US officials to question UK witnesses over Lockerbie - maybe?

Well I mentioned the "demands" and "grilling" that the US senate wanted to give Cameron over the release of the Lockerbie bomber and how they weren't. Now we hear that the inquiry has been halted as the witnesses "refused to testify in the US"

So now we get that the a "U.S. Senate committee wants to send members to Britain to question key witnesses on the release of the Lockerbie bomber."

Well far be it from me to question how the US taxpayers want their money spent, but is sending a bunch of senators on a holiday to the UK really a good idea? Hey we need the tourist income no problem, but having them fly over and being denied appointments or a refusal to discuss the events seems a bit of a waste of money.

Now check the actual footage from Newsnight and it's a lot more hesitant. When asked about interviewing Ministers here the reply is:

"Well that's actually one of the options we're pursuing and in addition to making a request for them to come to the hearings we will be sending individuals and taking those who made the offer up on having someone travel abroad to Great Britain and to Scotland to interview the individuals and to ask questions and get a thorough understanding of how they came to their decisions"

So that's sending people out to interview those who are willing to talk to them, that's a big difference in tone to how it seems to be reported.