Stones and glass houses

I would like to add my tuppence worth regarding the controversy surrounding the release on compassionate grounds of Al Maghrahi, convicted for the Lockerbie attack.
In my humble opinion the only people that should have been allowed a say in the matter are not the Scottish government but the victims' families. If their majority had agreed to let Al Megrahi go and die in his country, then so be it. However if their majority were against it, then Al Megrahi should have stayed in his Scottish cell until the very end.
What I totally disagree with though is the US interfering into this matter. All this criticism coming from Washington stinks of double standards to me. Al Megrahi was tried and convicted for the Lockerbie bombing, At least here in Britain we don't put people behind bars or in a cage for years without a proper trial (Guantanamo Bay anyone?).
And is this the same US Government who wants the extradition of a British geek suffering from Asperger's syndrome for hacking into the Pentagon's computer systems?? He's just a geek, for crying out loud. I think you scared him enough... now leave him alone, or maybe even better, give him a job so he may protect you from other hackers' attacks.