There was nothing accidental about Israel's attack on
Liberty, as every single surviving member of her crew has publicly stated for the last 45 years:
"$10,000 challenge
The Liberty Veterans Association offers a $10,000 reward to anyone who can establish the truth of A. Jay Cristol's claim:
"'After ten official US investigations (including five congressional investigations), there was never any evidence that the attack was made with knowledge that the target was a US ship.'"
"The LVA (Lberty Veterans Association) has disputed the truth of this statement for years. We know it is untrue. The claim that there have been any official Congressional investigations into the culpability for the Israeli attack on USS Liberty is patently false.
"There have been NO official Congressional investigations on this subject.
"We believe that the best way to prove that the above statement is untrue is to offer a reward to anyone (including Mr. Cristol) who can prove that it is true.
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Address responses to challenge@ussliberty.com
"The challenge has been offered since March 1, 2004, with no takers."
USS Liberty $10,000 challenge
Put up or shut up.
Of course it was intentional, Princess. The IAF intentionally attacked what they believed to be an Egyptian ship, therefore both of the following positions are true and correct.
"Both the Israeli and U.S. governments conducted inquiries and issued reports that concluded the
attack was a mistake due to Israeli confusion about the identity of the USS Liberty, though others, including survivors of the attack, have rejected these conclusions and maintain that the
attack was deliberate..."
Within an hour of learning that the Liberty had been torpedoed, the director of NSA, LTG Marshall S. Carter, sent a message to all intercept sites requesting a special search of all communications that might reflect the attack or reaction. No communications were available. However, one of the airborne platforms, a U.S. Navy EC-121 aircraft that flew near the attacks from 2:30 p.m. to 3:27 p.m., Sinai time (1230 to 1327 Z), had collected voice conversations between two Israeli helicopter pilots and the control tower at Hazor Airfield following the attack on the Liberty.[77]
On July 2, 2003, the National Security Agency released copies of the recordings made by the EC-121 and the resultant translations and summaries.[78] These revelations were elicited as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by Florida bankruptcy judge and retired naval aviator Jay Cristol. Two linguists who were aboard the EC-121 when the recordings were made, however, have claimed separately that at least two additional tapes were made that have been excluded from the NSA releases up to and including a June 8, 2007, release.[6]
English transcripts of the released tapes indicate that Israel still believed it had hit an Egyptian supply ship even after the attack had stopped.[79][80] After the attack, the rescue helicopters are heard relaying several urgent requests that the rescuers ask the first survivor pulled out of the water what his nationality is, and discussing whether the survivors from the attacked ship will speak Arabic.