Sir Iain Livingstone
Chief Constable of Police Scotland
PO Box 2460
Glasgow G40 9BA
16 January 2023
Dear Sir Iain,
I must thank DCS Stuart Houston for his letter dated 11 January 2023 (received 14 January 2023) in response to the email and confirmatory letter that I sent to you on 9 January 2023.
DCS Houston writes: "I can only reiterate that Police Scotland continue to investigate the terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103 on 21 December 1988 in which Bernt Carlsson tragically lost his life. As in all such criminal inquiries in Scotland, Police Scotland investigate under the direction of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. Due to this flight being operated by an American airline and given that the majority of passengers were of US origin this has always been a joint investigation with colleagues from US law enforcement."
The superficial nature of that Scottish Police/US law enforcement joint investigation has been exposed in "The Lockerbie Incident: A Detective's Tale" by Detective Constable John Crawford (published on 13 August 2002).
On working with his FBI colleagues, DC Crawford has this to say (pages 79/89):
https://wikispooks.com/wiki/John_Crawford#Thereby_Hangs_A_Tale
On a number of previous occasions, I have sought unsuccessfully to obtain a copy of the FBI's FD402 report on Bernt Carlsson.
George Burgess (Deputy Director of the Scottish Justice Directorate) said on 11 February 2010 that I should contact Dumfries & Galloway Police or the Crown Office.
And on 8 November 2013, I emailed Detective Chief Superintendent Stuart Henderson to request an extract of the 'first fifteen' report (dealing specifically with interline passenger Bernt Carlsson) but received no reply.
https://wikispooks.com/wiki/John_Crawford#Lockerbie_.27first_fifteen.27
I should be grateful, Sir Iain, if you would now provide me with an extract of DC Crawford's 'first fifteen' report, as well as a copy of the FBI's FD402 report relating to UN Commissioner Carlsson. From the latter, I shall be very interested to see whether former FBI Assistant Director Buck Revell's misspelling of Carlsson's forenames (Brent Wilson) is reflected in that report.
Yours sincerely,
Patrick Haseldine
CLOSING DOWN DISCUSSION
On 31 January 2023, Police Scotland sent the following letter in reply:
Dear Mr Haseldine,
I write in response to your email dated 16th January 2023.
The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988 is the subject of a live prosecution and remains an ongoing criminal investigation in Scotland and the USA. On that basis it is not possible to release any evidential material in the case or to discuss the matter further.
Yours sincerely,
Stuart Houston
Detective Chief Superintendent
Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism
https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Iain_Livingstone#Closing_down_discussion