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Ties been bp, british petroleum, and the release of the lockerbie bomber. why a british investigation may not be now completely off the table despite the fact the new british prime minister said yesterday he was not inclined to support it. today, the father of one of the victims of the 1988 bombing joins us live to tell us why he says what bp was up to its ears in this prisoner transfer. bp, oil, blood money. next. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payo...

Jeopardy unless this prisoner transfer took place. if that is the case then in essence what bp tried to do is ultimately on the lives of americans and others who were killed on pan am 103, make a business deal, and that simply can't stand. jon: new jersey democratic senator robert menendez, thank you. nearly a year after scotland's controversial release of bomber abdel basaet al-megrahi do you think this case is still an issue? we want to know what you think. log onto foxnews.com to vote and see what other viewers have to say. jenna: new questions about bp's experimental cap as oil continues t...

>> b.p. looks like they have dirty hands here. i can't -- it's unbelievable to me that for a prisoner transfer, they say consider our business interest. should have had nothing to do with the fact that this man was being in prison for having killed so many people. >> bret: quickly, down the line. iranian scientist gets back to tehran and the u.s. pays him $5 million. he can't get $5 million. what is the deal here? >> trying to make a case he can see his 7-year-old son. he just wants to see his family. >> k.t.? >> two versions of this, one he was a double agent, that he had been feeding us inte...

Now senators want a probe to find out if b.p. among others, other problems also lobbied to get the bomber released. charles? >> i would not be surprised if oil companies lobbied. there is a long history going back decades of oil companies selling their souls, french oil company in iraq, arm & hammer and oxy hammer in libya and almost consistent, et cetera, et cetera. blame for the brisht government could resist lobbying or accept it and it made the decision to accept the release. apparently the obama administration signed off on it. in the end, the buck stops with governments and not lobbyists...

And simple. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton was asked about the tradeoff. >> seriously, i received the letter. >> reporter: she said she would look into it but her spokesman suggested there is not much the u.s. can do. >> there are practical questions of exactly what they would be asking us to do and what would be our ability to -- to inquire as to, you know, any conversation that alleged to have taken place between a private company, a government, and another divulged government. >> reporter: bp did acknowledge it talked to the british government in 2007 about the prisoner tra...