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The Bombing of Pan Am 103 Season 1 Episode 5 - Full Episode
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00:00Pan Am 103, what has it got to do with Malta?
00:23FIDA flights brought passengers and baggage from other places, including one unaccompanied
00:27bag from Lou Airport.
00:29Are these the trousers that you sold to this customer?
00:31They might have been, yes.
00:32Big guy Libyan.
00:34Fresh off the fax machine from Malta, our mystery shopper.
00:39We could be dealing with an ESO agent here, Libya's equivalent to the CIA.
00:42You're lobbying the White House to set up a President's Commission to look at aviation
00:47security.
00:48We want to stop other families going through what we've experienced.
00:51You think this could be another piece of the Toshiba radio?
00:54Only one part would need a circuit board.
00:56A timer.
00:57And what's the CIA view on the Vienna Embassy tip-off?
01:00They know we'll put the bomb on Pan Am 103.
01:02Our agent says he's a full nut job.
01:04I signed up a new department of witness protection.
01:06They want you to join them.
01:08And they've locked me.
01:10Well we found the bomb and you're taking me off the case.
01:12This is the job.
01:14We move on.
01:15It's a promotion by Cusco.
01:17French airline UTA said today it probably was a bomb that caused a crash of a CC10 yesterday.
01:22What's this?
01:23Another plane's been brought down.
01:25All 171 people on board, including seven Americans, were killed in the crash.
01:29More tonight from NBC's Jim Bitterman.
01:31Finally, the commission expresses its gratitude to the families of the victims of Pan Am 103.
01:42It was their resolve that led to the creation of this commission.
01:45It was their determination to get the facts and seek to prevent such a tragedy from occurring ever again that drove this commission and its staff to the completion of our inquiry and to the presentation of this report.
01:58What am I reading here?
02:10Findings from the president's commission.
02:12They've taken on 64 of 66 safety recommendations made by our family group.
02:17And I want Pan Am to lead the industry in implementing all of them.
02:21Mr. Minetti, we're simply here today on behalf of Pan Am to find an amount of compensation,
02:27all parties find satisfactory.
02:33We have calculated an amount we believe to be appropriate for your son, Richard Minetti.
02:41Sorry, am I reading this right?
02:44You've based your offer off Rick's summer job.
02:48As a junior in college, mowing lawns was his biggest earner.
02:52This is a joke, right?
02:54Sorry.
02:55But our calculations for compensation have to be based on something solid and logical.
03:04Logical.
03:06How about you give me a logical reason why I shouldn't throw each and every one of you out of that window right now?
03:11DCS Anderson.
03:12Dick Marquise.
03:13Hi.
03:14Welcome to Quantico.
03:15Pleasure to meet you, Asian Marquise.
03:16Looks like you brought the weather with you, huh?
03:17Oh, it feels just like home.
03:18No Scottish accent.
03:19No Scottish accent.
03:20No.
03:21My family are from Scotland but I grew up in England.
03:22Didn't come back until I was 17.
03:24DCS Henderson, Dick Marquise.
03:34Hi, welcome to Quantico.
03:36Pleasure to meet you, Asia Marquise.
03:38Looks like you brought the weather with you, huh?
03:39Oh, it feels just like home.
03:41No Scottish accent.
03:43No, my family are from Scotland, but I grew up in England.
03:47Didn't come back until I was 17.
03:49Somehow the accent stuck.
03:50Well, gotta tell you, I'm really looking forward to working together.
03:53Sir, before we start, I just want to say I know things weren't always easy between you and my predecessor.
03:59I've got a lot of respect for DCS Orr, and I'm not surprised he was promoted, but I'm sure he had some choice words about me.
04:06Couldn't possibly comment.
04:08But I do want things to be different. Now I'm SIO.
04:10That's great. Let's get started.
04:1419 September 1989, nine months after Lockerbie, UTA 772.
04:19So the first leg of the journey departed from Brazzaville, arriving into N'Djamena, Chad.
04:25There, the plane left once again for Paris.
04:28At 13.59 local time, 46 minutes after takeoff,
04:32a bomb exploded in the cargo hold, killing 170 people on board.
04:39Mr. Henderson, if you'd like to take over.
04:43Thank you, dear.
04:44There are several factors that lead us to believe that this attack was carried out by the same Libyan group as Pan Am 103.
04:52Libyan operatives came in and out of Brazzaville Airport at the time of the bombing.
04:56A similar multi-leg route was targeted.
04:59And the suitcase that contained the bomb was from the same Samsonite range, although not identical.
05:07We also believe it's possible that the motivation for the attack could be the same in both cases.
05:13Revenge for the US and French military support for Chad in its defence against Libya's invasion.
05:18Alongside this, regarding Pan Am 103, we've been trying to find the manufacturer of the circuit board from which this fragment came, PT-35.
05:29It was found blasted into the fabric of the shirt with parts of the Toshiba radio and fibres of the blue baby grow that was inside the bomb's suitcase.
05:37And Faraday and his team at Rardy suspect that this circuit board formed part of the bomb.
05:46Specifically from the timer.
05:48Any progress on that?
05:49Faraday didn't have a match, and we cannot find a match for any of its raw materials.
05:53But, you know, we continue to search.
05:56So, I, uh, was talking to Tom Thurman.
06:06He thinks that maybe we should let the CIA take a crack at identifying PT-35.
06:10The CIA? I mean, you trust them?
06:13Well, for everything with Crescent?
06:14You have a level of expertise and intel on this that we just don't have.
06:18Oh, Faraday might not like it.
06:20He's been determined to crack it himself.
06:21Yeah, but he hasn't, has he?
06:24No, he hasn't.
06:29Theoretically, what would the CIA need if they were going to look into it?
06:32Photographs at first, but then eventually the real thing, if you'll allow it.
06:38I'll speak to him.
06:39I mean, he knows as well as we do, we're running out of options.
06:42Great.
06:52Hello?
06:53Ed, I promise I'm only phoning with a small favour this time.
06:58Oh, yeah.
06:59Catherine, how you doing?
07:00I'm good. I'm busy, but good.
07:02How's witness protection?
07:04Yeah, it's good. It's good.
07:06I mean, it's not a law could be, but...
07:09Anyway, how's it going with the families?
07:12The family's civil suits against Pan Am just started.
07:14Bob Minetti and his family just won theirs.
07:16I don't think it was easy.
07:18Oh, wow. Brilliant.
07:20That's, uh...
07:21Yeah, they deserve every penny they can get.
07:24Yeah.
07:24Now, about that favour.
07:27I think I need your help with the memorial.
07:30Tundergoth, right.
07:31You coming over?
07:32No, but a lot of the families are.
07:35And your local friendship group has been so kind.
07:37And do you think they might host again?
07:40Yeah, I'm sure they'd love to help.
07:42Oh, that'd be great, Ed.
07:44And do you think you could make those calls?
07:46Definitely.
07:47Right.
07:48You just told me who's coming.
07:50Tom.
07:57Finally.
07:57I've been calling.
07:58Everything all right?
07:59More than all right.
08:01The CIA think they may have found a match for PT-35.
08:04Already?
08:05Yeah.
08:05They think it looks like a circuit board
08:07from a time I found within a stash of weapons and bomb components
08:10seized from Togo, West Africa.
08:12Seized from who in Togo?
08:13An ESO agent.
08:16Libya again.
08:17Looks like it.
08:20We've been looking for this for months.
08:36They think they've found a match in bloody 48 hours.
08:39This is PT-35, and that's the Togo timer.
08:54Mm-hmm.
08:57That's the Togo timer circuit board under magnification.
09:01Alan and I looked at him in the lab this morning, and he agrees.
09:05The tracking is identical.
09:06The circuitry is routing in the same unusual way on both.
09:11A 60-degree downturn.
09:15Looks like a mistake.
09:17But it's not.
09:18It's an intentional method of working.
09:20Creating an accidental signature.
09:23It looks like both circuit boards were printed from the same negative.
09:26They were designed by the same person.
09:28Okay, so does the CIA know where the Togo timer was manufactured?
09:31Unfortunately, no, but there are a couple of clues.
09:34MST-13, which we believe is a model number, but even more intriguing is this.
09:40You see that smaller gray circuit board there?
09:42Mm-hmm.
09:42We looked at it under magnification and found this.
09:48What does that say?
09:50M-580?
09:53It's been scratched out.
09:54They're trying to conceal what it says.
09:56M-580?
09:57Which leads us to believe it's a link to the manufacturer.
10:01All right, let's get this information to all other friendly agencies.
10:04See if any of them can identify it.
10:06This is great work.
10:07I want to welcome you all to our parish.
10:24To mark the opening of the Tundergarth Memorial.
10:28Honoring the victims of the Lockerbie bombing.
10:31Each page in this book remembers one of the 270 lives that were taken.
10:37Every day, a page will be turned here in our watch house.
10:46I'd like to introduce you to Giorgia Nucci, who brought this wonderful memorial together.
10:53Giorgia.
10:59Like many of you, I lost a child in the bombing of Pan Am 103.
11:05My son, Christopher.
11:09People must wonder why I talk about him so much.
11:14Perhaps they think it odd or uncomfortable.
11:18For them, maybe.
11:20Not for me.
11:21I'll talk about him any chance I get.
11:26Because when people die and you don't talk about them, they die twice.
11:33I hope that is the comfort this memorial here at Tundergarth will bring.
11:43People won't stop talking.
11:46Out of the ashes of the disaster came a torrent of love and friendship and help.
11:58People won't stop talking.
11:59People won't stop talking.
12:00We are deeply indebted to the people of Lockerbie.
12:05I would not wish a moment of pain to those kind folks.
12:10But given that the plane did indeed fall on Lockerbie, I must say this.
12:16After being here, I am left with the impression that the gentle hills of Lockerbie receive them in a loving embrace.
12:30Some will say the land is now tainted.
12:35I say it is blessed.
12:39I say it is blessed.
12:52Right.
12:53But we're gonna...
12:54Hold on.
12:55I gotta call you back.
12:56We've had something back on the Togo timer.
12:58MI5 have an idea about the scratched-out lettering.
13:00And?
13:01They think it was originally M-E-B-O.
13:04Meebo.
13:05Swiss intelligence had dealings with them in the past.
13:08What the hell is M-E-B-O?
13:10What the hell is M-E-B?
13:11TNOCHRAGE
13:28ì € timeframe?
13:29Prezi.
13:32PuST Balticellist, help me?
13:34Eu,ishi.
13:36This is Meibo Telecommunication. Is that correct?
13:41Yes, it's my company.
13:43I've been the Commissar Flöckiger from the police.
13:46He has a few questions.
13:48It's because of the PNM bomb, right?
13:51I've already asked if they come.
13:56Thank you very much.
13:57You're welcome.
14:00So, how come you are not at the memorial?
14:06I don't know.
14:08How many times can you say goodbye, you know?
14:16School okay?
14:17Fine. Just...
14:19Folk are always there.
14:21But I'm leaving soon, anyway.
14:23Into term. Going to live with David and Blackpool.
14:27All right.
14:30You think I should go?
14:32No, I think a fresh start is definitely what you need.
14:36Your brother will.
14:38Is that be who you should be with?
14:43I've been talking with this woman called Catherine,
14:46working with the American families.
14:48She said they've started winning civil cases against Pan Am.
14:52They're not to blame, though, are they?
14:54They didn't blow their own plane out the sky.
14:56No.
14:58But they were negligent.
15:02I'd rather the people that did that went to jail.
15:04I know.
15:06And they will.
15:09I promise you that.
15:10They will.
15:11They will.
15:20Hello?
15:21Agent Marquise.
15:22Stuart, hi.
15:23How are you?
15:24So I just got off the phone to the Swiss police chief.
15:27He's spoken to the head of Mevo, Edwin Bollier,
15:30who has freely admitted to both making the MST-13 timers
15:34and selling them to Libya.
15:36Wow.
15:37That is great news.
15:41Isn't it?
15:42Hmm.
15:43Apparently, Bollier had already made the link between Libya and Lockerbie
15:51and tried to tell you.
15:54He left a letter at a U.S. Embassy saying as much in January 89.
16:00Wait a minute.
16:01The U.S. Embassy in Vienna?
16:05So you didn't know of his letter then?
16:10One second.
16:13Uh, yeah.
16:14Yeah, we did.
16:15Um, but the CIA assured me that he wasn't credible.
16:18But he clearly was.
16:21Seeing as his company made part of the bond.
16:24Stuart, I am so sorry.
16:25I-I-I...
16:27I don't know how the CIA could have gotten it so wrong.
16:32I should have spoken to Bollier myself.
16:34Seems to me you want Scotland to share everything,
16:38but you pick and choose what you share with us.
16:40No, no. Stuart, no.
16:41Stuart, no. That's not true.
16:42And-and look...
16:44I mean, can we focus on what's important here?
16:46I mean, this is a huge, huge leap forward in the investigation.
16:50Well, they're holding a hearing in Switzerland,
16:51so we'll see if he actually admits to any of this in a court at all.
16:54No, no.
16:55Let's hope so.
16:56Maybe we can touch base tomorrow.
16:57Let's hope so.
16:58Let's hope so.
16:59Let's hope so.
17:00Let's hope so.
17:01Let's hope so.
17:03Let's hope so.
17:04Let's hope so.
17:06Let's hope so.
17:12Herr Bollier, was sind Sie von Beruf?
17:15I work as a radio engineer and businessman, and 20 years ago I called the company Mebo AG
17:21with my business partner Erwin Meister.
17:25Can you see the fragment of the photo number 29?
17:29Yes, this fragment looks like it comes from the fingerprinting of the photo number 30.
17:42Which is a plate from Mebo?
17:44Correct, yes.
17:45This fragment is also from your printed plate?
17:50Yes, that is clear for me.
17:55Photo number 31 and 32.
18:00Is this a product that is from your company Mebo?
18:04This is one of our timers, which we have delivered to Tripoli.
18:08When did you deliver this timer and whom?
18:11In 1985 I held a contract from the Libyan military.
18:16Which other customers were delivered with these timers?
18:20No one, we only sold them for life.
18:26Morning.
18:31Is everything okay?
18:33I just got hauled in to see Mueller.
18:39How does this happen?
18:40This Bouye guy, he sells military gray timers to the Libyans, figures out they brought down Pan Am 103, then tries to tell us all about it a month later, but got dismissed as a lunatic?
18:51I should have pushed the CIA more. I shouldn't have trusted their judgment.
18:54But you did.
18:58Do the Scots know?
18:59Henderson's pretty pissed about the whole situation.
19:02I don't blame him.
19:04What's Bouye giving us now?
19:06He's admitted to making the timers and selling them to the ESO.
19:09And his business partner and the technical engineer have both confirmed that Mebo made the fragment.
19:14I mean, they've admitted to all of this in court.
19:15When can we get our hands on him?
19:17Scotland wants him first.
19:19He doesn't want to go, he's afraid they'll detain him.
19:21He's probably not wrong.
19:22So I told him that if he comes to the US, he'll be seen as a witness, not a suspect.
19:27You think he'll come?
19:28I don't know what I'd choose.
19:31If he does come, I think we should invite Henderson over, be a part of the interview.
19:35We've got to rebuild this trust with the Scots.
19:41Your call.
19:52Great.
20:07Mr. Bouye, can you describe to me the nature of your relationship with Libya?
20:13I've worked with the Libyan government for years providing electronics.
20:17Bombs?
20:18No, we don't make bombs. We make electronics. It's not our concern how they are used.
20:24Did you know how the Libyans were using your timers?
20:27I've watched them do bomb tests with their timers in the desert, at the Saba Air Base in Libya.
20:33So you knew that they were being used in bombs?
20:35Yes, an ASO agent once told me they were for bombs to be dropped from aircraft.
20:40So he knew exactly what his products were being used for.
20:43Just didn't care.
20:46Who told you this about the bombs?
20:47A technical officer was in the ESO in Libya.
20:51So a bomb maker?
20:53Oh, I believe so, yeah.
20:55What was his name?
20:57I can't recall, but he was different from the rest. Much darker skin.
21:03When was the last time you did business with the Libyans?
21:07Do you recall?
21:0818th December 1988.
21:13It's three days before the bombing. He's got to be wrapped up in this.
21:18So tell me.
21:20Do you recognize the person in that sketch?
21:22Yes, I do.
21:23I think there could be a man I knew as Abdel Basset. He rented office space for me in Zürich.
21:38What did he do there?
21:41He appeared to me a businessman, but I know he was associated with those high up in the ESO.
21:47How do you know that?
21:49When I was in Libya, I saw him at the ESO headquarters, alongside with very senior officers and even the head of the ESO.
21:56You have his full name?
22:04I knew him as Abdel Basset.
22:13This is big, right? Mystery shopper could be connected to the ESO.
22:17Let's not get ahead of ourselves, right? We'll send the name Abdel Basset to the CIA, see if they have anything on him or this bomb maker that he's talking about.
22:24In the meantime, I want every ESO name that Bollier has, okay? So when you get back in there, just keep pushing him on that.
22:31Got it. Good job.
22:38So what do you think?
22:40I don't think we can trust him.
22:43What I can't work out is what benefits him in making any of this up.
22:50Hey, listen, do you want to grab a beer after work today?
22:52I don't think so.
22:55I'm sorry. I'm more of a runner than I am a drinker. I try to get out most days. Keeps your mind clear.
23:06Well, I'll tell you what, uh, before we get started tomorrow. Me and you.
23:12I'll show you a good route.
23:15Fine.
23:16Fine.
23:18Good.
23:32Since when do you have time for running?
23:34Tomorrow, I do.
23:38The troubled state of America's airline industry was laid bare yesterday as Pan Am filed for protection from its creditors.
23:46It's the third major American airline to do so within the past two years.
23:49Gen and Tom Plants...
23:51Hiya.
23:52Yeah.
23:53Come here.
23:55Pan Am have gone bust.
23:59For 64 years, Pan Am has been the U.S. flag carrier to the world.
24:00After the 1988...
24:01I don't know what this means for the compensation for the families.
24:02Oh, I don't know.
24:03More recently, the guilt crisis has doubled the price of aviation fuel, added to the downturn in the economy, and Pan Am simply couldn't survive on its own.
24:10See? That's better than going for a drink, right?
24:13It sure is.
24:14Agent Marquis, you have a moment.
24:17Sorry.
24:19Sorry.
24:20Sorry.
24:21I'm sorry.
24:22I'm sorry.
24:23I'm sorry.
24:24I'm sorry.
24:25I'm sorry.
24:26I'm sorry.
24:27I'm sorry.
24:28I'm sorry.
24:29I'm sorry.
24:30I'm sorry.
24:31I'm sorry.
24:32Sorry.
24:33Sorry.
24:34This will just take a second.
24:35Showers through reception.
24:44Abdel Bassett Al-Megrahi.
24:45Senior Intelligence Officer in the ESO.
24:49You think this is the Abdel Bassett that Bollier was talking about?
24:52It's a possibility.
24:54Wow.
24:55It's a pretty decent similarity to the mystery shopper sketch.
24:58That's what we thought.
24:59And what about the bomb maker Bollier talked about?
25:01Anything on him?
25:02Sorry.
25:03Nothing yet.
25:04But we'll keep trying.
25:07Thanks.
25:08You're welcome.
25:13You know any of these men?
25:14I think that one, he could be Abdel Bassett.
25:27Yeah.
25:28Same man you recognized from the sketch yesterday.
25:30Yes.
25:31Same.
25:32That's it.
25:33Now we can link this guy to not only the clothes in the suitcase, but also the company that made the timer.
25:37Before we get too excited, let's get this photo over to our shopkeeper in Malta and see if he actually recognizes him as the shopper.
25:44All right?
25:45Let's not just go on his word.
25:46One of these guys.
25:47My apologies, Inspector.
25:48Your boss can't be too happy we're back.
25:49He's just pleased you're making progress.
25:50If you say so.
25:51Mr. Gulch is waiting for you inside.
25:52Do you recognize any of these as the man that visited your shop December 88?
26:07Hmm.
26:08It's okay, Tony.
26:09Just take your time.
26:10I think it could be him.
26:24He looks young here, but he looked older when he visited the shop.
26:29Do you think it could be the same man?
26:32From all the photos I've been shown, he's the only one who looks similar to the man who bought the clothing, so...
26:42When you flew into Malta, do you remember you filled in a little embarkation card at the airport?
26:46Yes.
26:47Passport number, hotel, all that.
26:49Yeah, and while you were off the island, the FBI were granted access to those records from around the time of the bombing.
26:54And what did you find?
26:55Nothing useful yet.
26:56But let's see what his name, Abdul Bassett Al McGrawi brings up.
27:01We have a name to check against the embarkation card database.
27:08Abdul Bassett Al McGrawi.
27:11We want to see if he's in Malta any time in December 88.
27:14Looks like he was on the island a couple of times.
27:18He arrived on the 7th for a few days, travelling from Libya.
27:22That's within the time frame Tony said he visited his shop, right?
27:26Yes.
27:27When else was he here?
27:30He then comes back on the 17th and leaves the very same day.
27:33And what about the 21st, the day the bomb was placed?
27:37No sorry, he wasn't here that day.
27:40He only visited twice.
27:41He wasn't our bomber then.
27:43I could have set things up though, buying the clothes, maybe even bringing the bomb over.
27:48He must be part of a team, the ESO or the Libyan government.
27:53We are not dealing with a lone terrorist here.
27:55Exactly.
27:56This is state-sponsored terrorism.
27:58Or even so, get this case to court.
28:01They need the person to put the bomb in the plane.
28:03And right now it doesn't look like it's Megrahi.
28:06So Bollier and the shopkeeper both ID'd Megrahi from the same photograph on the same day.
28:16And Megrahi wasn't in Malta on the 21st of December so he couldn't have put the bomb on the plane.
28:22So anyway, I'm grateful to you for bringing more names.
28:26I have information on Battery Hassan, Megrahi's associate who Bollier knew from Zurich.
28:32He and Megrahi shared an office under the pretense of a company called ABH, a front for the ESO.
28:37He also works for Libyan Arab Airlines, which is the main ESO cover network.
28:41This is great, thank you.
28:43You'll find two more names in there, but no photos or further information yet.
28:46Ahmad Khalifa Abdusamat and Abu Aghila Masood.
28:49ESO agents?
28:50We believe Masood is the ESO bomb maker Bollier was talking about in Quantico.
28:54Masood, okay, got it.
28:57All we know about Abdusamat is that he's connected to Megrahi somehow.
29:00Great, well, we'll track their movements and see if they were in Malta on the day of the attacks.
29:06Gabe, you mind me asking where you get these names so quickly?
29:09Abdusamat came via Libyan charter intercepted by the NSA.
29:13And Masood?
29:15That's all I can give you for now.
29:17Thank you for now.
29:18Some foretold.
29:39Kim Don teacher?
29:40What did you say to the CIA?
29:51What did you say to the CIA?
29:52The CIA wants information that you have.
29:55What did you say to the CIA?
29:57They said that information that you have to use,
30:00but I'll tell you.
30:02What did you say to the CIA?
30:03I don't know.
30:05Alissa, I'm ready to go.
30:24Sorry.
30:25It doesn't look like Badri Hassan visited Malta at all in 1988,
30:28but Masood and Abdussama did.
30:31What are the dates?
30:33Masood flew into Malta on the 7th of December.
30:37The same day McGrathie arrived to buy the clothes.
30:40That can't be a coincidence, can it?
30:42And was this Masood person still in Malta
30:44the day the bomb was loaded, December 21st?
30:46He actually flew back to Libya on the 21st.
30:49That means he was at the airport.
30:51And more about Abdussamaad.
30:54He did not fly into Malta the same day as the others,
30:57but he did visit for one night later that month,
31:00flying out on the 21st.
31:02That means both these guys were at the airport
31:04the same day the bomb was loaded.
31:05They could be the rest of the team.
31:07Well, if we're gonna use this information in court,
31:09these embarkation cars need to be processed
31:11and evidenced in Scotland.
31:13We need to fly them over.
31:14Armstrong, you're the next plane home.
31:16Okay.
31:17I'll talk to DeMarco.
31:19Is there anything else on Abdussamaad?
31:21Just that he stayed that night in a hotel on the island.
31:24The Holiday Inn.
31:28Yes, hello.
31:42I'm looking for some information on a guest you had here
31:45on December 88.
31:46Ahmed Khalifa Abdussamaad.
31:48I'm sorry, but I don't have permission to release guest information.
31:53Mr. Pista.
31:55Here.
31:56Ahmed Khalifa Abdussamaad.
31:57He stayed with us on the 20th of December 1988.
32:02Do you remember what he looked like?
32:03Yes.
32:04What about a copy of his passport?
32:05We don't require that.
32:06There's home address, telephone number.
32:07We only have his bill.
32:08We paid him cash, I'm assuming.
32:09No.
32:10He's not paying for that.
32:11There's no need for any money.
32:12What about any money?
32:13There's no need for money.
32:14I'll give you permission by Meikleem.
32:15Yeah.
32:16I'll give you permission from him.
32:17Where's he?
32:18I'm here.
32:20You make money?
32:21No.
32:22Do you remember what I look like?
32:23What about a copy of his passport?
32:24We don't require that.
32:25His home address, telephone number.
32:27We only have his bill.
32:29They paid him cash, I'm assuming.
32:31what's this here
32:36that's a telephone call sir look at that it's 11 minutes past 7 in the morning
32:45december 21st that's a maltese number he was calling somebody on the island
32:51we need to trace this number
32:54now we know from maltese immigration records that both mcgrahi and masood entered malta
33:08on the 7th of december 1988 this corresponds with our shopkeeper's recollection of the time frame
33:14mcgrahi purchased the items for inside the bomb suitcase but mcgrahi is the only eso agent
33:20yet id'd by two witnesses bollier and the shopkeeper but mcgrahi wasn't in malta
33:29on the 21st december the time the bomb was placed however
33:36sood was in malta on the 21st of december when he flew out of luar airport
33:47same time as abdu samad who had flown in the day before now i i think we can assume this means
33:52these two men abdu samad and masood must have been involved in the placement of the bomb
34:01have the fbi had any more luck getting a photograph of either dig says no
34:06feels like either the cia is only something bad or dig is
34:13the cia is only bill is
34:15now
34:32Ah, Mr. Commissar, don't worry, there's a lot of things you can talk about.
34:39I have a photo, right?
34:41Sorry, I can't help you anymore.
34:47Herr Balje!
35:02What's going on, Dick?
35:06Do you need me to tell you, or do you already know?
35:10I don't know what you're talking about.
35:17Balje turned. He's refusing to speak further.
35:20My guess is he's more afraid of the Libyans than he is of us.
35:23When did this happen?
35:25The Swiss police tried talking to him today.
35:29He's out.
35:32Which means we are going to need access to your asset.
35:36I don't know what you're talking about.
35:41Okay, come on.
35:43There's no way you could have provided all those ESO names unless you had someone.
35:46Sorry, you have everything we can give you at this point.
35:54Yeah, the thing is, I get it.
35:56You've got good reasons for doing what you're doing.
36:00You've got to keep your assets safe, right?
36:03Keep Intel flowing.
36:05I mean, come on.
36:06But this case falls apart, and these families end up with no answers.
36:09You really prepared to look for that?
36:11I mean, I know no one's going to know it was you.
36:16Of course, they'll blame us, the Scots, both probably, but you'll know.
36:28Anyway, I leave for Scotland the day after tomorrow.
36:33Change your mind.
36:38You'll know where to find me.
36:47Detective Bell.
36:48We've been in touch with the Malta Telephone Company.
36:52The number that Abu Samad called from the hotel belongs to a flat rented by a Libyan man named Laman Khalifa Fima.
37:00He is the co-owner of a travel agency here, still operational, but was recently a station manager for Libyan Airlines.
37:07Well, he could be your inside man of the airport.
37:10Well, yes, but Libyan Arab Airlines are refusing to give us any information on him.
37:15Of course.
37:16Of course.
37:27Hello.
37:28Would you like to see the Caliph of Fima?
37:30I don't know.
37:31I'll tell you what's going on.
37:32I'll tell you what's going on.
37:33I'll tell you what's going on.
37:35And the card?
37:36The card?
37:45In the world we work together.
37:46This is our agency.
37:49Where is he?
37:50Triple A, I believe.
37:51When was the last time he was here?
37:54Why are you asking?
37:55You're not a lawyer.
37:56You're going to investigate.
37:57You have to have 200 and 70 people.
37:59You have to have a contact with your business partner in Fima.
38:03All right?
38:04Ask him again.
38:05When was Fima last here?
38:07He's not been here for a while.
38:10Let me check his diary.
38:20I think he left at the start of the year.
38:23Was he here in December 1988?
38:25Yes.
38:26Yes, he was here again.
38:28You can check for yourself.
38:29This is his diary.
38:30We'll need to get this translated.
38:33Look at this.
38:35His famous security passed from Lowe Airport.
38:38It was active at the time of the attack.
38:41This proves he had access to the airport.
38:50Here.
38:51Have you got this?
38:52We'll need it.
38:53Of course you will.
38:54It's Blackpool, no California.
38:56Steve, eh?
38:57There's clean washing down here.
38:59Come in.
39:00Ed.
39:01Hi there.
39:02Go on in.
39:03How are you doing?
39:04I'm good.
39:05Want a cup of tea?
39:06No, no.
39:07I'm fine.
39:08And here he is, big man.
39:09How's it going?
39:10Good, aye.
39:11Good.
39:12I'll give you a wee moment.
39:13Aye.
39:14You excited for a big move?
39:15Yeah.
39:16David's got my room all ready.
39:17Just mine.
39:18Double bed and everything.
39:19A big grown up room, aye?
39:20Aye.
39:21Well, you just keep putting in the work in school.
39:22David says when I finish my exams,
39:23I might be able to go to some college, I think.
39:24That's great.
39:25Brilliant.
39:26Well, look, I'll go to some college.
39:27I'll go to some school.
39:28I won't go to some school.
39:29No, I'll go to some school.
39:30No, I'll go to some school.
39:31You can't be a big man, I'll go to my school.
39:32And here he is, big man.
39:33How's he going?
39:34Good, aye.
39:35Good.
39:36I'll give you a wee moment.
39:37Aye.
39:38Are you excited for a big move?
39:39Yeah.
39:40David's got my room all ready.
39:41Just mine.
39:42Just mine.
39:43Double bed and everything.
39:44Oh, big grown-up room, aye?
39:45Aye.
39:46That's great. Brilliant.
39:50Well, look, I just wanted to say that, erm...
39:56I'm sorry about what I said.
39:59About Pan Am.
40:00Paying out. I shouldn't have got your hopes up like that.
40:03I told you, I don't care about any of that stuff.
40:06I just want justice done.
40:09Aye.
40:11Well, just so you know, the team are making good progress on the case.
40:16I hope so.
40:18Stephen!
40:20Stephen!
40:22Ed, sorry to interrupt, but Stephen, you need to finish packing or we'll miss the bus.
40:26See you, Ed.
40:27Yeah, yeah.
40:29Right, well, I better let you get on.
40:31Aye.
40:35Yeah, just wanted to, eh, say goodbye.
40:40Bye, Ed.
40:46Look here.
40:47The translator's just finished.
40:49The diary says,
40:5015th December, get tags for Abdel Bassett.
40:54Get tags?
40:55Abdel Bassett.
40:57Abdel Bassett on Meghrahi.
40:59So Meghrahi and Fema were linked too.
41:01Fema travels with Abdus Samad and he's helping Meghrahi.
41:05Well, he must be involved in this.
41:10Luggage tags.
41:11That's what the translator thinks.
41:13And what would they have used the tags for?
41:16To get the bomb in the plane.
41:17This is where Abdus Samad and Massoud would have checked in for the flight back to Tripoli, right?
41:27At the same time, passengers are checking in for the Air Malta flight to Frankfurt.
41:35Look how close the check-in desks are.
41:37They had those tags from Fema already.
41:38All they had to do was get here to check in for their real trip to Tripoli.
41:43Then either Fema went behind the desk to put the bag with the bomb through
41:46or he just slipped onto the belt.
41:48I mean, look how busy it is.
41:53Then they boarded the flight to Libya.
41:56Like nothing ever happened.
42:13Get in, Agent Marquis.
42:33Our asset.
42:35His name is Jaka, a Libyan ESO agent, low level.
42:38He's involved with the attack?
42:39We don't think he was directly involved, but he knows enough about the ESO to help you.
42:44So this is where you've been getting all the names?
42:47Affirmative.
42:49So where is he?
42:50Back in Malta, hiding out.
42:51He wasn't Libyan, but we advise him to leave.
42:54He's willing to talk and return from relocation to the States.
42:57Well, before we even talk about that, the DOJ is going to insist on a preliminary interview with one of our agents.
43:02Of course.
43:03There's something else I need to explain, Dick.
43:07This must stay between us, between the FBI and the CIA.
43:10Under no circumstances can this be shared with the Scots.
43:13Wait, we can't keep this from them?
43:14I'm sorry.
43:15We can, but it's safety at risk.
43:18Gabe, I'm the one that's gotta go over there.
43:20I gotta go to Scotland and look these people in the eye.
43:22At least let me talk to Henderson, okay?
43:25If you share against orders, understand the CIA would never trust you with intel again.
43:28Without that, you'd never leave the case again.
43:30He'd be done.
43:35This isn't right.
43:37It's the way it has to be.
43:39If we give you access to Jaka, I need you to agree to my terms.
43:44Is that understood?
43:45It's understood.
43:51It's understood.
43:52It's understood.
43:53It's understood.
43:54This is a physical unit of the CIA.
43:55It's understood.
43:56It's understood.
43:57I'm afraid.
43:58Let me see you.
43:59It's improved.
44:00It's in your area, too.
44:01I will go idea it.
44:02Let me see you.
44:03You need to know what your team is going to do.
44:04You're assuming you are calling out.
44:05It's not in your car.
44:10I guess it's in your car.
44:12I'm not in your car.
44:13Put your car.
44:14Let me see you.
44:15You're making a car on your car.
44:16I know that you can get to it.
44:17I can't get you.
44:18You're so Scottish.
44:19I'm taking care.
44:20I have to find you.
44:21Abdul-Majeed Jaka.
44:28I'm coming. I'm coming.
44:43Still nothing from the CIA.
44:46No, nothing yet.
44:49Sorry.
44:51I know it's a frustrating situation.
44:55So we received a letter from Bollier on Monday.
45:00Here's a summary.
45:02He accuses the Swiss police, the FBI, and the CIA
45:05of breaking into the Meebo offices
45:08and stealing items to use in evidence.
45:12He claims the fragment of circuit port found in Scotland
45:15is not Meebo.
45:17What else could it be?
45:18He accuses the CIA of manufacturing in it
45:21to look like Meebo circuit port
45:23and planting it in the countryside.
45:25This is insane.
45:27And makes no sense.
45:29He was the one who left that letter
45:31trying to tell the CIA that Libya was behind the attack.
45:35And he freely admitted
45:36the timers were manufactured by his company.
45:39I mean, he didn't have to talk to us.
45:42Phone call for Agent Marquise.
45:48Tell them I'll call him back after the meeting.
45:50Sorry.
45:51They've, um, they've said it's urgent.
45:55Excuse me.
46:00How'd the interview go?
46:01Good.
46:02DOJ believes he's credible.
46:04And what does he want?
46:06Safe passage for him and his wife to the U.S.
46:14Well, what do you think?
46:17Is it worth it?
46:19I'm not sure he'll give us a smoking gun
46:21on this specific attack.
46:22But he has excellent recall
46:25about the internal structure of the ESL.
46:27How it all works.
46:29All right.
46:30Let's get him back to the States.
46:32Understood.
46:48That's plenty.
46:50Vicky?
46:50He's a pie enough as it is.
46:54Well, it's a special occasion.
46:56Dad's actually home for dinner.
47:01How about you, Dick?
47:03Does your family give you a hard time
47:05for being away all the time, too?
47:07I have three boys, so, yeah, they let me have it.
47:09Oh.
47:10I don't know.
47:11Hope they'll be proud of what I do one day.
47:15Or understand it, at least.
47:18They will.
47:20Would you like some more potatoes, Dick?
47:23Uh, yes.
47:33So, still nothing from the CIA?
47:36No.
47:38No, they're not exactly forthcoming with information.
47:41Seems tricky, this relationship between you and the CIA.
47:44Well, yes and no.
47:47Really just comes down to the nature of their work.
47:50Hmm.
47:52Must be difficult working so closely with people you don't trust.
47:55I should get going.
48:04I got a long flight tomorrow.
48:05Of course.
48:07What you do, though, um...
48:08You're going to tell me what's happening?
48:18What's happening?
48:20I'm a fair man, Dick.
48:21I try to keep things on an even keel, but don't...
48:24mistake me for a weak man.
48:26I don't...
48:27I don't know what you mean.
48:31Sneaky phone calls.
48:33Barely saying anything.
48:36You're acting like one of my kids when they've done something wrong.
48:39So, tell me.
48:44What have the CIA told you?
48:51I can't explain it yet.
48:54Okay, but I want you to understand that that's not my choice.
48:58So, you know something.
49:00But you won't share it.
49:03That is entirely your choice, Dick.
49:05Well, I hope you enjoyed our hospitality.
49:15No, no, Stuart, wait, wait, wait.
49:22The CIA have instructed me not to tell you.
49:25I'm sure they have.
49:26But it's not their case, is it?
49:28It's ours.
49:28Understand.
49:30That if I tell you this and it gets out, that's my career.
49:34It's over.
49:35Then it won't leave this room.
49:51The CIA have an asset.
49:54As we suspected.
49:56It's been working inside the ESO for years.
49:59The CIA have agreed to give FBI access, but they don't want us to share anything with you because they're worried it might compromise his security.
50:10And obviously the ESO would kill him if they found out.
50:13Now, Sue's been feeding the CIA those names?
50:15Most likely.
50:17He's being transferred to the States as we speak.
50:20It's the only way you would talk.
50:22Could he be used as a witness at trial?
50:24Well, I hope so.
50:28You'll share everything.
50:31Everything.
50:35But we have to keep this between the two of us.
50:38Just until it's official.
50:42We have an understanding?
50:46We do.
50:46Good.
50:49Good.
51:02What was your role at Luha Airport for Libyan Arab Airlines?
51:14I was assistant station manager. I made sure everything around smooth, check documents, help passengers.
51:22I was also told to look out for people going to Libya who should not. Dissidents, enemies of the state.
51:31Who placed you in this role?
51:33Jamaaria Security Organization. You call them the ESO.
51:37Libya's intelligence service?
51:38Yes.
51:39And who did you report to at the airport?
51:41My boss was Fahima. For most of the time, I was there.
51:50Are any of these the man you're referring to?
51:59That's him. That's Fahima.
52:03Was he also placed in his role by the ESO?
52:05Yeah. He met agents off of planes, but he stopped working at the airport August, 88.
52:15Why?
52:16He started a travel agency, another front for the ESO.
52:20Did you see Fahima at the airport in December?
52:23Yes, a few times.
52:25Early in December, I saw him in the customs area.
52:29He met some men off a flight.
52:32Was that allowed?
52:33And being there, having left his job at LA?
52:36It wasn't unusual seeing him around, even in restricted areas.
52:40Who did he meet off this flight?
52:42Libyan agents.
52:44Al-Migrahi and a man they called Mas'ud.
52:48Mas'ud and Magrahi.
52:50What were their roles within the ESO?
52:52Uh, Migrahi was head of airline security, uh, and Mas'ud was a technical officer.
53:00A bomb maker?
53:02Bomb makers are part of the technical department, yes.
53:06Did you ever see Fahima with, uh, a man called Abdus Samad?
53:13No.
53:15I don't know Abdus Samad.
53:17Were any of these, Migrahi, or Mas'ud?
53:26Not Mas'ud.
53:27He was, uh, very dark-skinned, uh, tall.
53:31But that is Migrahi.
53:37What was the reason for this visit?
53:39Uh, I was not told the reason.
53:41Did they have any luggage with them?
53:44I don't remember.
53:45And this was the last time you saw Fahima at the airport in December?
53:50No.
53:50I saw Migrahi and Fahima again there after that.
53:54Do you remember the date?
53:57Did you see them in suitcases?
53:58I don't remember from when he came in, but later that day I did see Fahima with a suitcase.
54:17He was leaving the customs area.
54:20Do you know if it was inspected?
54:22It was not.
54:23He just left with it.
54:24Have a look at these bags.
54:30Tell me if any of them looked like the one that Fahima had that day.
54:35It was like this one.
54:39You're sure it's a hard-shell, brown suitcase.
54:45Yes.
54:47That's what I saw him with.
54:48That's what I saw him with.
55:26Boss, look at this. Diaz Gillan noticed a striking similarity in these embarkation cards.
55:49McGrathie's card from when he arrived in Malta in early December is filled out in the same
55:53block capitals as Abdusamad's later that month.
55:56All right, very similar.
55:57It looks the exact same to me.
55:59It's if it was filled out by the same person.
56:00We need to get these to a handwriting expert, but I...
56:03I agree.
56:06That's why we haven't been able to find a photo for Abdusamad.
56:19It's an alias.
56:22He is McGrathie.
56:24All right, Dick.
56:34So, McGrathie flies into Lua Airport on December the 20th, flying using a fake passport under
56:43the name Abdusamad.
56:46And FEMA flew in on the same flight.
56:48Mm-hmm.
56:49And that night, McGrathie checks into the Holiday Inn, again using the alias Abdusamad.
56:55The next morning, McGrathie caused FEMA and...
56:58At some point, he packs the suitcase.
57:03Using the items that he purchased from Mary's house.
57:08And our working theory is that Massoud then arms the bomb.
57:15He places it in the suitcase.
57:16As we know, he was in Malta.
57:17He flies out with McGrathie later this day.
57:20And from FEMA's diaries, we know that...
57:24..McGrathie asked him to get luggage tax earlier in December.
57:28And at the airport, one of these three men, FEMA, McGrathie, or Massoud, must have put
57:35the tags on the suitcase.
57:36Same suitcase FEMA was seen carrying on the 20th of December by a jacker.
57:42And then...
57:43..McGrathie and Massoud check in for their flight back to Tripoli, but they check the bomb
57:48onto the Air Malta KM-180 flight to Frankfurt.
57:53Using FEMA's tags, and positioned to do so.
57:58FEMA leaves, McGrathie and Massoud board their flight home, all knowing...
58:04..the bomb is on its way to Pan Am 103 and set to go off in a matter of hours.
58:14What do you think, Dick?
58:16What do you think, Dick?
58:22I think we got him.
58:46When I think you have to miss him?
58:47What I think is...
58:48If you think...
58:49Like me, I think we got his confidence in theery, it is the best.
58:50You may be the best.
58:51To do with him...
58:52Like me, I think it's the best I know!!
58:55INSTRACY
58:56You may have to be one of those types of people.
58:57You may be the best, like me, you may be your best.
58:58If you've got him.
58:59If you've got him, you may be the best.
59:00You may die.
59:01If you've got him until then.
59:02To do with you, you may be the best.
59:03You may be the best.
59:04I am in the best part of the world.
59:06You may be the best at the end of this day.
59:07Or I am from my age, I will never get his actuals.
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