Lester Coleman
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Lester Coleman, drug informer, claimed that a secret DEA drug sting enabled terrorists to evade airport security in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
In 1997 he pleaded guilty to five counts of perjury, admitting that his testimony a lie, he gave the following explanation for it:
- to obtain money
- to evade pending Federal charges that he filed a false passport application
- to enhance his status as a consultant on international security and terrorism
- to get back at the United States Drug Enforcement Administration for having dismissed him
Although each of the five counts Coleman faced carried a maximum sentence of up to 5 years' imprisonment and a $250,000 fine, the Government in a plea agreement agreed to a sentence of time served, which was five months, plus six months' home confinement under electronic monitoring.[1]
