Robert Menendez actually said...

"We believe that the fundamental truth remains that the decision to release Megrahi back to Libya was a grievous mistake."

"It is clear that while that statement was made, the Scottish officials who have stated that they opposed a broad Prisoner Transfer Agreement that would apply to al-Megrahi, at the same time made a dec..."

"And finally, does the State Department believe that the desire for an independent inquiry conducted by the British Government, as Prime Minister Cameron suggested when he was the opposition leader, is..."

"Well, seems to me that unless somebody reads the act in a different way--it was a foreign policy decision, after the compassionate release, to allow al-Megrahi to physically leave Scotland."