At 6:25 pm on December 21, 1988, Pan Am's Clipper Maid of the Seas departed Heathrow
Airport in London for New York City's JFK Airport. One half hour later at 7:02 pm London
time, as the Boeing 747 leveled off at 31,000 feet just north of the England-Scotland
border, an explosion blew a basketball-sized hole in the fuselage. The plane broke apart and
plummeted to earth. All 259 passengers of Flight 103 and 11 residents of the town of
Lockerbie, Scotland were killed. Among those killed aboard Pan Am Flight 103 were 35
students returning home from a semester of study abroad through Syracuse University.
Before long the world would know that it was not a mechanical failure or foul weather that
brought down the plane, but a terrorist bomb: a Semtex plastic explosive planted in a Toshiba
radio-cassette recorder packed inside a Samsonite suitcase stowed in the plane's forward
cargo hold. Only one man would ever be convicted for committing this terrorist act.
Abdelbaset Ali Al-Megrahi and fellow Libyan Intelligence agent Lamin Khalifah Fhimah were
indicted by the United States in 1991, formally charged by the Scottish authorities in 1999
and tried by an international court at Camp Zeist, Netherlands beginning in 2000.
Al-Megrahi's conviction was handed down in 2001. Fhimah was found not guilty. Al-Megrahi
was released on compassionate grounds in 2009, after a terminal cancer diagnosis gave him
three months to live. He died three years later. The investigation of the bombing of Pan Am
Flight 103 remains open.
Publications that are associated with one individual or victim are housed with individual
collections.
Selected materials from this collection are available in digital format. Please contact the
archivist for further information about accessing these materials.
Please note some materials are only available in digital form.
Written permission must be obtained from the Pan Am Flight 103 Archives and all relevant
rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in
this collection.
Books, select dissertations and journals have been transferred to Rare Books for
cataloging. Please refer to Libraries Search
to locate these items.
Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Incident, 1988.
Terrorism -- Government Policy -- United States -- Case Studies.
Terrorism -- Government Policy -- United States -- History.
Terrorism -- Government Policy -- United States.
Terrorism -- History -- 20th Century.
Lockerbie (Scotland)
Dissertations.
Journals (periodicals)
Magazines (periodicals)
Posters.
Publications.
Items in the Pan Am Flight 103 Publications Collection were donated to the Archives by
individuals associated with Pan Am Flight 103, or were purchased by Archives staff.
These donations and purchases were made at various times and combined into one
collection by Archives staff.
Materials were placed in acid-free folders and boxes.
The Publications Collection is arranged by publication type and then alphabetically or
chronologically within series and subseries.
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Court cases |
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Camp Zeist, Netherlands |
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Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi v. HM Advocate, opinion of the
appeal court, Kamp Van Zeist, the Netherlands 14 March 2002
(2 copies)
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The evidence so far: V, as at the adjournment 10 October 2000 |
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Indictment of Abdel Baset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa
Fhimah 29 October 1999
 Indictment of Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah
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Information provided to families at post trial briefings circa 2000 |
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Lockerbie trial: briefing handbook, John P. Grant, ed. January 2000
(2 copies)
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Lockerbie trial images, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal January 2001
(2 copies)
Lockerbie Trial Images
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Lockerbie trial information guide, Lockerbie Trial Families
Project circa 2001
(2 copies)
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| Box 1 |
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Lockerbie trial media pack, Scottish Court service circa 2001
(2 copies)
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Opinion of the court circa 2001 |
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Petition of the Procurator Fiscal 13 November 1991 |
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A presentation to the Lockerbie relatives, Dumfries and Galloway
Constabulary circa 2000
(2 copies)
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Trial personalities: prosecutorial team, and Trial personalities: defense
team, Lockerbie Trial Families Project circa 2000
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Update: Lockerbie special, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal
service March 2001
(2 copies)
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Other cases |
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Cicippio & Jacobson v. Islamic Republic of Iran 14 October 1992-29 July
1994
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Cummock v. Al Gore, Rodney Slater, White House Commission of
Aviation Safety and Security 8 May 1997
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Cummock, Peirce, et al. v. Libya et al. 27 November 1996, undated |
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Davis et al. v. Libya et al. 9 December 1996 |
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DiMauro et al., v. Libya et al. 16 October 1997 |
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Flatow v. Iran et al. 11 March 1998 |
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Garrett v. Pan Am World Airlines 24-26 August 1992
(3 folders)
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Hartford Fire Insurance Co. et al. v. The Socialist People's Libyan
Arab Jama-hiriya, et al. 23 September 1999
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Libya v. Rein 12 May 1999 |
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Lowenstein v. Libya 6 May 1997 |
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Miazga v. Syracuse University and Executravel Ltd. 21 February 1991-23 March
1995
(8 folders)
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Pagnucco, Bainbridge, Porter, et al. vs. Pan Am World Airways, Inc.
and Alert Management Systems, Inc. 27 April 1992-18
February 1994
(2 folders)
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Pan Am World Airways, Inc. and Alert Management Systems, Inc.
(petitioners) vs. Pagnucco, Bainbridge, Porter, et al. (respondents)-U.S.
Supreme Court 21 December 1994
(2 copies)
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Price & Frey v. The Socialist People's Libyan Arab
Jama-hiriya 21 January 1998
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Rein v. Socialist Libyan People's Arab Jamahiriya October 1991-September
2003
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Smith v. the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jama-Hiriya et al. 1994-1999 |
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Smith & Hudson v. the Socialist People's Libya Arab Jama-hiriya
et al. 28 October1994-12 December
1996
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Tsairis, Kosmowski, Fondiler, Daniels, & Coyle v. Libya et.
al 5 November 1998
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United States v. Abdel Basset Ali Al-Megrahi & Lamen Khalifa
Fhima 14 November
1991
(2 copies)
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United States v. Lester Coleman September 1993-September
1997
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Various depositions and litigation 1989 |
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Warriner v. George Bush, President, et al. 1992 |
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Williams et al. v. Libya et al. 1998 |
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Zicherman v. Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. October 1994 |
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Government publications |
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United Kingdom |
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50 years of caring and protecting: Dumfries and Galloway
Constabulary 1998
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Air Accidents Investigation Branch special bulletin S1/89 1989 |
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Aircraft accident report 2/90: report on the accident to Boeing 747-121,
N739PA at Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland on 21 December 1988, U.K. Air Accidents
Investigation Branch of The Department of Transport 6 August 1990
(2 copies)
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Catalogue of items of unidentified personal property recovered following
the aircraft disaster at Lockerbie on 21st December 1988, Lockerbie Incident Control
Centre, Dryfe Road, Lockerbie, Scotland circa 1988-1989
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Determination by Sheriff Principal John S. Mowat QC in the fatal accident
inquiry relating to the Lockerbie air disaster, held at Easterbrook Hall Circhton
Royal Hospital, Dumfries 1 October 1990-13
February 1991
(2 copies)
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Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary: a history (commemoration of sixty five
years) 2013
(2 copies)
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Lockerbie: a local authority response to the disaster, by Dumfries and
Galloway Constabulary 1989
(2 copies)
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Lockerbie: a local authority response to the disaster, volume 2, by
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary 1990
(2 copies)
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Lockerbie Air Disaster: general structural survey of properties in Sherwood
area of Lockerbie, Deakin Callard & Partners 30 January 1989
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Lockerbie Air Disaster Trust: report of the trustees, by Lockerbie Trust
Board of Trustees December 1991
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Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission statement of reasons under
section 194D (4) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act of 1995 circa 2012
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United Nations |
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Agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland and the government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands concerning a
Scottish trial in the Netherlands 18 September 1998
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The Permanent Mission of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya To the United Nations -
statement of H.E. Mr. Omar Mustafa Muntasser, secretary of the General People's
Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation, before the United
Nations Security Council 20 March 1998
(2 copies)
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 731 21 January 1992
U.N. Resolution 731
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 748 31 March 1992
U.N. Resolution 748
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1192 27 August 1998
U.N. Resolution 1192
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United States |
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Aviation security: additional actions needed to meet domestic and
international challenges, report to Congressional requestors, GAO January 1994
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Aviation security: development of new security technology has not met
expectations, report to Congressional requestors, GAO 1994
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (United States House of Representatives).
Foreign airport security hearing. 9 February 1989
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (United States House of Representatives).
Testimony of Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III, Ambassador-at-Large for
Counterterrorism. 9 February 1989
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Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Aviation of the Public Works
and Transportation Committee (United States House of Representatives). Testimony of
Paul S. Hudson, chair of Families of Pan Am 103/Lockerbie. 26 July 1990
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Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Security,
International Organizations and Human Rights (United States House of
Representatives). United States policy in the aftermath of the bombing of Pan Am 103
hearing. 28 July 1994
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This item is only available in digital form. |
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Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation (United States House of Representatives). The bombing of Pan Am
Flight 103: a critical look at American aviation security hearings. 25-26 September
1989
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Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and
International Operations (United States Senate). Testimony of Ambassador Clayton E.
McManaway Jr. Associate Coordinator, Office of the Ambassador-at-Large for
Counterterrorism. 7 April 1989
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Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics, and
International Operations (United States Senate). Testimony of Ambassador Joan M.
Clark, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs. 7 April 1989
(2 copies)
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Committee on Government Operations, Subcommittee on Government Activities
and Transportation (United States House of Representatives). Statement of Mr. Billie
H. Vincent. 25-26 September
1989
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Committee on Government Operations, Subcommittee on Government Activities
and Transportation (United States House of Representatives). Letter from Cardiss
Collins, Chairwoman, to Robert E. Wittington, Acting Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration. 20 March 1989
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Committee on Government Operations, Subcommittee on Government Activities
and Transportation. Statement by Cardiss Collins, Chairwoman. 20 March 1989
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Committee on Government Operations, Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture (United States House of Representatives). Drug Enforcement
Administration's alleged connection to the Pan Am Flight 103 disaster hearing. 18 December 1990
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Committee on Government Operations, Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture (United States House of Representatives). Statement of
Stephen H. Greene. 18 December 1990
(2 copies)
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Congressional Record 21 March 1989-20 December
1995
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Department of Transportation: aircraft safety research plan November 1991 |
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Department of Transportation: aviation security initiatives statement by
Samuel K. Skinner, Secretary of Transportation 3 April 1989
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Fact sheets, United States Department of State 15 November 1991
(2 copies)
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Fact sheet - improvements to civil aviation security since Pan Am 103,
United States Federal Aviation Administration 15 December 1998
Fact Sheet: Improvements to Civil Aviation Since Pan Am 103
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Justice undone: the release of the Lockerbie bomber, by Senators Robert
Menendez, Charles Schumer, Frank Lautenberg and Kristen Gillibrand December 2012
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Legislation, United States |
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Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990: Public Law
101-604 16 November 1990
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H. CON. RES. 105 - requiring the establishment of a special joint
committee of Congress to coordinate the investigations of the individual
committees of Congress into the bombing of Pan American Flight number
103 27 April 1989
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H. CON. RES. 140 - Expressing the disappointment and concern of
the Congress on the failure of the United States to properly investigate
the Pan Am 103 bombing and the failure of Libya to grant permission for
United States Pan Am 103 criminal investigators to investigate and gather
evidence in Libya regarding the Pan Am 103 bombing 21 September 2012
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H.R. 1225 - To make a technical correction to title 28, United
States Code, relating to jurisdiction for lawsuits against terrorist
states 8 April 1997
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H.R. 5200 - Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990 28 June 1990 |
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S. 873 - A Bill to amend prohibition of title 18, United States
Code, against financial transactions with state sponsors of international
terrorism 10 June 1997
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S. 2822 - Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990 28 June 1990 |
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S. RES. 86 -To request the President of the United States to appoint a
special commission to consider the destruction of Pan American World Airways
Flight 103, and the security of air travel 17 March 1989
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S. J. RES. 129 - Authorizing the placement of a memorial cairn in
Arlington National Cemetery 7 September 1993
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S. J. RES. 326 - To designate December 21, 1990, as a "Day of Observance
for the Victims of Terrorism" 1990
S. J. RES. 326 IS To designate December 21, 1990, as a `Day of Observance for the Victims of Terrorism', 23 May 1990
S. J. RES. 326 To designate December 21, 1990, as a `Day of Observance for the Victims of Terrorism', 27 June 1990
S. J. RES. 326 ES To designate December 21, 1990, as a `Day of Observance for the Victims of Terrorism', 29 June 1990
S. J. RES. 326 RFH To designate December 21, 1990, as a `Day of Observance for the Victims of Terrorism', 10 July 1990
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Libya's continuing responsibility for terrorism, United States Department
of State November 1991
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Pan Am 103 chronology of events, United States Department of
State 21 December 1988-4
April 1989
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Pan Am Flight 103: partial investigative report. United States House of
Representatives. 6 November 1990
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Patterns of global terrorism: 1989, United States Department of
State April 1990
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Patterns of global terrorism: 1990, United States Department of
State April 1991
(2 copies)
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Patterns of global terrorism: 1991, United States Department of
State April 1992
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Patterns of global terrorism: 1992, United States Department of
State April 1993
(2 copies)
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Patterns of global terrorism: 1993, United States Department of
State April 1994
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Patterns of global terrorism: 1994, United States Department of
State April 1995
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Patterns of global terrorism: 1996, United States Department of
State April 1997
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Patterns of global terrorism: 1997, United States Department of
State April 1998
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Patterns of global terrorism: 1998, United States Department of
State April 1999
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Patterns of global terrorism: 1999, United States Department of
State April 2000
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Patterns of global terrorism: 2000, United States Department of
State April 2001
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Patterns of global terrorism: 2001, United States Department of
State April 2002
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President's Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism mission
statement undated
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Report of the President's Commission on Aviation Security and
Terrorism 4 August 1990
(2 copies)
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Training standards needed for extra security measures at foreign airports,
GAO report to the United States Secretary of Transportation December 1989
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Technology against terrorism: the federal effort, summary by the Office of
Technology Assessment of the United States Congress circa 1991-1993
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White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security final report to
President Clinton 12 February 1997
Final Report to President Clinton by the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security
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White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security initial report to
President Clinton 9 September 1996
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Written testimony of The Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 before the
President's Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism 17 November 1989
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Periodicals |
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Non-Syracuse University publications |
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The London Times 22 December 1988 |
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Pan Am Clipper December 1988-January
1989
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Newsweek 2 January 1989
(2 copies)
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Pan Am Clipper February 1989 rolled |
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Lacrosse March 1990 |
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Life Magazine March 1989
(2 copies)
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The Syracuse Post Standard 7 May 1989
(3 copies)
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The Newsday Magazine 12 November 1989 |
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The New York Times Magazine 18 March 1990 |
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1989 Annual Report, Pan Am Corporation 23 March 1990 |
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Executive Travel July-August
1990
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Barron's 17 December 1990 |
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Time Magazine 27 April 1992
(3 copies)
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Newsweek Magazine 13 July 1992 |
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New York Magazine 31 August 1992
(2 copies)
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GEO February 2000 |
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German |
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ELIJ 2001 |
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The Post-Standard 21 December 2002 |
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Financial Times Weekend Magazine 18-19 October
2008
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Dumfries & Galloway Life January 2014 |
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Syracuse University publications |
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Crouse Chimes 1989
(2 Copies)
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Syracuse University Library Newsletter January 1989 |
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Syracuse Record 17 January 1989
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The Daily Orange 19 January 1989 |
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The Daily Orange 20 January 1989 |
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Syracuse Record 23 January 1989 |
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Syracuse University Magazine March 1989
(2 copies)
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Syracuse University Magazine June 1989 |
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Syracuse Record 11 December 1989 |
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Syracuse Record 4 September 1990 |
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Syracuse Record 22 January 1991 |
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Syracuse University Magazine December 1992
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The Daily Orange circa 1992-1993 |
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The Daily Orange 8 November 1993
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The Daily Orange 13 December 1993
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Syracuse Record 18 September 1995
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Syracuse Record 12 October 1998 |
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Syracuse Record 7 December 1998
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The Student Voice 10 December 1998 |
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Syracuse University Magazine Winter 1998-1999
(2 Copies)
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The Student Voice 28 January1999
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The Daily Orange 1 February 1999 |
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Syracuse University Magazine Spring 2001 |
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The Student Voice 6-12 November
2003
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Casting Light on Shadows of Tragedy
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Syracuse University Magazine Spring 2009
Looking for Lockerbie
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New York Archives Magazine Spring 2011 |
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Syracuse University Magazine Fall/Winter 2013
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SUArt Galleries Newsletter Winter/Spring 2014 |
