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To: Alberta's Child

How did LBJ keep an entire carrier crew as well as the crew of the U.S.S. Liberty quiet when he ordered the carrier's commanding officer not to send interceptors to protect the Liberty while unmarked Israeli aircraft were bombing it and strafing the lifeboats?

http://educate-yourself.org/cn/coverup1967usslibertyattack22oct03.shtml

White House ordered cover-up

The first court of inquiry was ordered by Adm. John S. McCain Jr.—father of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.—who was then commanding in London and over the vessels in the Mediterranean. Kidd and Boston conducted the inquiry in Malta where the Liberty had been taken for repairs and care of the wounded. Though they both agreed the attack was intentional, Kidd prepared a report that went with the Israeli version.

"I know from personal conversations I had with Admiral Kidd that President Lyndon Johnson and Secretary of Defense (Robert) McNamara ordered him to conclude the attack was a case of 'mistaken identity,'" Boston's affidavit said.

There are numerous discrepancies between the Israeli version and the U.S. sailors' report. The U.S. sailors reported they were under aerial surveillance by Israeli planes for hours before the attack and were flying the American flag. They said they were hit by aircraft, torpedoed and strafed by fast-moving surface vessels.

The Israelis said only aircraft were used in the attack. The sailors said that when they tried to launch lifeboats to secure the wounded the torpedo boats strafed and sank them.

They reported that the Israelis jammed the radio so they couldn't call for help, but later when American aircraft were launched to help, they were recalled. Moorer said he has interviewed officers on the USS Saratoga, where the planes were based, who said the White House ordered them to abandon the rescue.

The Liberty was a World War II freighter converted to the role of a spy ship that the Navy said was very distinctive with massive aerials and satellite dishes. These spy vessels and spy flights later were replaced by satellite surveillance.

Why the Israelis would want to attack an American vessel has never been explained, but the incident came a few months before the 1967 Middle East war in which Egypt and Israel were adversaries.


110 posted on 07/18/2006 8:26:31 PM PDT by streetpreacher (What if you're wrong?)
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To: streetpreacher
How did LBJ keep an entire carrier crew as well as the crew of the U.S.S. Liberty quiet when he ordered the carrier's commanding officer not to send interceptors to protect the Liberty while unmarked Israeli aircraft were bombing it and strafing the lifeboats?

This is from the same web site you list as a source:

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Sorry, but I'd need a better source than that.
147 posted on 07/18/2006 9:10:37 PM PDT by Richard Kimball
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