sahara says: Remember, there are NEVER any cover-ups or secrecy within the American Government, remember this folks!!! Regardless, the two links in this clip are quite informative and interesting. What is the cover-up? This happened in 1968 during the 6 Day War. It was likely a case of mistaken identity. Israel paid reparations to the US and Family Members of the lost sailors. wikipedia: Ten official American investigations are claimed regarding the Liberty incident, including: * The CIA Report of 1967 * The Clark Clifford Report of 1967 * The Joint Chief of Staff's Report, on U.S. communications failures. * The NSA Report of 1981 including recordings of intercepted Israeli military radio transmissions and translated transcripts of post-attack helicopter pilots. * The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Testimony of 1967 * The U.S. Naval Court of Inquiry as released under FOIA (see below) What is the cover-up? Remember, there are NEVER any cover-ups or secrecy within the American Government, remember this folks!!!However, The "Moorer Commission" (Chaired by Adm. Moorer) investigated the attack and made the following findings: 8. That due to the influence of Israel's powerful supporters in the United States, the White House deliberately covered up the facts of this attack from the American people; 10. That there has been an official cover-up without precedent in American naval history; the existence of such a cover-up is now supported by statements of Rear Admiral Merlin Staring, USN (Ret.), former Judge Advocate General of the... The History Channel or maybe it was Discovery channel had a special about this about a year to 18 months ago--they had film and pictures of the damage and body bags, interviewed surviving crew members, interviewed members of the various investigation committees, etc. The ship had intelligence gathering capability (like the Pueblo off Korea) and according to crew members, it was not a case of mistaken identity (the ship should have been easily identified as American)it was a deliberate attack--obviously the Israelis didn't want us to know something, but the SR71 was already flying--so we should have known what was happening anyway. The government has lots of info, and not all of it is clas... |
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