i'm sure they'll encounter a little vacation weather. >> fbi director robert mueller is expressing outrage over the release of the only man convicted in the lockerbie bombing. in an unprecedented move he wrote a letter to the scottish official who agreed him. in it, mueller called it a mockery of justice and claimed it gave comfort to terrorists everywhere and questioned the insensitivity of the move pointing to the grief and answeringer of the victim's families and the british government is denying there is any link to his release and any potential oil deal. for inmates are still in the hospital after the fiery prison riot in kentucky. a group of inmates set fire to a number of buildings, six were destroyed and 700 prisoners were bused to other jails. officials are not saying what sparked the riot. no law enforcement workers are hurt. a massive wildfire continuing to rage near athens, greece this morning, officials declared a state of emergency and evacuated hundreds of people in the outskirts of the city, look at that. no casualties reported, but dos of homes destroyed and officials say

from fbi director robert mueller a scathing letter to scottish minister for releasing this bomber. your action makes a mockery of the rule of law. your action gives comfort to terrorists around the world. before he was fbi director mueller was a justice department lawyer who led an investigation into the pan am bombing. 270 people died in the december 1988 bombing over lockerbie, scotland. many were americans. here's a look back on a report filed that day 21 years ago by then cnn correspondent. >>> with the first gleam of daylight over scotland, the searchers were out. volunteers scanning the hills on foot for the bodies of dozens of victims strewn along the landscape in a four mile swath. the suitcases full of things no longer needed left until later. three miles from town across the road from a country church yard, the flight deck from which no sos was ever heard. another three miles back we found just before dawn a piece of the forward fuselage and a litter of packages, mail sacks and a shattered christmas present. in lockerbie they now could see the search for their own ok casua

most recently by robert mueller. i'm outraged at your decision, he says. calling it a mockery of the rule of law. by new york senator chuck schumer. >> if libya wants to be embraced by the international community, embracing convicted terrorists is not the way to do. it's revolting to me. to the victim' families. to all people of good will in every country of this world. >> reporter: families of the victims on both sides of the atlantic are also angry. by the release and by his warm welcome in libya. >> he was convicted of mass murder. a convicted terrorist. >> i don't think that he deserves the right to be home with his family. >> reporter: but some families especially in britain, believe that megrahi is the wrong man. and megrahi claims to have new evidence proclaiming his evidence. evidence he says he'll release someday. he may be a free man today. with just months to live with prostate cancer, he is serving a sentence he cannot reverse. >>> there are reports that the taliban in pakistan have named a new leader today, linked to several attacks. the previ

fbi director robert mueller says it gives comfort to terrorists across the world. the minister responded by saying that his decision was based on compassionate grounds. the bomber was allowed to return to his home in libya after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. the 1998 airplane bombing killed 207 people most of them americans. >>> president obama today asking critics to stop making phony claims about healthcare proposals. he says he is glad that a lot of americans are getting involved in the debate but also is concerned about the growing number of false statements being made and circulated out there. in his weekly radio address he debunked some myths. >> let's start with the false claim that illegal immigrants will get health insurance under reform. that's not true. they wouldn't be covered that. idea has never even been on the table and as every credible person who has looked into it has said, there are no so- called death panels and offensive notion to me and the american people. these are phony claims meant to divide us. >> now, president obama also addres

. >> reporr: it follow little the unprecedented intervenon byhe head of the fbi, robert mueller, who stated in a tter that the sottish governnt's decision made a mocke of the law and effeively rewards a terrorist. >> he may live sooner, he may live long. i can only ba mydecisionn the medical advice i have before . >> reporter: m mccaskill says he followed the very leer of scott's w, but clearly stunned by t criticism, the scottish government source td this program that the minister received a letter from the u.s. embassy earlier this month. it was quite different in tone, said the source, reading "the u.s. posion is that conditionarelease on coassionate grounds would be a far preferabl alternativeto prisoner transfer,hich we strongly oppos" that view wasexpressed before almegrahi's triumphant homecoming which was widely covered arnd the world. gered the victs who died in the locker beam bombing. scotland h taken much of the blame. a number of website have popped , urging a boycott of scotland and scottish products. and brish governnt's not in the clear eher. in washington, they want

this is already a government with almost no credibility but the government who want a big uproar robert mueller f.b.i. director in the u.s. sent a very rough letter denouncing essentially the decision. and of course the families of the victims are also outraged here in the states. >> i'm kind of wondering where was the u.s. in all of this question mark state department's job is diplomacy. we're supposed to have a relationship with the uk. the u.s. is supposed to have some influence in the world. i'm worried that the obama administration has spent all of its resources trying to force tegucigalpa to take men while celaya back and forgot about this for the world. >> paul: a former president of honduras. >> that's their big issue. the amount you have something like this developing and we're not even there? see when a writer who contributes for us thanks to that he wanted to make a statement welcoming back the grotty despite being warned by john mccain and in the british because the 40th anniversary of the libyan revolution is coming up september 1 and he wanted a big domestic show what he could ach

director robert mueller to officials in scotland. two days after scotland's justice minister released a libyan agent convicted of bombing pan am flight 103 in 1988, an act of terrorism that took 270 lives. at the same time tonight, britain find itself denying the bomber's release was the price of doing business. sheila macvicar has our story. >> reporter: this was how the libyan leader ghaddafi greeted abdel basset al megrahi. he could have welcoming a prodigal son, rather than a convicted terrorist. in an unprecedented move, the director of the f.b.i. weighed in today two decades ago as a prosecutor, he investigated the bombing of pan am 103. in an uncompromising letter he blasted the scottish minister responsible for releasing megrahi. now there are growing accusations from family members and others that megrahi was released in order to pave the way for more british business deals with libya, especially oil deals. allegations the british government rejects. >> the idea that the british government, the libyan government would sit do

most recently in a letter from fbi director robert mueller to the scottish justice minister "i am outraged at your decision," he says, calling it a mockery of the rule of law. >> if libya wants to be embraced by the international community, embracing convicted terrorists is not the way to do it. it's revolting to me, to the victims' families, to all people of good will in every country in this world. >> reporter: families of the victims on both sides of the atlantic are also angry by the release and his warm welcome in libya. >> he is convicted of mass murder, a convicted terrorist. >> i don't think that he deserves a right to be home with his family. >> reporter: but some families, especially in britain believe megrahi is the wrong man. he himself claims to have new evidence proving his evidence. evidence he says he will rea lease some day. he may be a free man today but with just months to live because of prostate cancer, he is serving a sentence he cannot reverse. >>> it's back to business for l.a. fitness center in pack just weeks after a deadly shooting there. earlier this month, a gu

. >>> fbi director robert mueller is speaking out about the decision to release the locker bibomber. mueller says releasing him makes a mockery of justice and gives comfort to terrorists. scotland's justice minister released the libyan on compassion at ground because he's dying from pros tat cancer. the probe into the 1988 mid-air bombing that killed 27 a 30 poem. >>> the crib is embroiled in a new controversy tonight. an inspector general's report says interrogators conducted mock executions and threatened suspected terrorists to scare them into talking. attorney general erik holder is considering whether to investigate harsh interrogation practices sanctioned by the bush administration. >>> and according to the department of homeland security, maryland and virginia make the top 10 list of states with newly-natural liesed citizens. virginia ranks seventh with 30,000 people who became citizens last year. maryland is home to 23,000 newly naturalized citizens and that gives us the 10th spot. total almost 4% of all residents who became citizens last year lived here in the washington are

. >> the images we saw were outrageous and disgust snoog today robert mueller wrote a scathing letter to the scott irish justice secretary who let magrahi go. he writes -- your decision gives comfort to terrorists around the world. also today, new york senator shuck k450u78er asked for a u.n. resolution against libya. >> it's clear that the libyan government's love affair with terrorism hasn't ended yet, we can't let them back into the international community until it does. >> reporter: there is now wide president suspicion that access to the libyan oil reserves way was behind the release. here's a photo of al magrahi and gado callfy's son. >> we always put you on the table. >> reporter: it's an accusation the british government strongly denies. >> it's not only wrong, it's completely implausible and actually quite offensive. >> reporter: to deflect criticism today, 10 downing street released a letter written by prime minister gordon brown to gado callfy asking the libyan leader to handle ma a grahi's arrival with sensitivity and that the justice secretary was solely responsible for h

fbi director robert mueller sent a scathing letter to scotland's justice secretary. mueller said the release makes a mockery of the law and gives comfort to terrorists worldwide. >>> you are looking at pictures of a deadly plane crash that happened in ohio last night. the small plane barely missed a high school and crashed into a field. a football scrimmage was going on at the time. both people onboard were killed. the ohio state highway patrol says the plane crashed within minutes of taking off from an airport in southwestern ohio. >>> federal drug agents searched a beverly hills pharmacy yesterday in connection with michael jackson's death. the dea says the agents were expected to seize pharmacy records. the pharmacy is in the same building as the office of jackson's dermatologist dr. around klein in an interview last month, klein denied he had given jackson dangerous drugs. appearing on "prime news," jim muray said there was plenty of evidence. >> is this the pharmacy jackson owed $100,000? >> yes. the pharmacy filed a suit saying jackson owed $100,000 for nonpayme

. >> why would it be robert mueller taking on john ashcroft. if it is not politics, why isn't mueller expressing his differing view of the intelligence okay. >> no, no. it is okay. in fact, anderson, i would argue this is the sort of debate you want to encourage and provide a forum to make sure the president of the united states gets the best possible advice. i think that debate led to the best advice of the president who agreed and accepted it in not raising the terror alert level. we have to walk away from this seeing that politics absolutely played no role in that decision. >> paul begala, do you think this kind of accusation gets made on cable news fodder and disappears or do you think this goes further? these are serious, serious allegations. >> they are. and they come during the august recess. why do i point that out? if it goes further it will be because congress decided to investigate. the two people to watch are bennie thompson the chairman of the house homeland security committee. he put out a very strong statement today. he said the r

letter now to the scottish secretary, fbi director, a federal bure other of investigation for robert mueller is writing to the scottish government saying i'm outraged at your decision blithely defend and grounds of compassion. your action in releasing megrahi, the bomber, as in inexplicable as it is detrimental to the cause of justice. it make as mockery of the rules of law. megrahi supposedly is dying of pancreatic cancer. britain the prime minister, former prime minister, tony blair is also speaking out. this is san exclusive interview. >> let me make one thing absolutely clear. the libyans of course are raising the case all along. not just with me but everybody. this is a major national concern. but as i used to say to them, i don't have the power to release mr. megrahi and the release that has taken place is a decision boon the scottish executor which has taken place on compassionate grounds and those compassionate grounds didn't even exist a few years back. the court is absolutely right. libya's always -- this could be dealt with, screws up proper procedure. >> the deal, $900 million oi

robert mueller writing a scathing note to the minister of justice it makes a mockery of justice. this man was released is regrettable and normally doesn't give his opinion but thought it was important. >> julie: he served eight years of a 27-year sentence and some are accusing britain of striking a deal to free megrahi. what is the british government saying about that? >> the british government denies anything about this. muammar khadafy thanked his friend, gordon brown and queen elizabeth and prince andrew to encourage the scotts to be released home. buckingham palace it was a purely a matter of the scottish government to decide. it was their decision and their decision alone. people are going to be dissecting the issue and speculating about it because there are lucrative deals cut. in 2007 they signed $900 million bp signed a deal with the libyans. so the conspiracy theories and the questions about what kind of conversations have been had between tripoli and london in terms of deals will continue. >> julie: amy, thank you so much reporting live. >> kelly: so the question how do

robert mueller condemned the decision saying "your action in releasing megrahi is as inexplicable as detrimental to the cause of justice. indeed your action makes a mockery of the rule of law. " amy kellog is following the rest of the story from london to make fbi dir. robert dealer said over the years he has made it his policy not to comment on the actions of other prosecutors but in this case he simply could not hold back and fired off a scathing letter to demand we decided to release the man. it is not clear whether this video has been released to provoke foreign leaders such as president obama, i minister ordered brown, or whether it was for domestic clinical capital ahead of lavish celebrations planned for early next month in honor of qaddafi's four years in power. after all he is from one of the biggest libyan clans and many think he was not the bomber. either way and bracing men addicted of murdering 270 people in a terrorist attack is not likely to improve libya's image around the world especially in the eyes of leaders such as britain's foreign secretary said that these days

director robert mueller wrote a letter to scotland's justice minister calling al-megrahi's release ary of justice. 270 people were killed in the 1988 bombing. >>> you are looking at what is known as the last column from the world trade center. this 36-foot piece of steel is from the south tower, the final piece removed from ground zero. today it was taken back to the sight to be part of the national memorial and museum. you can't tell from this video but it's covered with messages and photos from people all across the country. >>> cuba's state runnymede ya publishing several new pictures and pieces of video of a healthy fidel castro. castro got so sick back in 2006 he had to have surgery for intestinal bleeding and gave up power to his brother. sunday was the first time anyone saw castro on television in more than a year. his brother raul says fidel castro still has a say in the government. >>> two jonas brothers making headlines tonight. what one has to say about this year's idol prospects. >>> plus, ally, one of the hottest weight loss drugs out there, now the possible dangerous si

director robert mueller blasting scotland's decision to release al-megrahi. calling it a macery of justice. the bombing killed 270 people, mostly americans. >> allegations of voter fraud following afghanistan's presidential election. the president karzai and his opponent both accusing one another of tainting thursday's vote. preliminary votes due out tuesday. both men claim to be in the lead. >>> developments in this week's deadly string of bombings in baghdad. investigators searching for suspects in wednesday's deadly attack says al-qaeda in iraq is more than likely responsible. but some are blaming former basses for killing and wounding the people. >> they say the attack in baghdad could have been an inside job and he's also warning of more powerful explosions to be on the way. this mounting concern of the security lapses which allowed the bombing this week. the foreign minister is now warning there could be more powerful attacks in the coming days. he believes the government has to admit the problem and deal with it. the most obvious is to -- the governmen

this is already a government with almost no credibility but the government who want a big uproar robert mueller f.b.i. director in the u.s. sent a very rough letter denouncing essentially the decision. and of course the families of the victims are also outraged here in the states. >> i'm kind of wondering where was the u.s. in all of this question mark state department's job is diplomacy. we're supposed to have a relationship with the uk. the u.s. is supposed to have some influence in the world. i'm worried that the obama administration has spent all of its resources trying to force tegucigalpa to take men while celaya back and forgot about this for the world. >> paul: a former president of honduras. >> that's their big issue. the amount you have something like this developing and we're not even there? see when a writer who contributes for us thanks to that he wanted to make a statement welcoming back the grotty despite being warned by john mccain and in the british because the 40th anniversary of the libyan revolution is coming up september 1 and he wanted a big domestic show what he could ach

fbi director robert mueller september a scathing letter to the officials.he release of abdelbaset ali mohmed al megrahi , makes a mockery of justice and gives comfort to terrorists around the world. mueller chastised the justice minister for releasing the lockerbie bomber and letting him return to libya to a hero's welcome. abdelbaset ali mohmed al megrahi had been serving a life sentence for the 1988 bombing of flight 103 over lockerbie, scotland, in which 270 people were killed. >>> to afghanistan where votes from thursday's presidential election are still being counted. main challengers, hamid karzai, says he has proof the election was rigged. nbc news chief correspondent richard engel live in kabul. what can you tellous this front, the claim that the election has been rigged? >> reporter: not so much it was outright rigged but there was massive election fraud. abdullah abdullah said today he has evidence from his observers, from people who support his campaign, that has been gathered around the country, saying that there was a great deal of voter intimi

president's view is that, as you've seen members of his administration say, from robert gibbs to robert mueller, it was disgusting to see a convicted terrorist welcomed the way that he was in libya. so obviously the president feels like that was a particularly bad idea, that they shouldn't have done -- that we said beforehand -- that they should not have done. but in terms of our relationship, we'll just work on a case-by-case basis on whatever is appropriate going forward. >> senator lieberman said over the weekend it might be worthwhile -- the white house's while to start over on health care. what's your reaction to that? >> i think a lot of folks have a lot of different opinions. we're dealing with 535 members of congress, some of which this weekend, like john mccain, said that there is great agreement. kent conrad said there also is great agreement. we think that the reason we've been able to make more progress on health care than any other president in the last 60 years is because the american people are foursquare behind getting something done. costs have gotten to a point where they're c

robert mueller said al megrahi's release gives comfort to terrorists.sion was made for obvious political reasons. >>> it earned the nickname the last column after being the final steel beam removed from the wreckage at ground zero. officials calling it a sign of rebirth. it will become a part of the september eleven memorial museum. >> an airplane getting into a head-on accident with a car on a southern california freeway. the piper plane was bound for santa barbara airport when it was force to do make an emergency landing on highway 101 yesterday. it crashed into three vehicles and amazingly here, nobody got hurt. >> indeed. the terrible thing, of course, they tell you to land the plane on the highway if you can't put it down on the runway put they don't tell you whatted what to do if the cars are on the highway. >>> still ahead, in hours new details about how the u.s. tortured suspected terrorists. some of those details now, in fact, former special cia agent jack rice joins the meeting ahead. paying $8 a day for lunch can add up fast. so i'm packing m

i think robert mueller sent a blistering letter to this justice minister. >> julie: what i don't underdid libya want to turn against the united states. did they want to turn against the world. and if england is involved, first of all, will there be any repercussions from libya and there should be there be? will there be any justice at the end of the day? >> i'm a little skeptical, but i tell you this. i think khadafy was never going to be our friend. there are ways to deal with tyrants and occasionally you have to hold your nose in the interest of greater good. for example having them stop their nuclear program which was a positive step. but you can't assume they are going to milk whatever they can from the public relations grist mill and that is exactly what khadafy did. i called him and kim jong-il and others the axis of evil and we can't forget that. he is going to grandstand every time he has a chance. >> julie: u.s.-libyan relations we not has dramatically improved to resolve all of this. what can we say about where the rest of the world goes from here? how do relations with libya