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Democrats Want to Probe BP's Connection to Libyan Terrorist
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July 14, 2010
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3:40Now PlayingToday, U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) called on the State Department to investigate reports that oil giant BP helped secure the release of convicted terrorist Abdelbaset al-Megrahi in order to finalize and expedite a $900 million offshore oil drilling deal with Libya. Evidence continues to mount indicating that al-Megrahi's release ten months ago constituted a gross miscarriage of justice. 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. "Now it's almost too disgusting to fathom that BP had a possible role in securing the release of a terrorist in return for an oil drilling deal with Libya," said Schumer. "This can be described in two words -- blood money."
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