| Monday 24 August 2009 - 22.30 BST - BBC TWO Presented by Kirsty Wark Tonight we'll be leading with the growing row over the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, and the general revulsion at the celebrations and Saltire waving that greeted his return to Tripoli. We'll also be discussing the prime minister's continuing silence over the decision to send Megrahi home to Libya "to die". We'll be speaking to Alex Salmond, the Scottish first minister, following today's emergency session of the Scottish Parliament in which the Scottish justice secretary had to account for his decision. I've been looking through the partially redacted medical advice, in preparation for the interview and it makes fascinating reading. Is the CIA about to come under scrutiny like never before over allegations of prisoner abuse? US Justice Department officials want to reopen inquiries into harsh interrogations in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the US Attorney General Eric Holder is also about to decide whether to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of abuse, including death threats. We've been excavating the origins of the instructions in the US Army Field Manual, and asking what limits will be put on the new expert team appointed by President Barack Obama to handle the interrogation of terrorist suspects. I'll be interviewing the outgoing Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Sir Hugh Orde about his job, the toughest challenges and where his officers have fallen short in cracking down on crime in a post-Troubles time. And how are British companies coping with the shortage of arable land in the UK? Jeremy Cooke has a report from the Ukraine about one future source of our food supply. Read more and watch a preview clip here . Do join me at 10.30pm on BBC Two. | 
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