[Calvin Locke]

I've yet to see any credible reason ...

My theory is because the ship was picking up all sorts of traffic and relaying it raw, on open channels, back to US spooks.

Happens all the time.

The Chinese embassy was probably accidently bombed because they were feeding intercepts directly to the Serbs.

Released Stasi documents revealed France was intercepting and decoding US military traffic in Europe. The French
encryption and relay of that info was then intercepted by the East Germans, who couldn't crack the US ciphers, but
could the French.

IMO, the real crime is, yet again, not using military force to defend the ship.

[Moseley]

I've yet to see any credible reason ... My theory is because the ship was picking up all sorts of traffic and relaying it raw, on open channels, back to US spooks.

AND THEN WHY DID ISRAEL STOP THE ATTACK? The purported goal of the attack WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED if the ship was not destroyed, along with the information recorded. WHY tick off Israel's ONLY ALLY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD, and the only ally Israel could ever expect to have, WITHOUT ACHIEVING THE SUPPOSED OBJECTIVE? Pretty dumb explanation, don't you think?

As the Israeli fighter pilot Spector told the Jerusalem Post, had he only been ARMED WITH A BOMB instead of bullets, the Liberty would have been sunk within the first few minutes. IF ISRAEL WANTED TO DISRUPT INFORMATION TO ITS CLOSEST ALLY IN THE WORLD, they would have sent the airplanes out properly armed with bombs, not with light machine gun bullets. Yet they did not? Why?