STONEZONE (Roger Stone) - LBJ, Robert McNamara, and the USS Liberty Cover-Up
A cautionary tale about power, politics, and the dangerous temptation of governments to place expediency above truth. On June 8, 1967, while America was deeply entangled in the morass of Vietnam and the Middle East was engulfed in the Six Day War, one of the most shocking and controversial attacks on American military personnel in […] The post LBJ, Robert McNamara, and the USS Liberty Cover-Up appeared first on StoneZone .
A cautionary tale about power, politics, and the dangerous temptation of governments to place expediency above truth. On June 8, 1967, while America was deeply entangled in the morass of Vietnam and the Middle East was engulfed in the Six Day War, one of the most shocking and controversial attacks on American military personnel in modern history unfolded in the waters off the Sinai Peninsula. 34 Americans were killed and 171 were wounded. The victim was not an enemy warship. It was the USS Liberty, a United States Navy intelligence vessel operating in international waters under a clearly visible American flag. Nearly 60 years later, the bloodshed itself remains controversial. What is not controversial is that the Johnson Administration…Open