all of this, in the end, convinced swire that megrahi was innocent.e began to meet with the convicted bomber in prison, then started a public campaign for his release. >> i'm well aware that what we're doing is disturbing to those who think they've found closure through the conviction of the libyan, megrahi. but i think it would be inhumane, indeed downright cruel, to keep the man in prison to die. please understand that i think what i'm doing is to seek the truth, and i also think that if you would look with an open mind for yourself, you would find there is a great deal of truth there that you haven't yet looked at. >> dornstein: we were, perhaps, a strange team. dr. swire wanted a chance to say farewell to a man he now considered a friend. and i wanted to meet a man i believed had helped murder his daughter, and my brother. >> dornstein: suliman helped us make contact with megrahi's family. >> it cut off. but he said to call back tomorrow at 12:30, 1:00. and he was like, "dr. swire alone should come, if it happens at all." >> if it happens at all?

megrahi himself was now dead, of course. and so was the likely mastermind of the bombing, said rashid. and abdullah senussi? the former intelligence chief has been on trial in tripoli. and in the summer of 2015, he was finally enced. >> abdullah mohammed senussi. >> in news from libya, the former head of intelligence and eight others have been sentenced to death for committing war crimes during... >> dornstein: abu agela was sentenced as well. he was given ten years for making bombs during the libyan revolution. but thus far, he faces no charges for his possible role in lockerbie. >> i mean, the issue of lockerbie, the biggest victim is the truth. the simple truth. forget about indictments, about who goes to jail, who does what. it's the simple truth of what happened. why. because nobody has a stake in telling you the truth. >> dornstein: the f.b.i. and the justice department say they can't comment publicly about the lockerbie case, which remains an ongoing investigation. and though it's been some 25 years since they last fi

he's been in detention in various forms for a number of years, but it's abdelbaset ali mohamed al megrahi who really was the target of what i did and what "frontline" just put out. >> you went back to look at this in part because of the personal connection, i assume, but also a sense that this was incomplete. what happened to the investigation? do we know whether either of these characteres were ever spoken to, were ever investigated? >> they both came up in the original investigation. that's not new to me. i started, from a sense, from the original investigators, most of whom are now retired, a sense from them of how unresolved the whole case was. they had a number of people in theirsitis. they were only able to indict two, and after that indictment, which was way back in 1991, the f.b.i. would continue to say it's an ongoing investigation but there had been no other public announcements. there have been no other indictments in the 25 years. i think that was a source >> sreenivasan: there's perhaps no greater bipartisan push today than the effort to reform the american criminal justice s

gadhafi denies his government had any role in the bombing, and to this day, abdelbaset ali al megrahiman convicted. the man many regarded as a hero, jailed in scotland for mass murder, released in 2009 to die at home after being diagnosed with cancer. he protested his innocence even in his final days. these latest developments may come to nothing, with both suspects already in jail. it's unclear whether they can even be charged or stand trial. if that does happen, wound which have taken some 27 years to heal will all of a sudden be reopened. cnn. >>> still ahead on the show, in california, cars half buried, hail the size of golf balls. the threat of weather is not over yet. >>> in southern california, residents and emergency officials are bracing for even more rain. flooding closing yet another highway northwest of los angeles on friday. at least 12 people were rescued after a large mudslide hit north of l.a. thursday. as sara sidner shows, it was a terrifying experience for some drivers. >> reporter: a neighborhood street turned into a raging river. a part of one of california's busi

to this day, abdelbaset ali al megrahi seen here speaking with gadhafi is the only person convicted. hero. he was jailed in scotland for mass murder, released in 2009 to die at home after being diagnosed with cancer. he protested his innocence even in his final days. these latest developments may come to nothing with both suspects already in jail. it's unclear whether they can even be charged or stand trial. and if that does happen, wounds which have taken some 27 years to heal will all of a sudden be reopened. cnn. >>> heavy winds and rain are heading for the philippines. yet another typhoon they will have to endure. we'll have more about it coming up here. >>> plus, in california, hail the size of golf balls, walls of mud crumbling on drivers, and the weather is not taking a break. ♪ ♪ (singing) you wouldn't haul a load without checking your clearance. so why would you invest without checking brokercheck? check your broker with brokercheck. right now, at&t is giving you 50 percent more data. that's 15 gigs of data for the price of 10. and get 300 dollars credit for every line you s