Senators Meet With British Leader On Lockerbie Convict's Release -- CNN
Washington (CNN) -- Four U.S. senators who met Tuesday with Prime Minister David Cameron said the British leader could still call for an independent investigation of last year's release by Scotland of a Libyan man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people.
The senators from New York and New Jersey said Cameron spent 45 minutes discussing the matter with them in a meeting that was added to his schedule the night before.
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