Council for the National Interest Foundation
1250 4th Street SW, Suite WG-1
Washington, DC 20024
Please help us honor the crew of the USS Liberty, the world’s most sophisticated intelligence ship in 1967, on the 40th anniversary of Israel’s two-hour attack in which 34 Americans were killed and 173 crew members were wounded.
WHEN: Friday, June 8, 2007 @ 4:00 pm *
WHERE: United States Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.
Read the press release: (.pdf)
* Following a meeting of the Liberty Veterans Association, a brief public ceremony will be convened to honor the 34 crew members who gave their lives, thank the survivors for their service and sacrifice, and apologize to the brave men who saved their ship for the betrayal of their own government in canceling the rescue mission and perpetrating an official cover-up that has continued for 40 years.
For more information, please contact the CNI Foundation Committee to Honor the Liberty Crew, Tel: 860-535-2487
A flyer is also available: (.pdf)
Arrest Robert McNamara
By Stanley Heller, Counterpunch, 1 June 2007
I propose that 91 year old Robert McNamara be arrested. No, I’m not suggesting he be tried for his role in planning the fire bombings of Japanese cities during World War II, or for being LBJ’s Defense Secretary and architect of the war of aggression against Vietnam. Jail him for one much smaller act, the betrayal of sailors aboard the USS Liberty. While the Liberty was under a massive attack, Robert McNamara twice recalled the airplanes that a navy commander had sent out to defend them.
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