He went on to serve as head of the Libyan foreign intelligence between 1994 and 2009.

In the interviews, he said, the two men denied that they had anything to do with the Lockerbie bombing or any connection with Libyan intelligence.

According to a former member of the Libyan intelligence, Sadr was beaten to death for daring to challenge Gaddafi at his house on matters of theology.

Libyan intelligence was blamed for that act and Libya admitted responsibility in September.

First he'd track down the deputy chief of Libyan intelligence.

He was, after all, a senior member of Libyan intelligence, and Tripoli had officially renounced its direct links to terrorism.

In the course of his secret visits to the camp, he had provided valuable information from Libyan intelligence.

There's somebody high up in Libyan military intelligence who works with us occasionally.

Sources close to Abu Nidal said that Libyan intelligence had supplied the weapons.

Libyan intelligence would arrange for it to be placed on a flight, as yet more retaliation for the American raids in 1986.