'The most disgraceful thing I have witnessed in my entire military career": "Admiral Thomas Moorer, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, headed the independent commission of inquiry that released the report yesterday.
'The men of the USS Liberty were representing the U.S. They were attacked for over two hours by Israeli Air Force and Navy units with 70 percent American casualties and the eventual loss of our best intelligence ship,' Moorer said. 'These sailors and marines were entitled to our best defense. We gave them no defense. The findings of this commission are irrefutable. Every other attack on a ship in our history has been investigated by our Congress except this one.'
'Nor has Congress ever investigated the recall by the White House of U.S. Navy aircraft sent to rescue the Liberty while the ship was still under attack.'
Moorer called the Johnson White House's cancellation of the Navy's attempt to rescue the Liberty 'the most disgraceful thing I have witnessed in my entire military career.' "
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