(FILE PHOTO) Lockerbie Bomber Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi Is Released From Greenock Prison

LOCKERBIE, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 21, 1988: (FILE PHOTO) Officials inspect the wreckage of Pan Am flight 103 December 21, 1988 in Lockerbie, Scotland. Convicted terrorist Abdelbaset ali al-Megrahi, has been serving a life sentence for the 1988 Pan-AM flight 103 Lockerbie bombing, which killed 270 people. Megrahi, who is terminally ill with prostate cancer has served eight years of a life sentence, and following the decision today, August 20, 2009 has been released on compassionate grounds to go home to spend his remaining days with his family in Libya.(Photo by Georges De Keerle/Getty Images)