Abdel Basset al-Megrahi

Abdel Bassett al-Megrahi, the only person convicted in the Lockerbie plan bombing in 1988 was released by Scottish authorities.  Al-Megrahi has terminal cancer and has been allowed to spend his remaining days in his home country, Libya.  American government officials including, President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Attorney General Eric Holder have condemned the actions of the Scottish government and have implored Libyan authorities not to extend a "hero's welcome" to al-Megrahi.  The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 killed 270 people, 189 of them American.