I trust this will end all of the “slush fund” talk from Republicans:

BP said it pressed for a deal over the controversial prisoner transfer agreement (PTA) amid fears any delays to negotiations would damage its “commercial interests” and disrupt its £900 million offshore drilling operations in the region.
But it denied claims that it had been involved in negotiations concerning the release of Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber freed by Scottish authorities last year.
The admission came just hours after Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, pledged to investigate allegations of BP’s involvement in his release ahead of its planned new drilling in Libya.
It followed a letter from four US senators who had accused the company of having a hand in the release of Megrahi, who was released last year by the Scottish government on “health grounds” and compassionate grounds.

This isn’t anything new, except for the admission. The real crime here is that Britain listened. And now the terminally ill Megrahi has somehow made a miraculous recovery and can live many, many more years as a hero in Libya. When President Obama looks for someone’s ass to kick over this, try the British government.