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Jon Lee Anderson considers the possible outcome:
If he survives his detention in Zintan—not necessarily a foregone conclusion—Seif al-Islam may well end up in the Hague as a defendant at the International Criminal Court, which issued an arrest warrant against him for war crimes in June, together with his father and his uncle Abdullah al-Senussi, who is still a fugitive. If he gets to court, Seif al-Islam could likely embarrass a great many people, in Libya, but especially abroad. As an example of his willingness to do so, while still underground, angered over the leading French role in the NATO campaign to unseat his father, Seif claimed that Libya had secretly helped bankroll Nicolas Sarkozy’s last election campaign.
As his father’s personal stalking horse in the West, Seif al-Islam was also involved in the negotiations that led to the massive financial compensation payments made to the families of the victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and other terrorist attacks for which Libya stood accused. Seif was also in command of a Libyan international-investment fund that had sought, and found, willing friends and partners around the world.