The US government are like a dog with a bone over the Lockerbie bomber aren't they

[Saltire]

here. They seem determined to bring BP down, and don't care how they do it.

Was Syria anyway. Not Libya.

(gavel)

It's a vote winner in the US however you look at it. Plus BP are dreadful, it wouldn't suprise me at all if there was all sorts of pressure/sweeteners from them to get Megrahi released so that they could get drilling rights in Libya.

They do seem to be making a mountain out of a mole hill though. Having said that, if I'd lost someone in the plane crash I'd be livid that Megrahi had been released.

The 'they' in the second para being the US rather than BP.