[zchip]

Either the we were spying on Israel, or this was a huge SNAFU

Since you brought up the subject of SPYING, consider this.

At that time (1967) the US Navy was being severely compromised by the Walker spy ring. All US Naval communications were being read by Moscow as if they were in clear text.

If Israeli intelligence was aware of this then they really had no alternative other than to sink that ship. If the Liberty acquired any information about Israeli movements it would could have resulted in Israel loosing that war. If Liberty had been lost with all hands, then they would simply say that it was a mistake in identity.

The cover-up by LBJ simply means that he was afraid that if the truth of the matter became public, (whatever that truth may have been), it would have been a great embarassment for his administration.

[RaceBannon]

Hmmm

Now, THATS an interesting theory!!

[RaceBannon]

Hmmm

Now, THATS an interesting theory!!

[yonif]

If Israeli intelligence was aware of this then they really had no alternative other than to sink that ship

THE SHIP NEVER SUNK. The Israelis attacked it with weapons that were not designed to go against ships and for sinking ships. THEY WERE scrambled to the area. This was no planned operation.

[x]

At that time (1967) the US Navy was being severely compromised by the Walker spy ring. All US Naval communications were being read by Moscow as if they were in clear text.

The KGB had choreographed every step of its meetings with Walker since his initial contact with the Russians in late 1967.

Walker began spying for the Soviets in 1968, and until the arrests of 1985, Walker's spy ring had furnished the Soviets with over a million messages and the keys to decipher them.

Try again. Walker didn't start working for the Reds until after the Six Day War. And how would the Israelis have known about him?