Libyan officials say a powerful militia was involved in the clandestine detention and questioning of a suspect in the 1988 downing of a New York-bound PanAm flight over Lockerbie, Scotland. After Mas’ud's release from prison, the Biden administration intensified extradition demands, Libyan officials said. In Misrata, Mas'ud was interrogated by Libyan officers in the presence of U.S. intelligence officers, said a Libyan official briefed on the interrogation. Some have questioned the legality of Mas'ud's handover, given the role of informal armed groups and a lack of official extradition procedures. Harchaoui, the analyst, said Mas'ud's extradition signals the U.S. is condoning what he portrayed as lawless behavior.

Source: Libya Today December 17, 2022 20:38 UTC