i would like to present this award to robert mueller. >> good afternoon. i have another introduction much like mary kay's of a long-time friend of the pan-am families. the attorney general of the united states is, to my mind, the head of the most important government agency. he's the nation's top lawyer. much like frank mulholland, he doesn't have a title. he is not called right reverend -- not reverend -- honorable -- whatever it is -- lord advocate. they don't even call him secretary. but the department which has thousands of lawyers, many here today by the way and f.b.i. members here today. but it is an agency that to some of us is the most important. if uyou ask someone what the word justice means, if i ask 10 people out there, you would probably get at least five different answers. another five would google it to see what wikipedia says justice means. but we know what it means. we have an innate feeling of what it is. it is the main reason our group was formed. and we are not there yet but aware close. we are close because of people like eric holder,

speakers include eric holder, tsa administrator john pistol, and robert mueller. [applause] >> thank you, mary kay, for that kind introduction. i hold you personally responsible for the weather today. congratulations. [laughter] it has been said time heals all wounds. you here know that that is not necessarily true. i always are member, will never forget one of the visits i made he had thee, where occasion to see the small wooden warehouse in which were stored the various effects of your loved ones. a white sneaker, a syracuse sweatshirt, christmas presents, .hotographs these ordinary items brought home to me came to symbolize for me your pain and your loss, pain and loss that have not diminished even after so many years. they brought home to me the certainty that not all losses are equal. in those early days, you live the words of king david from psalm 11. fly away a bird through the mountain, for the wicked have drawn their bows and aim their arrows to shoot from the shadows at good people, and there is nothing a good person can do when everything falls apart. a

justice department a young prosecutor, robert mueller, was tasked with leading the investigation. 25ater, mueller says, the hunt for the bombers goes on. >> this is a case that needs further investigation and there are a number of people that we are still seeking and hopefully we'll have sufficient evidence to charge in the future. >> reporter: investigators quickly determined an explosive device blew a hole in the side of the boeing 747. analysts from the c.i.a. traced this tiny bomb fragment to libya then headed by strongman moammar qaddafi. two men were arrested, but only one was convicted. mueller says others who helped plan and carry out that attack are still at large. >> we want to know who ordered it and we want to know who approved it and who else was involved in carrying out the attack. i think the planning had to take at least several months, it was well thought out, well planned and it was well executed. >> reporter: is there any doubt in your mind that this went to the highest levels of the libyan government. >> none. >> reporter: qaddafi himself may have known? >> yes. >

speakers include eric holder, tsa administrator john pistol, and robert mueller.he ceremony was 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you, mary kay, for that kind introduction. i hold you personally responsible for the weather today. congratulations. [laughter] it has been said time heals all wounds. you here know that that is not necessarily true. i always remember, will never forget one of the visits i made to lockerbie, where i had the occasion to see the small wooden warehouse in which were stored the various effects of your loved ones. a white sneaker, a syracuse sweatshirt, christmas presents, photographs. these ordinary items brought home to me and came to symbolize for me your pain and your loss, pain and loss that have not diminished even after so many years. they brought home to me the certainty that not all losses are equal. in those early days, you lived the words of king david from psalm 11. fly away like a bird through the mountain, for the wicked have drawn their bows and aim their arrows to shoot from the shadows at good people, and there is nothing a go

speakers include eric holder, tsa administrator john pistole, and robert mueller.he led the investigation as head of the justice department criminal division at the time. the ceremony was 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you, mary kay, for that kind introduction. i hold you personally responsible for the weather today. congratulations. [laughter] it has been said time heals all wounds. you here know that that is not necessarily true. i always are member, will never forget one of the visits i made to lockerbie, where he had the occasion to see the small wooden warehouse in which were stored the various effects of your loved ones. a white sneaker, a syracuse sweatshirt, christmas presents, photographs. these ordinary items brought home to me came to symbolize for me your pain and your loss, pain and loss that have not diminished even after so many years. they brought home to me the certainty that not all losses are equal. in those early days, you live the words of king david from psalm 11. fly away like a bird to the mountain, for the wicked have drawn their bows and

. >> reporter: former fibi director robert mueller led the investigation. >> it has the characteristicsn passenger jet earlier that year but the blame ultimately focused on two libyan intelligence officers. more than ten years would pass before libya's leader komar gadhafi would turnover assessments of economic sanctions. >> when sanctions were lifted, he cut a deal with some of the attorneys saying, how about a no-fault settlement? let's offer $10 million per decedent with a no-fault settlement so we can get the sanctions lifted. >> my understanding is most of those families took that deal. >> 269 out of 270 families took that deal. >> except one. >> yes. >> you. >> that's right. if gadhafi and he didn't kill john and didn't blow up pan am 103, i didn't think they owed me a nickel. >> in 2003 gadhafi agreed to pay restitution of $2.3 billion without claiming responsibility for the attack three years later the libyan dictator settled after she won a federal case allowing her to sue him in addition to restitution. gadhafi offered her and her three children a personal apology. gadhafi'sou

i would like at this time to present this award to robert mueller. [applause] >> good afternoon. another introduction much like mary kate of along time friend of the pan am families. the attorney general of the united states is to my mind the head of the most important government agency. lawyer,e nation's top much like frank mulholland. he does not have a title, he is not called the right reverend -- .he honorable whatever it is lord advocate. they do not call the eternal -- the eternal -- the attorney general secretary. the department which has thousands of lawyers, many of whom are here today and fbi buters who are here today it is an agency that as i said, is the most important. if you ask someone what the word justice means, i asked 10 people out there, you would get five different answers. another would google it and see what wikipedia says justice means. we know what it means. we have an innate feeling of what it is. it's the main reason our group was formed. we're not there yet. we are very close, and their close because of people like eric holder, who has worked on this c