[colorado tanker]

You make a very good point, Sam. The Kennedy administration was very concerned about the Israeli nuclear program and even made a run at trying to get them to give it up. It would not surprise me at all if one of Liberty's missions, maybe its primary mission, was to monitor that. If the Israelis had deployed some nukes forward and Liberty caught 'em at it, that might be serious enough for the Israelis to knock Liberty out of service - that would be exremely sensitive info.

[SAMWolf]

Just a thought, cuz we were trying to think what would be important enough that Israel would take a chance on attacking a US Ship. IMHO, that would be worth the risk.