and then he tells us that fhimah kept explosives in his desk. and, you know, why would an airport security manager keep explosives in his desk? you scratch your head. but he looks at photo spreads of various types of explosives and he picks out semtex... ..the explosive that was used to make the bomb. that was critical for us. we had the people who actually personally facilitated that bomb into the airline system that eventually blew up pan am flight 103, killing 270 people. we got the bastards. criminal indictments against two libyan intelligence agents announced today in washington and scotland. we charge two libyan officials, acting as operatives of the libyan intelligence service. reporter: megrahi, a senior officer with libyan intelligence. fhimah, a libyan agent, and station manager of libyan arab airlines in malta. finally, something was happening, because it was very difficult to wait and see and have had everything that happened without an answer. we were looking for answers. okay, there were people that we can look at and kind of say,

then, as they announced lamin fhimah was not guilty, a second gasp. i thought they would both be sent home not-guilty. the shock of the verdict initially, was so great, i collapsed. reporter: many people are left to wonder, how one of the accused could be guilty and the other not. fhimah's lawyer declared there was no evidence he was at malta airport on the day the bomb was allegedly loaded, and still less that he was aware of being part of a bomb plot. the judges apparently agreed. it seemed odd - the case was against both men - that one of them should not be proven to have been involved. i think that shocked a lot of people. my heart broke when mr fhimah was allowed to leave the courtroom, because clearly that bomb could not have gotten on the plane without his assistance. and in the case of megrahi, the judges obviously felt that despite some of the inconsistencies in the evidence, he could still be convicted. reporter: it's been a day of conflicting emotions. delight, at seeing at least one conviction, but anger that the sentence isn't longer. it