The Shadow Market: How a Group of Wealthy Nations and Powerful Investors Secretly Dominate the World Book

Very disappointed with the author analysis of Libya-UK deal. Yes I agree with the author that Megrahi wouldn't have been released without The bp contract. However, the author ignores the fact that there is a huge controversy on Megrahi's responsibility of Lockerbie which is what the author himself admits at the beginning of the chapter. However to make his argument sound stronger he totally ignored that at the end of the chapter. He also ignores the fact that there are several legal experts, as well as the UN observers at the Lockerbie trial have vehemently, challenged the verdict that convicted Megrahi. Additionally he ignores that Ulrich Lumpert, the Mebo AG engineer who testified to the validity of a key piece of evidence, admitted in an affidavit to lying in court and stealing the object from his employer, after which he gave it to one of the crime investigators. So in brief the author's point is right, Libya used its geopolitical power to release Megrahi but you can't ignore the fact that holding him responsible in the first place was very controversial.