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This programme contains some strong language.

We now have evidence that a Toshiba Bombeat radio

brought down the plane.

Other heavily-damaged items include clothing I'm convinced was

also in the case with the radio bomb -

a Baby-gro and a pair of checked trousers.

Look at this clothing label.

- Yorkie trousers. - Mm.

If it's a lead, we follow it.

I want to blow up a plane.

Our objective is to recreate the blast hole and skid rail damage.

And establish if the Toshiba Bombeat radio bomb

in a bag loaded at Frankfurt could've caused it.

That's it. This proves the bomb came on at Frankfurt.

Are you Dick Marquise?

- Have we met before? - Kathryn Turman. Senator Heinz's office.

How many families have you spoken to?

You're lobbying the White House to set up

a President's Commission to look at aviation security?

We want to stop other families going through what we've experienced.

Pan Am has really let those families down.

Well, so have your FBI.

Well it's not the Bureau's responsibility

to communicate with families.

I travelled to Lockerbie.

I met a detective there, a DS McCusker.

You should meet him if you can.

A group back in Scotland clean victims' possessions.

I heard.

I'm here with my mother.

She's still in shock, but wants to see where her daughter fell.

Do you remember much?

I remember everything.

What's this?

The Germans sent through the luggage list.

One of the cases started its journey on flight KM180,

Malta to Frankfurt.

The bomb came from Malta?

Sorry, Harry, you're back on a plane.

We began our investigation just after Lockerbie

when we gave one of our researchers a new identity.

Well, obviously there's absolutely no security there whatsoever.

No checks are being done.

I have now got total access to Heathrow Airport.

Stewart clocked on at 4pm last Monday,

carrying the package in his bag.

Two hours into his shift, Stewart paged me at terminal three.

He had planted the bogus bomb.

He told me it was hidden under seat 33A

on Japanese airline flight 402 to Tokyo.

If this had been a bomb,

these passengers would be the latest victims of a terrorist outrage.

Jesus Christ.

I know.

They finished it not long after you left for America.

Fucking hell.

Did you see that thing on the news, about the fake bomb on the plane?

Yeah, I heard Orr was absolutely raging.

These airlines, airports, need to get their arse in gear.

Or how long till this happens again?

Every time my missus turns on the TV I'm feart to look,

in case another plane...

It's daft, I know.

Just pops up in my head, what we found, you know?

All those bodies.

Ah. Best putting that all out your mind.

Just got to focus on the work, you know.

Aye.

Speaking of, we better get back to it.

BELLS TOLL

Hey, driver!

Is there another way that we can go?

ALARM BEEPS AND PEOPLE SHOUTING

HORNS HONKING

I cannae believe this.

Weeks we've been waiting for this meeting and we turn up late!

We're going to have to tread extremely carefully

with the Deputy Prime Minister, all right?

He can't be happy we're here.

Why's that?

Well, why do you think? It's obvious.

Any perceived link to terrorism will have a massive impact on tourism.

- Which is a big part of their economy. - Exactly.

This plane, Pan Am 103.

It was bombed over Scotland,

on its way to New York, having just left London.

What has it got to do with Malta?

Oh, you're right, yes, the plane did leave from London,

but feeder flights brought passengers and baggage

from other places, including one unaccompanied bag from Luqa Airport.

Are you sure about this?

Unfortunately we are.

This is the luggage list from Frankfurt Airport.

If you look here, you can see a bag travelled from Luqa Airport

to Frankfurt, and then interlined with Pan Am 103.

Our working theory is this is the bag that contained the bomb.

So, you want access to Luqa Airport?

Well, that is one of the places we'll need to investigate,

to see how the bag could have gotten into the system.

There's more? What else?

One way we've been trying to identify the bomber

is via the items inside the bomb suitcase.

Items like this blue Baby-gro, which we learned was mass produced

and sold internationally,

therefore not very useful for narrowing our search.

Other items, we're still figuring out.

This, we think is a tweed jacket,

but we haven't been able to trace it.

The remains of these trousers, though...

..they had a Yorkie label.

And we've been unable to find a Yorkie factory,

until we found one here in Malta.

You're investigating trousers?

If we can confirm they were made in this factory,

we might find where the bomber purchased them.

Do you understand?

You may conduct your investigation here.

But under two conditions.

First, nothing gets out to the press.

Or your investigation here will be over.

Second, you can work under the supervision

of Inspector Scicluna.

Is that necessary?

Those are my terms, DCI Bell.

I can take you to the airport tomorrow.

Actually, we were planning to go to the factory first.

But the airport will be fine.

Well, thanks for meeting with me again.

I know you must be busy.

Of course. You know how my boss likes to keep your boss happy.

Well, I just wanted to let you know I'm going to Lockerbie.

- Really? - Mm-hm. - Why?

I want to see how they're doing things.

The way they're repatriating bodies and belongings,

the way they're communicating.

I think we could learn a lot.

It sounds like you should go.

Not that you need my permission.

Oh, I know.

But there's not much point in me going on about the sharing

of information, if I'm not going to practise what I preach.

- Right? - Sure.

Speaking of which, communication with the families -

any progress?

Well, it's like I said, you know, we're focused on solving this.

Not really responsible for the families.

That's my point - no-one is.

- You know they're organising officially now? - Good.

And that's their prerogative.

They are organised, they are well-funded,

and they are well-connected.

And as more start their civil claims against Pan Am,

it would be good if they felt you were on their side.

- Side? - Mm.

Kathryn, this is not about sides.

We all want to know who's responsible. Even Pan Am.

Well, come on. If Pan Am's inadequate security's

partially to blame, they don't want anyone to know that.

I'm not saying they're the good guys,

I'm just saying that they're co-operating.

I have a meeting with them tomorrow, at their request.

The families are in the dark.

I don't doubt that you are good at your job, Dick...

..but this is more than that to them, this is their whole lives.

Good morning.

Morning. You found us, then?

Can you explain the process of how bags make their way on to a flight?

Erm, passengers come here to check in and drop their bags.

I give them a tag that corresponds to their ticket.

And then their bags are taken on to the flight.

Is it ever possible for a bag

to travel without a passenger?

Er, no. No, not really.

Erm, no, unless it's lost luggage.

- Lost luggage? - Mm.

And what's the protocol there?

If luggage needs to be sent back to the owner,

we give a rush tag and the bag

is rushed over on the next flight.

Are there rush tags behind the desk I can look at?

We keep them in the office, for security.

We'll need to see one, please.

If the bomb was in a bag labelled lost luggage,

the bomber wouldn't have even needed a ticket for that flight, right?

I never knew that's how that worked.

Aye, well, most people wouldn't.

Which means whoever did this knew the system...

..or they had somebody on the inside.

Home for dinner, hm?

To what do I owe this rare pleasure?

Not just for dinner.

- WITH dinner. - Oh!

My hero! Mm!

Where are the girls?

At Rachel's for a sleepover.

How come?

- You're telling me we're home alone? - Mm.

Well, you know what that means.

We don't have to share our chips.

Er, you remember that girl Kathryn I met in the States?

She's visiting, and Orr's asked me to show her about for a few days.

So what, you've just come back from the States

and now you're a tour guide?

- Do you ever do any real work, McCusker? - Shut it.

Here we go. Er, yours.

Extra salt, extra vinegar.

Oh, you know how to treat a girl.

Morning, Jim.

- Thank you. - Lauren, you seen Sandy?

- Oh, shit. You think this bug's got him and all? - What bug?

Something nasty's going about.

Half the guys in production are off.

Maybe Sandy's down with it.

Ah, must be.

Could do with a couple of days in bed, too.

You know it's bad when you're jealous of the folk off sick!

Agent Marquise? Thomas Plaskett, CEO, Pan American World Airways.

- Evening. - You hungry? The ribeye's excellent. - Er, no.

- Just a coffee for me, thanks. - Same for me.

So what can I do for you?

My office wasn't specific about why you wanted to meet.

Oh, well, we had a report commissioned into what happened.

An investigation of sorts.

- Didn't think we were up to the job? - THOMAS LAUGHS

Not at all.

Our insurance required it. We didn't expect much.

But the findings are compelling.

Monzer al-Kassar.

The name mean anything to you?

He's a Syrian arms dealer who runs a drug smuggling route

between Europe and the States, using drug mules on commercial flights.

Such as Pan Am 103?

Precisely. He's been running his route for years.

- Long time not to get caught, right? - Mm-hm.

Well, our investigation found out why.

The CIA know exactly what he's doing.

They let him run his route, so long as he feeds them intel.

- He's a CIA informant? - Correct.

OK. Er, what does this have to do with the attack?

- What? You think he was involved? - Not exactly.

But he did allow other groups to use his route, knowing airport

workers were being paid by the CIA to look the other way.

Drug smugglers, terrorist groups...

Our report found that a Palestinian group bombed Pan Am 103,

using Al-Kassar's route and Khaled Jaafar as a mule.

Sorry to disappoint, Mr Plaskett,

but Jaafar's been ruled out as a suspect.

Completely?

Why'd you come here today, Mr Plaskett?

I thought it was my duty to share what our investigators found.

Uh-huh.

It's pretty convenient that, if this were true,

which is impossible, by the way, given the evidence,

that Pan Am would no longer be liable for what happened.

The US Government would be.

Which means you wouldn't have to pay the families a single dime

in any of these civil suits.

- That's not what this is about. - Isn't it?

And then you're going to come and point the finger

at the very agencies who are trying to solve this thing?

I've got to admit, I'm impressed

that you have the balls to come and do this to my face.

Just read the report.

I think you'll find it very convincing.

If you paid more than a dollar for this, it was too much.

And by the looks of it, you paid way more than that.

Just the cheque, please.

He's paying.

How many more staff have the airport released for interview?

No, no airport today. We're going to the factory.

No, no, I need to continue to the airport.

I need to talk to the desk staff, as a matter of urgency.

- Yes. We will return later. - No. No, I really think

it'd be more efficient if we finish our business there first.

It's OK. Factory today.

HE SPEAKS MALTESE:

- OK. - These trousers, we believe they were manufactured here.

See the Yorkie label?

This label looks like ours, yes.

So, they were made here?

Well, we make lots of things.

This pattern, do you... do you recognise it?

It's hard to say.

I could check it against our records,

but it would take a couple of days.

We'll be back first thing tomorrow.

Sorry.

Could I have a minute, Lauren?

DOOR SHUTS

Er, could I have everybody's attention, please?

Er, I've just had some bad news.

I've just been informed that...

..that Sandy was found dead this morning in his car.

Just...by the forest near his home.

What happened?

We don't know.

But they're not looking for anyone else in connection with his death.

I'm sorry.

Today families gathered outside the White House to remember

the victims of the Pan Am bombing,

and to demand more information about what happened to their loved ones.

They have come to Washington to lobby for an independent inquiry

into the bombing of Pan Am 103,

convinced that they're not being told the full story.

In a meeting not recorded by cameras,

four family members met with the President.

It's a strong indication of the President's concern,

and we hope that this will reflect his commitment

- in establishing an effective... - PHONE RINGING

This is Dick Marquise.

Have you seen the news? The families had a big protest

- on the White House lawn. - A protest?

What for?

Well, they wanted a meeting with President Bush

and they got one, face-to-face.

Really?

I told you they were serious, Dick.

They're making it happen.

Yeah. It seems so.

Just so you know, one of their asks

is going to be regular updates from the FBI.

And I wonder whose idea that was.

Well, I'm just giving you a heads-up.

..exercising his leadership

and for the actions which we hope and pray will follow.

You see that car there, the black one?

It followed us here.

I seen him on the drive up yesterday as well.

Same number plate.

Who'd be doing that?

Let's see, shall we?

Is that your lot?

Why would we need them? I'm here.

Who else would be following us all the way out here?

Best case, CIA?

BKA?

A friendly intelligence agency keeping an eye.

Worst case, whoever bombed the plane.

They could still be on the island.

Christ. Wish I hadn't asked.

I believe this is the fabric from your photo.

That looks right.

- And you've made trousers from this fabric? - Yes.

We delivered five pairs as part of a bigger order to a shop

called Mary's House.

You can see the delivery note here.

November '88.

This shop's on the island?

Yes, it's about 20 minutes from here.

You think this could be a front?

Could be more than a front. It could be a bomb factory in there.

- All right, easy. - Well, it could be.

We know that a pair of trousers in the bomb case were

ordered from there, a month before Lockerbie.

Right, they could've sold them on.

What if they didn't?

Let's go.

Bongu.

How are you doing?

Is this your store, sir?

Mine? Yes, mela.

- You're Edward Gauci? - Yes. I am Edward.

This is my son, Tony.

I'm Detective Bell from Strathclyde Police in Scotland.

This is Inspector Scicluna.

We would like to talk to you about an order you made last year.

You ordered trousers with this pattern, yes?

- Yes, this looks like our order. - Yeah.

Do you remember selling any, and who you sold them to?

It's difficult to say.

Well, have you sold any?

I'm not sure.

- You don't mind if I have a look, then, see if I can find any? - No.

Do you, er...?

You'll recognise this material, we think it might be from pyjamas?

Sorry. Mm-mm.

And, er, what about this Baby-gro?

No. I'm sorry.

We have sold that kind of Baby-gro before.

Do you remember...? Do you remember selling one?

Yeah. You remember the guy last year?

He bought a lot of things, you know, that didn't match.

Baby-gro, trousers, pyjamas.

Do you remember selling someone this Baby-gro along with trousers?

Yes. Two pairs, actually.

Did the trousers have this pattern?

They could have, yes.

And what about this white T-shirt? Did he buy one of those?

No. But he did buy a jacket.

Was it a tweed jacket?

- Like this? - Yeah, we had the jacket here.

It was in the shop for, like, five years.

Five years and no-one touched it.

I showed it to him, he didn't even try it on.

- He just bought it. - And what else did he buy?

Er, an umbrella because I remember thinking it was raining,

so I said, "Listen, this guy's spending money,

"so he's going to take it straight away." And he did. One of those.

- This one? - Mm-hm.

We'll need to take this.

- Mr Gauci? - Mm. - You seem to remember all this very well.

You must have lots of customers, but you remember him?

I mean, it was a week's taking in ten minutes.

How can I forget? Like, it was my best sale ever.

DCI Bell, look at this.

It's the Yorkie trousers.

Are these the trousers that you sold to this customer?

They might have been, yes.

Can you describe this customer for me?

Big guy. Libyan.

Erm, nice suit.

No belly, but big.

Definitely Libyan?

- Yes. - Definitely? How can you tell?

Cos he looked Libyan and he spoke with a Libyan accent.

What, you can tell someone's Libyan just from an accent?

Well, it's enough to tell that you're Scottish and not English, no?

If you saw him again, would you recognise him?

Definitely.

And tell me, when did this purchase take place?

I think it was end of last year.

Christmas lights were up, so December it must have been.

PHONE RINGS

Er, McCusker.

Ed, are there any umbrellas in evidence?

Umbrellas? Er, I'm sure there's a few. Why?

Good.

Because we've just found a shopkeeper who we think sold

multiple Cat 1 items to a guy last year.

The trousers, the Baby-gro.

- Right. - And he mentioned this customer

bought a black umbrella. Have we got any?

Er, we've got almost 30 here.

If it was in the case it would have been heavily bomb damaged,

same as the other Cat 1 items.

So have you... have you got anything?

Yeah, just give us a second.

OK, I think this is it.

"Canopy and handle stem, shredded and partly collapsed indicating

"close involvement with an explosion."

This supports what he told us, Ed.

This is the first link to a real person involved in this.

I thought you'd be a wee bit more excited, son.

Harry, has no-one told you?

Told me what? What's up?

Er, Sandy died.

Are you serious?

Fuck.

How?

Was it an accident? What? What happened?

They don't quite know, but, erm...

..they said no-one else was involved, so...

What? Just...

..just out of nowhere?

Oh, come on, Harry. Please, please.

If any of us had noticed that something was wrong,

we would have done something, right?

Aye.

I know.

Sorry.

Just trying to get my head around it.

Right, OK, look,

I'll phone the lab now and I'll get them to check their findings

on these umbrellas.

You need to fax details of your umbrella to RARDE.

- Check that it's definitely a match. - Aye.

So, did you find something on your database in Scotland?

There's an umbrella that's a potential match.

So the shopkeeper was telling the truth.

Well, let's not get excited

until the lab confirms that the umbrella was in the case too, eh?

That's a good thing, yes?

Your boss will be very pleased.

White House wants to know why we didn't give them

a heads-up about the protest.

Did you know about it?

No. I didn't.

The families want Sessions to go along to the next meeting,

- to talk about our investigation. - OK.

So, you want me to get Sessions caught up on where we're at?

Actually, he thinks it makes more sense if you attend.

He does?

I'll be honest, might be tough.

The families want answers you can't give.

Understood.

Appreciate it.

And there is something else.

I'm hearing about an opening in Albany.

The field office?

Your wife's from up around there, right?

Yeah. She is. We've, er...

We've talking about making a move there for a while.

Chance to run your own office.

Hate to lose you on this, but your name came up -

felt I had to let you know.

How fast are they moving?

Couple of weeks to think about it.

Happy to make a recommendation.

Grudgingly, of course.

It's the lab results faxed through from RARDE.

They've confirmed that a matching umbrella was in the suitcase.

Not just that, the umbrella was impacted with

the fibres from the Baby-gro, and the Yorkie trousers, too.

Looks like they were all blasted into each other

when the bomb detonated.

This verifies the shopkeeper's account.

Exactly.

This customer must be linked to the bomber.

Or he is the bomber.

You know, I hope they add Sandy's name

to the list of Lockerbie deaths.

It's only right.

We don't know that Lockerbie had anything to do with it.

It had to have affected him.

- It affected all of you. - Yeah, but it's the job

that we all signed up for.

It wasn't one murder or a car accident.

It's 270 dead in one night.

SOMBRE ORGAN MUSIC PLAYS

Lift.

Forward.

- Good to see you, Moira. - Of course.

I asked if I could...

INDISTINCT

- Sorry, are you Moira? - I am, yes.

This is some effort, thank you.

My Ed's been talking my ear off about your baking.

I can see why.

Well, you must be June! Ed's told us all about you.

- Has he now? - Aye.

- You've got a good one there. - So I'm told.

He tells me that you've been seconded to the laundry as well,

- you're cleaning up belongings? - Aye.

They told us it would take a few weeks,

but we've been at it, what, over six months now?

Aye, you're right there.

Oh, but I know they're all very grateful.

Oh...

I know they are. But we're not doing it for them,

we're doing it for the families.

Of course.

Hiya, Moira.

Oh, hello, pet!

Hi. Erm, these scones look lovely.

- Well, Sandy couldn't get enough of them. - Yeah.

Did you know Sandy well?

Oh, enough to know that he was a good man.

Well, a great man.

He was.

SHE SIGHS

I remember when they all arrived, all bright-eyed and determined.

Ah, you look at them now...

..all grey in the face, like they've been to war.

I thought we'd seen the end of the coffins,

but they're just going to keep coming, aren't they?

So, this circuit board fragment was impacted into the neckband

of a grey Slalom shirt,

found in a field next to Kielder Forest,

about 25 miles away from Lockerbie.

The neckband itself was severely damaged,

consistent with explosive involvement.

The fabric was also impacted

with fragments of the Toshiba radio and the manual,

which means this shirt must have been inside the IED suitcase

when it detonated.

You think this could be another piece of the Toshiba radio?

That was my first thought. But...

..if you look here, now you can see this PCB has seven layers.

I've compared it to the Toshiba circuit board - that has five.

It can't be the radio.

Are we aware of anything else electronic inside the IED suitcase?

Nothing, except, of course, elements of the bomb itself.

And only one part would need a circuit board.

The timer.

AEROPLANE ENGINE ROARS

You didn't need to pick me up, Ed. I could have taken a taxi.

Don't be daft.

Are you happy just to head straight to Lockerbie,

or are you needing a wee sleep first?

- Straight to it, I think. - OK. Good.

I've arranged for a few volunteers to meet us at Sherwood Crescent.

And is that where the plane...?

Aye.

We could do something less intense if you'd prefer.

No.

I want to see everything the families do.

You'd think it gets easier,

but I still can't believe it,

no matter how many times I come here.

Moira and Ella do a brilliant job of showing the families around here.

So who decided that you would do that?

We just saw something that needed to be done, so we did it.

We came together in the early days, us locals,

to help in whatever way we could.

We set up the Friendship Group

to connect with families who wanted to visit.

Well, that's amazing.

Well, it helped us too,

having something to do.

We found Frank right here.

Although we didn't know his name then.

We just called him our boy.

It was almost like he was sleeping.

Remember, Ed?

Yeah.

You were here that night, too?

I was on duty when the plane fell, so...

..I responded to a lot of calls about the fallen passengers, aye.

We kept watch over him all night, took it in turns.

I hated the idea of him being out here alone, you know?

I mean, I'm not daft. I know he was gone, but...

..I just thought, "What if he was one of mine?"

No.

I couldn't have him alone.

Have Frank's family been to visit?

Not yet, but we'd love to meet them.

I think they'd take comfort in coming here,

meeting you.

One day, I hope they will.

Sincere apolo... No, regrets.

Sincere regrets.

Is this us?

- There you go. Thanks very much. - Thank you.

HE CLEARS THROAT

TAPPING BOOMS THROUGH PA

Morning.

My name is Agent Dick Marquise.

I'm heading up the PA 103 investigation.

Erm, Director Sessions sends his sincere regret

that he's not able to be here today...

Yeah, right.

Erm, but I'm going to do my best to update you on where we're at.

Now, I should be clear from the very beginning,

there are a lot of details I'm not going to be able to go into,

as this is an ongoing investigation,

but I trust that when I'm done here today,

you'll agree that we are progressing in a, er...

..in a satisfactory manner.

HE CLEARS THROAT

Agent Marquise...

..my name is Joe Horgan.

My brother-in-law, Michael Doyle, was killed in the attack.

Erm, I'm, er... I'm sorry for your loss.

The funny thing is,

he wasn't even supposed to be on that plane.

Someone in London asked him for help with something,

so he took a later flight. It was typical Mikey.

Look, I went to Scotland as soon as I could.

And I was met with so much openness...

..compassion, so much caring,

from officials and police.

Yes, you're absolutely right, they've, er...

- ..they've proven to be admirable colleagues. - I'm sure they have.

But all that has shown me is...

..how badly things have been handled here.

MURMURING

And how poorly we've all been treated by the State Department,

and by the FBI.

The thing you need to understand is...is that, er,

especially at the beginning, we were all in the dark.

GROANING

No, truly, we...we wish we had more information to share.

We just simply didn't have it.

My daughter Alexia was on the plane, coming home for the holidays.

I want to know why there were so many empty seats,

so many tickets, right before Christmas.

- Well.. - Because a bomb threat was made,

to the US embassy in Helsinki, on 5th December,

warning of a bomb on a Pan Am flight from Frankfurt.

This wasn't shared with the flying public. Why?

That's a great question, and that's exactly why it's being investigated

by not only the FBI, but also now the President's Commission.

What kind of an answer is that?

"Watch this space"?

We are the ones that made the President's Commission happen!

Yeah, right!

Yes, I understand that. I do, I understand that,

- but I... - The US embassy posted the warning on their bulletin board

so the US Government officials, the FBI, the CIA

could change their air carriers.

OK, well, let's not forget,

there was at least one CIA officer on board the flight.

And that's who's important to you?

No, no. No, I'm sorry, that's not what I meant.

I'm just saying that there's...

My daughter Alexia was 20 years old.

A photojournalist in the making.

She was murdered.

Her promising future will never be.

And there's a hole in my heart that will never be...

..that will never be healed.

Look, what happened was a tragedy.

An evil thing.

But the aftermath,

how we've all been treated?

- It's an outrage. - Exactly. - That's right.

You're right.

You're absolutely right.

You haven't been treated properly, by us or the State Department,

and, er...

..I am so sorry for that.

But the truth is...

..what you've been through...

..what you've all been through, it's...

..it's unimaginable.

And I am...astounded...

..by not only your persistence, but...

..your courage in the face of it all.

I can't promise you that things are going to change.

You deserve better.

I see that now, and, er...

..I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure you get that.

Thank you.

HE CLEARS THROAT

Thanks for showing me around.

I know it must bring up a lot of stuff for you.

Oh, I don't mind. As long as the trip's been useful.

Yeah, it has.

I'm going back to the States with a much better understanding

of what everyone's been through.

- I mean, these locals and families have been through a lot. - Mm.

So have you.

No. It's the job, in't it?

Doesn't mean you've not suffered.

And it doesn't mean you're not still suffering.

Not in the same way.

Ed, I'm not ashamed to say that I've cried more

since the plane fell than I ever have.

And I'm only hearing things second-hand.

You were here.

And this happened to you, too.

This is the last time.

Neil, do you have a minute?

- Is everything OK? - Yeah.

I just wanted to give you an update in person.

So they're making good progress in Malta.

Yeah, what have they found?

A shopkeeper who sold clothes from the bomb suitcase.

I want to send Phil Reid down there immediately.

I think we need somebody on the ground.

A breakthrough, finally.

- This is big. - Yeah.

I also want to set up a meeting for us

with a woman named Kathryn Turman.

She's got some good ideas on how we can better work with the families.

Why?

They gave me a bit of a hard time.

- Yeah, I... - I had a feeling they would.

I think we can do better.

So, if I set up a meeting with Kathryn, can you be there?

OK.

Great.

Wait, Dick.

Yeah?

You thought any more about that job in Albany?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm not going to Albany.

I think I've got to see this thing through.

Good.

Glad to hear it.

HE CLEARS THROAT

I'm going to go to bed.

You coming?

Eh...

HE CLEARS THROAT

Just going to stand out here for a minute.

It's freezing.

You OK?

Hmm.

Oh...

..Ed.

It's OK. You're OK.

HE WEEPS QUIETLY

You're all right.

It's all right, love.

You're OK.

I've been struggling to find a match for that circuit board.

So you're telling me that we don't know where this has come from?

It doesn't match any of the devices we have on record,

or any part of the plane itself.

It is highly unusual.

What are our options?

We could try and identify the source

of the raw materials of the fragment.

So, the metal in the solder, the laminate of the circuit board.

And, from that, could we trace the manufacturer?

Potentially.

So you're certain that this is part of the timer?

- I am. - Right.

Well, then, not finding it's not an option.

Does this look like your customer?

Er, no, his nose was bigger on the tip

and, er, his eyebrows were more round.

Bigger, sorry.

Don't apologise, all right? Just...just take your time.

Detective Bell's correct, Mr Gauci.

We want to get this right, no matter how long it takes.

Yeah, but what I don't understand, why are you looking for him?

He would be...he would be dead

alongside everyone else on the plane, no?

You haven't told him?

What are you talking about?

This man wasn't a passenger.

He never got on the plane.

He's one of the men we think might be involved in bringing it down.

Fresh off the fax machine from Malta -

our mystery shopper.

Knowing what we now know, I think it's fairly safe to assume

that either he packed the IED suitcase himself,

or he was very close to the person who was doing so.

And, if this man is Libyan,

that'll change the course of this investigation significantly,

not least amongst our American colleagues.

It's now more than likely that we are no longer pursuing

a single terrorist cell but...

An agent of state-sponsored violence.

We could be dealing with an ESO agent here -

Libya's equivalent to the CIA,

their External Security Organisation.

Colonel Gaddafi has used the ESO to carry out many acts of terror

against many countries, but in recent years

has become increasingly hostile to America.

Libyan terrorists put a bomb in La Belle discotheque in Berlin,

a known haunt of US troops.

3 dead, 200 injured.

America is forced to retaliate.

Enter Operation El Dorado Canyon.

1986, a bombing campaign in Tripoli and Benghazi,

mounted by 14 A-6E Navy attack jets and 18 FB-111 bombers.

Allegedly, Gaddafi's 15-month-old daughter was killed,

and two of his sons injured...

- ..meaning... - The Libyans had more than enough motivation

to bring down American airliner Pan Am 103.

- Kathryn? - Mary Lou?

- Welcome. - Hi.

- Thank you for coming. - Really, it's so nice to meet you in person.

- Thank you for having me. - Yeah.

Come this way.

How was your trip?

Erm, I flew in from DC, so it's not bad at all.

OK.

When I heard you wanted to meet, I...I thought maybe you had

something for me to sign.

I didn't realise you'd been over to where Frank...

I wanted to tell you in person.

He really just looked like he was sleeping?

That's what Margaret told me.

I went to her farm.

The kids will be so happy to hear he was looked after.

SHE CHUCKLES SADLY

What counts as happy changes when something like this happens.

Margaret wanted me to tell you that you are all welcome

to visit them in Lockerbie.

Any time.

Oh, no, I...

..I think it'd be too difficult for the kids.

For...for me.

Of course.

But, honestly, having been there,

and talking to families that have gone...

..many find a type of healing there.

The kindness of the locals -

you can feel it.

So, there is no pressure.

And, if you do change your mind,

I can put you in touch with other families that have made the trip.

- Thank you. - Yeah.

Do you do this a lot?

I do what I can around my day job.

This isn't your job?

Not technically.

But someone told me recently,

"When you see something that needs to be done...

"..you do it."

"Lockerbie disaster leads police to Malta."

They know everything you Scottish are doing.

- Everything! - We didn't speak to anyone.

Then how will the press know all of this, eh?

You assured us this wouldn't happen.

Harry, that car that followed us - must have been a journalist.

De Marco is very unhappy.

This makes it look like we are allowing terrorism under our noses!

Let me speak to De Marco. I can explain.

I have already spoken with him, and he is clear -

the Scottish investigation is on pause for now.

No, we need to get back to the airport

and figure out how the bag got through.

FBI are permitted to stay.

Agent Reid can continue your enquiries,

but I'm sorry - it's out of my hands.

- You OK there, boss? - How's the team?

Ah, all right. They're keeping their heads down.

Can I have a word?

Sure.

Your work on Holmes has been a game-changer, McCusker.

Well done. Exemplary.

We're all just doing our best.

No, well, it's...it's been noticed.

They're starting up a new department - Witness Protection.

They want you to join them.

Uh...

And leave Lockerbie?

I can't take that.

I want to stay here.

I'm afraid it's not up to you.

You think I can't handle the pressure, is that it?

No, I'm not saying that at all.

I don't care. We've...we've got a new witness,

we need all hands on deck, we cannot just abandon this.

Nobody's abandoning anything.

We've found the bomber and you're taking me off the case?

This is the job.

We move on.

Or, in your case, you move up.

It's a promotion, McCusker.

Be grateful.

And the latest on the French plane crash

over the Sahara Desert.

A DC-10 airliner with 171 people on board.

The airliner crashed shortly after leaving N'Djamena,

the capital of Chad.

The French airline UTA said today

it probably was a bomb

- that caused the crash of a DC-10 yesterday... - What's this?

Another plane's being brought down.

All 171 people on board, including 7 Americans,

were killed in the crash.

More tonight from NBC's Jim Bittermann.

Debris from the plane was scattered

over a 16 square-mile area of the Niger desert.

Airline officials say they suspect a terrorist bomb.

It is very unlikely that there are survivors.