EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill (top) and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond attend the debate of the release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, at the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Its is expected that the opposition MSPs will criticise the government over the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill (top) and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond attend the debate of the release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, at the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Its is expected that the opposition MSPs will criticise the government over the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds.

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  1. GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 11: David Kerr, SNP candidate, receives support from First Minister Alex Salmond while campaigning for the Glasgow North East by-election on November 10, 2009 in Glasgow, Scotland. Candidates enter their final week of campaigning for the seat made vacant by former Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin, who resigned in June due to his role in the MP�s expenses row.
  2. Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond gestures during an interview with Reuters in his office in the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh November 4, 2009. Wealth management could become more important for Scotland, bolstering the country's key financial sector, Salmond believes. Despite the problems of the bailed-out banks, where thousands of jobs have been shed, the sector's other two pillars, insurance and investment management, are doing well, he told Reuters in an interview. Photo taken November 4, 2009.
  3. GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 30: SNP leader and First Minister Alex Salmond, David Kerr candidate for the forthcoming Glasgow North East by election share a joke with Betty Fraser on October 30, 2009 in Glasgow, Scotland. Today�s campaign took them to the local bingo hall where they urged public to vote SNP at the upcoming by election.
  4. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond debate the handling of the case of the release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, at the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Its is expected that the opposition MSPs will criticise the government over the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds.

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  1. Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond, left, gestures at Justice Secretary Kenny McAskill during First Minister's Questions in the Scottish Parliament, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday Sept. 3, 2009. The session was was dominated by the controversial decision to release Libyan Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi.
  2. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill (top) and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond attend the debate of the release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, at the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Its is expected that the opposition MSPs will criticise the government over the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds.
  3. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond (L) looks at a paper during the debate on the handling of the case of the release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, at the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Its is expected that the opposition MSPs will criticise the government over the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds.
  4. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond debate the handling of the case of the release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, at the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Its is expected that the opposition MSPs will criticise the government over the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds.
  5. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill (top) and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, debate the case of the release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber, at the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Its is expected that the opposition MSPs will criticise the government over the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds.
  6. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill (C) and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, debate the handling the case of the release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber, at the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Its is expected that the opposition MSPs will criticise the government over the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds.
  7. Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond pauses during an interview with Reuters in his office in the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh November 4, 2009. Wealth management could become more important for Scotland, bolstering the country's key financial sector, Salmond believes. Despite the problems of the bailed-out banks, where thousands of jobs have been shed, the sector's other two pillars, insurance and investment management, are doing well, he told Reuters in an interview. Photo taken November 4, 2009. To match INTERVIEW BRITAIN-SALMOND.
  8. Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond poses for the photographer during an interview with Reuters in his office in the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh November 4, 2009. Wealth management could become more important for Scotland, bolstering the country's key financial sector, Salmond believes. Despite the problems of the bailed-out banks, where thousands of jobs have been shed, the sector's other two pillars, insurance and investment management, are doing well, he told Reuters in an interview. Photo taken November 4, 2009. To match INTERVIEW BRITAIN-SALMOND.
  9. Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond gestures during an interview with Reuters in his office in the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh November 4, 2009. Wealth management could become more important for Scotland, bolstering the country's key financial sector, Salmond believes. Despite the problems of the bailed-out banks, where thousands of jobs have been shed, the sector's other two pillars, insurance and investment management, are doing well, he told Reuters in an interview. Photo taken November 4, 2009.
  10. Protesters march with a banner in a drumming parade to the Scottish Parliament to form a human banner in the shape of 350, to call on world leaders to take bold and immediate steps to address climate change and reduce pollution Saturday Oct. 24, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Scientists cite that the atmosphere can only tolerate 350 parts per million of greenhouse gases before climate events start to hurt human livelihood on earth.
  11. Scotland's Finance Minister John Swinney gestures during the unveiling of his 35 billion pounds budget plans for the year ahead at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland, September 17, 2009.
  12. Scotland's Finance Minister John Swinney (R) sits next to First Minister Alex Salmond as he listens to questions during the unveiling of his 35 billion pounds budget plans for the year ahead at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland, September 17, 2009.
  13. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill attends the debate on the handling of the release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, at the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Its is expected that the opposition MSPs will criticise the government over the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds.
  14. Scotland's Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill gestures during a debate about the recent release of convicted Lockerbie bomber, Libyan Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, at the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh, Scotland September 2, 2009. Megrahi, who has prostate cancer, is the only person to have been convicted over the deaths of 270 people in the bombing of a Pan Am passenger plane over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988. Scotland released him on compassionate grounds last month.
  15. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill attends debate on the handling of the case of the release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, at the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Its is expected that the opposition MSPs will criticise the government over the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds.
  16. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill (top) and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond attend the debate of the release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, at the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Its is expected that the opposition MSPs will criticise the government over the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds.

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