Furor has mounted in the U.S. and U.K. over the hero's welcome given by Libya to Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, who is dying of cancer, with politicians on both sides of the Atlantic calling for an investigation into whether al-Megrahi's release was a condition of oil exploration contracts signed by Britain's BP in 2007.

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Of course, it is possible Governor Romney simply forgot his most recent position on Libya given the number of times he changed his stance on that conflict.

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But given the upheavals in Libya, it seems possible that Megrahi's secrets, if he had any, went with him to the grave.

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