One of the more intriguing allegations surrounding the
Liberty incident is the claim that a United States Navy submarine was in
the area when the attack took place. A number of submarine crewmen have
surfaced anonymously to say that they were on one of several subs reported to
be in the area on intelligence-gathering missions. Some stated their belief
that photos were taken of the attack itself, but, fearing reprisals from the
government, none would go public with their claims.
More recently, a crewman on the USS Amberjack, a
diesel-powered intelligence-gathering sub, has provided an account of his
ship’s activities on that day in June to two Liberty survivors. The
sailor, Larry Bryant, agreed to go on radio with survivors Phil Tourney and
Ron Kukal to discuss his experiences but inexplicably got cold feet and broke
off contact. However, several extended phone conversations had already
provided some intriguing insights into what had taken place..........
Part of Hubal’s reluctance to discuss what he was doing on
that day might be traced to the fact that his vessel was carrying out a
clandestine operation in Egyptian waters as part of the Naval Security Group,
which was affiliated with the codebreakers of the National Security Agency.
Several civilians on the sub were performing the same tasks as their
counterparts who were intercepting and decoding radio transmissions on board
the Liberty. The Amberjack was equipped with a snorkel,
which enabled it to sit on the bottom of the sea immobile and listen to
electronic transmissions for long periods of time........
WikiLeaks has demonstrated that the United States has a
secret government that operates with little in the way or transparency or
restraint. Unfortunately, it has had that kind of government for a long time,
and the fate of the USS Liberty could be a manifestation of how the
White House might actually have colluded in the deaths of American servicemen
and then engaged in a cover-up to conceal what it had done.
