1. Was their anything that The Liberty could discover that would make Israel take the action it did? There have been theories on this most were not plausible some were.
2. It was a massive screw up by Israel and the United States.
3. Why in the hell were the fighters from the US fleet called back? Although they did not have cannons on the fighters they did have air to air missiles? Something stinks here on the USA side. We had instant communication with Israel. If the fighters were dispatched and recalled we knew we were being attacked by Israel. This defies all logic.
4. If this were just a massive screw up why were the details of this keep secret for so many many many years?
5. We were supporting Israel in this war. Any Intel this shipped gathered would be shared with Israel. Israel would or should have known where this ship was. Much has been made of the fact that this ship was very close to Israeli waters. This is perfectly logical. If it were gathering Intel for Israel by being close to Israel it would be under the protective air cover of the Israeli Air Force and not in as much risk if closer to the Egyptian forces and air power, what was left of it.
6. I do not think either side is telling the complete story of this incident.
Re#113 I’d like an answer to number.