 Coleman accused the federal government of prosecuting him to try to silence Coleman's knowledge of the crash of Pan Am Flight 103.In October 1990, ABC News and NBC News broadcast programs that used Coleman's version of the Pan Am incident.Their stories at that time did not identify any sources by name, but 18 months later, on April 20, 1992, "TIME" published a story on Pan Am 103, titled "Pan Am 103 Why Did They Die?," using Coleman's version of the events and directly naming Coleman as a source.