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And what did koussa know about it? so a range of subjects. it will be interesting to see how the british government responds to this. we hope to get insight on this later today. >> the british government has come under a lot of flack domestically. specifically, we look at it from the lockerbie issue, as well. they have claimed that the scottish parliament made this decision, said this is a decision they had to make on their own. but yet many people are saying they came under pressure from the british government to say something had to be done in order to keep relations with libya somewhat clea...

Can, but it rings hollow. moussa koussa tricked this government, tricked the leadership and has left the country and left them hanging, wolf. >> how significant is this defection? will it wind up hurting gadhafi? >> reporter: it's significant, because this was a man trusted by gadhafi, as head of intelligence all the way through to 2009, but also in the '80s, he was a man who was behind a lot of libyan terrorist actions, a wanted criminal in europe at the time. so this is a man who was trusted by gadhafi to deal with wmd, to deal with the lockerbie issue, a man who would vet visiting heads of ...

Right? >> he can say no because he's not here. he's not subject to the jurisdiction of the united states senate. bp is. they can get somebody else to come in. there's some arguments, if you permit me, that crimes were committed in the gulf of mexico. those arguments are that bp was warned about this and negligently recklessly looked the other way. if he testifies on this lockerbie issue, anything he says there could be used against him should he be indicted or charged or pursued on the gulf of mexico oil spill. >> shepard: there's another matter and that has to do with this particular man, abd...