There might be trouble brewing for Fred Thompson. He was recently linked to work for Libyans in involvement with the crash of Pan Am Flight 103. Right after the plane blew up over Lockerbie, Scotland, Fred Thompson gave one of his colleagues some advice about some of that law firm’s new clients. These clients turned out to be the two Libyan intelligence officials who were charged in the terrorist bombings.
John Culver is a partner at the Washington Firm of Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, and he began to advise the lawyer of these two suspects in February of 1992. Fred Thompson had discussions with Culver about Libya during that same month. During that same time frame, Libya was facing major outrage around the world because it failed to allow the United Nations to extradite the two suspects. When it came out that there were American firms representing them and their lawyers, the families of Pan Am victims and other people were even angrier.
Thompson’s involvement had not been made public until just recently. Whether or not this is going to have an effect on his run for president has yet to be seen. However, there is bound to at least be some question of an explanation for his actions, and there are probably going to be some Republicans and Democrats alike who hope that they can understand why he was involved in all of this. It might indeed be a bumpy road ahead for Fred Thompson. According to USA Election Polls (USAElectionPolls.com), Thompson is barely trailing Guiliani. Thompson is doing best in the Southern States.
