. >>> for a closer look at britain's relationship with libya, we are joined by jeff porter the head of middle eastern and african affairs for the eurasia group, a political research and consulting firm. welcome. >> thank you. >> what sort of business interest does the uk really have in libya? >> well, the uk's interest in libya are primarily restricted to the carbonso oil. the only exposure britain has to libya is in the oil sector primarily through bp, british petroleum. >> the real money question, to what extent do you think that that interest may have influenced the decision to let this lockerbie bomber go free? >> i don't think you can discount it entirely. i don't think it was the fundamental driver in the decision to release megrahi. but when dealing with libya, oil is always at front of mind. libya doesn't have much to offer except oil and gas. and were not for oil and gas i wouldn't think that many people would pay attention to libya. so one has to think that business interests were at least somewhere in the calculations, if not the primary driver. >> and it would be perhaps wr