I will research it as you suggest. I hope I can come up with a better explanation than you though as far as motive. My gut is that it was an accident or possible something more sinister but by an small faction. I need a motive and there are too many issues with the conspiracy theory. If Israel wanted to sink the ship and leave no survivors they would have done just that. Furthermore they didn't need us 'in' the war, they handled it fairly well themselves if memory serves. Additionally the ship was sent to help them by monitoring the enemy and those are the words from your own link. An interesting subject and a sad day no matter how you slice it. I'm not a consipiracy buff however and believe the truth in most 'conspiracies' is often boring and a result of ignorance or errors.
They would have, but the USS Liberty got out one message, unclassified, about the attack before it lost all communications. Once the message got out, all bets were off. They couldn't cover it up.
Additionally the ship was sent to help them by monitoring the enemy and those are the words from your own link. An interesting subject and a sad day no matter how you slice it. I'm not a consipiracy buff however and believe the truth in most 'conspiracies' is often boring and a result of ignorance or errors.
The ship was not sent to help them, but gather intelligence for us. The most disturbing part of this was the repeated attacks even after there was no doubt that the Liberty demonstrated was an American ship. The torpedo boats were practically alongside and a helicopted hovered 50 feet over the fantail. Given the circumstances, I am not about to give the Israelis the benefit of the doubt.