by Scott Creighton
Ralph Nader gets this mostly right. However, he whiffs on a key part of the story... motive. Motive and the co-conspirators... us.
The U.S.S. Liberty was a reclassified Victory class ship, I believe attached to a carrier group the 6th Fleet in 1967 prior to the 6 Day War. She was in the Mediterranean Sea and at that time had been converted into a Technical Research Ship (AGTR-5) 'a cover name for National Security Agency (NSA) "spy ships" carrying out signals intelligence missions'
When this statement was made, it was in fact true; Liberty, now assigned to the Sixth Fleet, was in the central Mediterranean Sea, passing between Libya and Crete.[20] It would ultimately steam to about 13 nmi (15 mi; 24 km) north of the Sinai Peninsula.[21]
Ralph Nader says that Liberty was deployed to spy on the conflict off the coast of Africa during the 6 Day War however, that is not entirely true. She was sent there BEFORE Israel launched her attacks. This is an important distinction for what comes next.
( Gerhard, William D.; Millington, Henry W. (1981). Attack on a SIGINT Collector, the USS Liberty (PDF). NSA History Report, U.S. Cryptologic History series (Report). National Security Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2012.)
The NSA sent them there, for no real reason, prior to the conflict while Israel was planning their attacks. Planning their attacks on neighboring countries and... painting their Mirage jet fighters black so no one would know who did it.
We had no business in those waters at that time and we had plenty of time to give them the order to leave after Israel started her attack on Egypt. But we didn't. We actually refused to give her an escort for protection.
'With the outbreak of war, Captain William L. McGonagle of Liberty immediately asked Vice Admiral William I. Martin at the United States Sixth Fleet headquarters to send a destroyer to accompany Liberty and serve as its armed escort and as an auxiliary communications center. The following day, Admiral Martin replied: "Liberty is a clearly marked United States ship in international waters, not a participant in the conflict and not a reasonable subject for attack by any nation. Request denied."[19] He promised, however, that in the unlikely event of an inadvertent attack, jet fighters from the Sixth Fleet would be overhead in ten minutes.' Wiki
We didn't remove or protect the Liberty because the man in charge of the 6th Fleet, William Martin, was ready, willing and able to launch a full scale attack on Egypt in response to the planned SINKING of the U.S.S. Liberty.
The NSA sent the U.S.S. Liberty out there before the fighting began on trumped up justifications unguarded and when the attacks began the 6th Fleet sat back and did NOTHING to defend her. They wanted her down so they could blame Nasser's Egypt and launch a war against them on behalf of Glorious Israel.
This is why John McCain's father was put in charge of the 10-day inquiry into what happened that day and why he covered it up and why John McCain had a long, privileged career in American politics paid for by the blood of 34 U.S. sailors.
The Department of Defense Law of War Program (DoD Directive 2311.01E – formerly DoD Directive 5100.77) provides that “All reportable incidents committed by or against U.S. personnel, enemy persons, or any other individual are reported promptly, investigated thoroughly, and, where appropriate, remedied by corrective action.”
On June 8, 2005 the USS Liberty Veterans Association submitted A Report of War Crimes Committed Against the USS Liberty, June 8, 1967 to the Department of Defense in accordance with the DoD Law of War Program.
The War Crimes Report we filed lists allegations of acts committed during the attack on our ship, including:
The Department of Defense has unilaterally waived its obligation under the Department of Defense Law of War Program by refusing to investigate the allegations contained in the War Crimes Report. The Department of Defense has also refused to provide a speaker to address the crew of the USS Liberty and explain their actions with regard to the War Crimes Report https://www.usslibertyveterans.org/files/War%20Crimes%20Report.pdf
The jamming of our radios on both US Navy tactical and international maritime distress frequencies;
The use of unmarked aircraft by the forces attacking the USS Liberty;
The deliberate machine gunning of life rafts we had dropped over the side in anticipation of abandoning ship;
And the recall of two flights of rescue aircraft that had been launched from Sixth Fleet aircraft carriers. After those flights were recalled, Sixth Fleet personnel listened to our calls for help as the attack continued knowing they were forbidden to come to our assistance.
They, the Israelis, carried out a false flag event on our Navy ship intending to sink it and kill all 360+ crew on board. They did this with the foreknowledge and aid of leadership of the DoD, Navy, 6th Fleet and of course, the NSA. How high did the treason go?
Thomas Hinman Moorer, 7th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, accused President Lyndon B. Johnson of having covered up that the attack was a deliberate act
This was not a mistake. It was not 'the fog of war'
It was not covered up just because it was done by our ally in the Middle East but because it was also done... by us.
We will overthrow 7 countries in 5 years. Remember that? Who was that for?
Ralph Nader's video is worth the time however it needed a bit of refinement for context. The worst part of the attack on our own sailors is that it was done with the foreknowledge and assistance of our own leadership.
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