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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (16557)	1/16/2002 3:06:40 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

>>Anyone trying to convince me that all the official investigations were wrong and the attack was deliberate will have to show me a credible motive, which so far they have failed to do.<< Here is an interesting theory advanced by a former officer on the U.S.S. Liberty at the time it was attacked - Israel attacked the Liberty, not because of what it was actually doing, which was monitoring planes suppled by the Soviets to Egypt, but because they were afraid that the ship was capable of monitoring Israeli troop movements and providing it to Egypt. washington-report.org I have not really made it a mission to learn everything I can about the incident. I was just amused by the display at the NSA museum. It's not overt, you have to read between the lines. I asked my husband what he thought, and he came to the same conclusion that I did, and he's not one to say he agrees unless he really does agree. We argue all the time about politics and current events.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (16557)	1/16/2002 3:24:32 PM
From: joseph krinsky	Respond to of 281500

Hi Nadine- I believe the attack was deliberate, but I doubt if we'll ever know why. I wonder whatever happened to the people that ordered it, or okayed it?

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (16557)	1/17/2002 2:51:29 AM
From: SirRealist	Respond to of 281500

Re: USS Liberty ...I don't think it important or necessary to convince anyone what occurred or even why. So much in the Middle East gets tied to old grievances that get in the way of fresh opportunities to resolve disputes. The importance of the USS Liberty incident is it serves to remind us all that when bullets fly, two things are always possible: 1) you can be betrayed, for good reasons or bad, and 2) someone can screw up, and lethally so. That there may have been US aircraft in flight in response, carrying nuclear warheads, underscores the importance of these lessons. Little old #1 and #2 can pale in significance to big ole #3's gory conclusion. We should never lose sight of that once bullets fly; it helps to keep the bullets in their chambers. Which is, I thought, the rationale for developing an expertise in FA.