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In a u.s. court more than three decades after the jet was blown out of the sky over lockerbie scotland, killing everyone on board. what are officials saying about how they'll prove this decades-old crime and how this suspect came into u.s. hands to begin with. >> reporter: he's the first suspect in this bombing to be in u.s. custody. the last trial of the last alleged bomber, convicted bomber, was back in the late 1999-2000. that was held under scottish jurisdiction in europe, in the netherlands. but this man had been a libyan intelligence agent for about 40 years. back in 2012 he was question...

Bring the last two intelligence agents to justice. partly because this particular intelligence agent was questioned in libya. when he was being held on unrelated issues back in 2012. and it was five years before the fbi new about the details of what he said. and then could get access three years later, to the libyan law enforcement official who questioned masud. about his actions. so, it is very long. very low to -- very low to get to this point. but it is huge that he arrived in the united states. and i think if we read between the lines of what's been put in the court documents, it does appe...

A libyan man accused of being involved in the pan am flight 103 in december 1988 made his first court appearance in washington, d.c. today. the suspect allegedly helped make the bomb that detonated over the scottish town of lockerbie, which killed 270 people, 190 were americans and 35 stuntds from syracuse university's study abroad program. >> finally facing justice in a u.s. court almost 34 years since he allegedly set the timer on the lockerbie bomb that would kill 270 people. the libyan intelligence agent was previously in libyan custody. how he got to washington, unclear, but a triumph for...

United states military is detained by the taliban and held for quite some time and in exchange for beau bergdahl's return, they give away five taliban prisoners held in guantanamo. pete: five taliban leaders that went back to afghanistan and continued to lead -- by the way, bergdahl men died trying to find bergdahl. it's similar to viktor bout. dea agents and others that spend their lives and careers finding in criminal to lock him up and get rid of him for good and they're saying, did that for what? so we can swap for a wnba player? same thing here, bergdahl deserts his unit and he's traded a...

>> reporter: bout was suspected of being a russian intelligence agent, but he's been in a u.s. prison for more than a decade. and some officials believe his value as an intelligence asset has long since diminished and swapping him for griner was the right thing to do, david. >> all right, pierre thomas, thank you. and brittney griner's nearly ten months in russia playing out as vladimir putin wanls this war in ukraine. tonight, what putin now acknowledges about targeting ukra ukraine's energy infrastructure. he said, quote, yes, we are doing it. let's bring in martha raddatz, and martha, cer...