How Low Can You Go BP?

If there could be more evidence that BP doesn’t care a lick or oil slick about the people! According to Expressindia.com, the Seattle Times and the Huffingtonpost.com, evidence has become available that BP was responsible for the release of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi. Most of you won’t even blink twice at this name. But al-Megrahi was a former Libyan intelligence officer. He was the only man charged with the Lockerbie bombing in 1988, which killed 270 Americans on Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Al-Megrahi was supposed to serve life in prison for his actions, but was released ten months ago. The media and four senators from New York and New Jersey are claiming that BP had something to do with this. Al-Megrahi was released after doctors examined him and claimed that he had three months to live due to severe prostate cancer. He was released on compassion- a defense I’ve never heard of, and something lawyers don’t demonstrate. Clearly, the doctors were wrong. He’s still alive and kicking! Doctors who had helped al-Megrahi get out of prison had been paid off by the Libyan government. Doctors who have examined him recently say that he’s healthy and he could live for up to a decade.

Now, why and how could BP be involved? Well supposedly, BP made a 900 million dollar deal with Libya to allow off-shore drilling, and al-Megrahi is the final piece to the puzzle in finalizing the deal.
Four senators from New Jersey and New York, Kirsten Gillibrand, Charles Schumer, Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menedez (NJ) sent a letter to Hilary Clinton asking for further investigation into whether or not BP played a role in the release of the man most responsible for the Lockerbie bombings. This wouldn’t be surprising, because BP has already established that they care more about money than the people.

"Evidence in the Deepwater Horizon disaster seems to suggest that BP would put profit ahead of people – its attention to safety was negligible, and it routinely underestimated the amount of oil gushing into the Gulf," the Senators wrote. "The question we now have to answer is, was this corporation willing to trade justice in the murder of 270 innocent people for oil profits? Answering this crucial question will help us understand if BP might use blood money to pay claims for damage in the Gulf of Mexico," they said.

It's always 'Money over B*tches.'

-Attiyya