A US Congressional inquiry into the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbasset al-Megrahi says there was strong political pressure on the Scottish government to free him.
It also casts doubt on the competence of the doctors who examined Megrahi.
“Commercial and economic considerations trumped… our global fight against terrorism,” said Senator Bob Menendez.
The report comes on the 22nd anniversary of the bombing, in which 270 people died.
The Scottish government released Megrahi in August 2009 on compassionate grounds because he was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer. He returned to Libya and is still alive.
Senator Menendez undertook the investigation after officials from the Scotland, the UK and BP failed to testify at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.
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