Four Senators Accuse BP Of Aiding Pan Am Flight 103 Bomber and Call For Investigation

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by Jon Bershad | 6:24 pm, July 14th, 2010

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The dark story of British Petroleum and their many problems took a further disturbing turn yesterday when four Democratic senators from the states of New York and New Jersey accused the company of aiding in the release of convicted terrorist Abdelbaset al-Megrahi so that they could drill in Libya. Sens. Bob Menendez and Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey and Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York are calling for BP to stop their drilling in Libya and testify in front of Congress on the issue. Menendez appeared on Studio B today to discuss this investigation into BP’s possible “blood money.”

al-Megrahi was convicted for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 which exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people (189 of them Americans). He was released from prison last year after doctors diagnosed him as only having three months to live. Rumors have recently been surfacing that he actually could live for many years and now is living in the lap of luxury with the decision to release him based on oil. Smith explained that BP has admitted that they talked to the British government about getting al-Megrahi released more quickly but just for business relations with Libya. The senators want to investigate to see what exactly was BP’s involvement.

Menendez said this about the evidence so far:

“It seems to me that when you add the fact that the Libyans reached out to the doctors that made the determination that he only had three months to live- al-Megrahi, the Pan Am 103 bomber who was convicted and was in custody by the Scottish government. Now we hear those doctors saying that basically they were on the Libyan payroll. Ultimately now they say he can live 10 years. Then you look at BP’s written transactions with Jack Straw, the Secretary of Justice for the United Kingdom in which they said that the lack of a transfer of this individual could impede the deal that we are striking with the Libyans to drill oil off the Libyan coast. And then you see Jack Straw write to the Scottish government and basically say, y’know, we’re going to include this individual. At the end of the day, when you look at all of that, I think it is plenty- while it’s circumstantial, it is plenty of circumstantial evidence to raise the questions and to have the hearing and to ultimately get our State Department to pursue the British because, otherwise, we send the message to terrorists in the world that, even after you’re caught and convicted of a terrorist act, killing 189 Americans, 38 from my home state of New Jersey, that then you can live in the lap of luxury in Libya and be celebrated.”

Smith was in complete agreement.

Somewhere, in the BP public relations department, someone is sobbing. Meanwhile, the satirical BP PR on Twitter had some strong (and very crude, no pun intended) words on the subject.

Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, Bob Menendez, BP, British Petroleum, Charles Schumer, Frank Lautenberg, Kristen Gillibrand, shepard smith, Studio B

http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Jones/1384303476 Chris Jones

Even if that’s true we can’t do anything about. That was a deal between Libya, BP, and British government.
felixw

The Democrats go after oil companies. And the Democrats dump 2,000 pages of regulation on financial companies this week. And in recent months, the Obama administration has also attacked insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, investment banks, doctors, etc. etc. And the Democrats are responsible for the huge increase next year in capital gains, dividend and other taxes that will reduce business’s access to capital. And they are pushing through a host of taxes and regulations that will hinder owners of small businesses.

But here’s the funny part. After all this destructive behavior, the Democrats are surprised when no jobs are created and the economy is faltering. Do these politicians have a clue? Do they think jobs can be created by hot air coming from Congress? Do they really think they can create jobs while punishing any business or person who is in a position to hire?

The only good news is that the next wave of job losses, come November, will be centered on Democrats in Washington, D.C.
timzank

4 grandstanding Dems doing what they do best, makig a lot of noise that is no concern of theirs or ours. Who BP does business with around the world (as well as Chuck E Cheese or Sears) is of no concern to Schumer and his pals.

Meddlesome spotlight seeking politicians.
VincentOMoh

felixw and timzank: These democrats may be grandstanding, and you could argue that Obama admin practices may be too business unfriendly…

but in this case this is *good*, **justified**, ***deserved*** grandstanding. BP as a company needs to be punished. It deserves to suffer. It needs to be induced into failure.

You two need to encourage these senators to do what they are doing. They need to keep up the good work.
timzank

VincentOMoh said:
felixw and timzank: These democrats may be grandstanding, and you could argue that Obama admin practices may be too business unfriendly… but in this case this is *good*, **justified**, ***deserved*** grandstanding. BP as a company needs to be punished. It deserves to suffer. It needs to be induced into failure. You two need to encourage these senators to do what they are doing. They need to keep up the good work.

Huh?
Iris

Boo hoo hoo stop picking on BP we should be apologizing to them, it doesn;t matter that they are corporate terrorists, Give them their tax breaks we’ll make up for it, puleeze LEAVE THEM ALONE!!
Basically tz thats what you cowardly RW’ers sound like and that may have been the point vince was making.
timzank

Iris said:
Boo hoo hoo stop picking on BP we should be apologizing to them, it doesn;t matter that they are corporate terrorists, Give them their tax breaks we’ll make up for it, puleeze LEAVE THEM ALONE!!Basically tz thats what you cowardly RW’ers sound like and that may have been the point vince was making.

Did you ever stop to think of the nearly 1 milion people that work for BP worldwide? A division of their management (a handful of people) and a division of YOUR government allowed lax standards which led to a disaster. Blame and punish them, not the whole employee base.

You also may want to consider the millions of people who’s 401k’s and related retirement investments are directly or indirectly tied to BP. Driving them out of business to make YOU feel good will hurt an awful of innocent people.

and you may want to check what your 401k is tied to also.
Iris

Did you ever think that we have control of what we do with our dollars , that we have a right to tell a corporation you will not make deals with terrorists, that we have a right to regulate them in our country. Did you ever think you don’t have to be such a coward and not listen to Faux news and be a sheep for them. You sound just like Neal Cavuto whining about how business is going to be hurt, screw the people, espescially the middle class and did you ever think about the people in that plane over Lockerbie, Poor BP Boo hoo hoo.
tiredofbs

This Administration is Hell Bent on destroying USA & British ties.
They will stop at nothing. Personally, I HATE THAT The scumbucket was released.
But lets check & see how many Middle Eastern Deals & Cash the Democrats have been involved in.
Should the British start releasing their kept secrets on us?

See? In typical Left Wing MO – Either way The Left wins in starting conflict &
wars between any decent allies (Israel & Brits) Cuba? We’re good! Venezuela? Great.. Palestine?excellent

Suddenly, Becks crazy, not so much