definately not a case of mistaken identity, how can one or in this case a group, track and watch the ship for at least 9, count them 9 hours, missing
the clearly visible U.S. Flag flying freely atop the ship, hear yet not respond to numerous communications, and it was a mistake? There was no
mistake it was delibrate.
This claim demonstrates it was as much as 24 hours of tracking.
In a presentation given at Harvard University on March 13, 2003, Assistant Secretary for Defense John Stenbit, claimed that the Israelis had warned
the United States to move the USS Liberty or they would sink it within 24 hours. The Liberty was not warned because it took more than 24 hours for the
information to go through official channels.Stenbit, John (2003), "A Conversation with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3I John P. Stenbit"
(PDF), Seminar on Intelligence, Command, and Control., Harvard University, p. 4,
www.pirp.harvard.edu...
He was Secretary of Defense from 1973 to 1977