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Senator seeks Lockerbie bomber whistleblowers

A US Senator investigating the 2009 release of the Lockerbie bomber has asked whistleblowers to step forward.

Sen Robert Menendez issued a public plea for people with inside knowledge of talks between BP and Libyan and British authorities to speak up.

Some US lawmakers suspect that BP had lobbied for the bomber's release, suggesting that it aided the energy giant's oil exploration in Libya.

The inquiry comes amid US anger over the BP oil spill in Louisiana....
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