Senators demand probe into BPs involvement in Lockerbie release

Evidence continues to mount indicating that al-Megrahi8217;s release ten months ago constituted a gross miscarriage of justice,said the four Senators Robert Menendez,Frank Lautenberg,Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand.

At the time,a medical team determined al-Megrahi had three months to live,which paved the way for his release,however,ten months later,it has been revealed that the doctors who made the prognosis received money from the Libyan government,the Senators said.

8220;Evidence in the Deepwater Horizon disaster seems to suggest that BP would put profit ahead of people its attention to safety was negligible,and it routinely underestimated the amount of oil gushing into the Gulf,8221; the Senators wrote.

8220;The question we now have to answer is,was this corporation willing to trade justice in the murder of 270 innocent people for oil profits? Answering this crucial question will help complete our understanding of the Scottish court8217;s decision to release this murderer and will help us understand if BP might use blood money to pay claims for damage in the Gulf of Mexico,8221; they said.

Responding to reporter8217;s questions on this issue,State Department spokesman,P J Crowley,said US had last year disagreed with the judgment by a Scottish court to release the Lockerbie bomber on humanitarian grounds.

8220;But I can8217;t offer an opinion as to whether we,the US,ought to investigate,you know,a decision made by a previous British government in consultation with Scottish authorities,8221; he said.

8220;We share the concerns raised in the letter to us that seems to draw 8212; to question the medical basis upon which the Scottish authorities made the decision that they made.

Again this may well be an issue for the British government to investigate. I8217;m not sure at this point that there8217;s anything that we can do on this side of the Atlantic Ocean,8221; Crowley said.

The State Department spokesman said US had extensive conversations with British and Scottish authorities last year leading up to the decision that was made.

8220;We had subsequent conversations with the former British government making clear that we disagreed with the judgment that had been made,8221; he said.