5) urges the Government of Libya to imme-
diately place Abdel Basset Mohamed al-Megrahi 
under house arrest. 
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