New York (CNN) -- Two U.S. senators have requested more information from the British and Scottish governments regarding the release of a Libyan man convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pam Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people.
At a Monday news conference at Newark Liberty International Airport, Senators Robert Menendez and Frank Lautenberg outlined the investigative portion of their plan to find more information about the circumstances surrounding the release of bomber Abdelbaset al Megrahi from a Scottish prison nearly one year ago.
They also released the first in a series of letters to the Scottish government requesting new information.
Menendez will chair a Senate hearing on the matter in the coming months, which was originally scheduled for July 29 but was postponed when key witnesses from BP and the Scottish and British governments declined to testify on that date.
He has announced a new plan to gather information, which includes an investigation that his office will spearhead and that will help inform the Foreign Relations Committee's hearing.
The senators plan to review all documents already made public by the British and Scottish governments and all documents newly released to Menendez by the British government.
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