(en) A Cristol, The Liberty Incident Revealed : The Definitive Account of the 1967 Israeli Attack on the U.S. Navy Spy Ship, Naval Institute Press, , 416 p. (ISBN978-1-61251-387-4, lire en ligne)
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(en) John Crewdson, « New revelations in attack on American spy ship », Chicago Tribune, (lire en ligne)
« The failure of the Israeli navy's attacks on Egyptian and Syrian ports early in the war did little to assuage Israel's fears. Consequently, the IDF Chief of Staff, Gen. Yitzhak Rabin, informed the U.S. Naval Attaché in Tel Aviv, Cmdr. Ernest Carl Castle, that Israel would defend its coast with every means at its disposal. Unidentified vessels would be sunk, Rabin advised; the United States should either acknowledge its ships in the area or remove them. The U.S. had also rejected Israel's request for a formal naval liaison. On 31 May, Avraham Harman, Israel's ambassador to Washington, had warned Under Secretary of State Eugene V. Rostow that if war breaks out, 'we would have no telephone number to call, no code for plane recognition, and no way to get in touch with the U.S. Sixth Fleet. »Michael OrenThe USS Liberty : Case Closed, Azure, Printemps 2000, no 9
« While Egyptian naval ships were known to disguise their identities with Western markings, they usually displayed Arabic letters and numbers only. The fact that the ship had Western markings led Rabin to fear that it was Soviet, and he immediately called off the jets. Two IAF Hornet helicopters were sent to look for survivors—Spector had reported seeing men overboard—while the torpedo boat squadron was ordered to hold its fire pending further attempts at identification. Though that order was recorded in the torpedo boat's log, [the commander], Oren, alleged he never received it. »Michael OrenThe USS Liberty: Case Closed, Azure, Printemps 2000, no 9
