 Luc Montagnier (Paris, France) and Vittorio Colizzi (Rome, Italy) were appointed as international scientific consultants by the Secretary of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.The prosecution advanced a contrary report drawn up by a Libyan expert panel.The scientific community became politically embroiled in events when the criminal court in Benghazi rejected Montagnier/Colizzi in favor of the conclusions of the Libyan experts.