The reconstructed remains of Pan Am Flight 103, blown up over Lockerbie in 1988, were seen in a warehouse in Farnborough, England, in 2008. Getty ImagesU.S. Senators Demand More Info From UK On Lockerbie -- New York Times/Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four U.S. senators have written to the Foreign Secretary curtly demanding more information to help clear up the "public pall" over the release of the Lockerbie bomber to Libya.
In an accusing tone rarely used with the United States' closest ally, the senators said it appeared British trade interests with Libya had "won out over justice" in last year's release of the man convicted of the 1988 bombing of an airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland.
"It would behoove all of us if you can bring greater transparency to these matters," the four senators told Foreign Secretary William Hague.
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