Where the Sphere of Domesticity is Fired Up! And the Memory Hole Gets Stopped Up!
In 1975, President Ford appointed Lemnitzer to the Commission on CIA Activities within the United States (aka the Rockefeller Commission) to investigate whether the Central Intelligence Agency had committed acts that violated American laws and allegations that E. Howard Hunt and Frank Sturgis (of Watergate fame) were involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
In November 1962, Lemnitzer was appointed as Commander of U.S. Forces in Europe, and as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO (the US European Command is the crown jewel of regional commands) in January 1963.This period encompassed the Cyprus crisis of 1963-1964 and the withdrawal of NATO forces from France in 1966.Lemnitzer retired from the military in July 1969.
U.S. military rescue aircraft were recalled, not once, but twice, through direct intervention by the Johnson administration. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's cancellation of the Navy's attempt to rescue the Liberty, which I personally confirmed from the commanders of the aircraft carriers America and Saratoga, was the most disgraceful act I witnessed in my entire military career. To add insult to injury, Congress, to this day, has failed to hold formal hearings on Israel's attack on this American ship. No official investigation of Israel's attack has ever permitted the testimony of the surviving crew members. A 1967 investigation by the Navy, upon which all other reports are based, has now been fully discredited as a cover-up by its senior attorney. Capt. Ward Boston, in a sworn affidavit, recently revealed that the court was ordered by the White House to cover up the incident and find that Israel's attack was "a case of mistaken identity."
I thought something was weird about that whole incident- learned about it in the '70s from some TV documentary-Still 'trusted my govt.' at the time- )-:Carol-CS
I didn't know anything about this until recently, and I thought I knew my history. Just goes to show you, that if they don't want it going around, they squelch it.
I thought something was weird about that whole incident- learned about it in the '70s from some TV documentary-Still 'trusted my govt.' at the time- )-:
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I didn't know anything about this until recently, and I thought I knew my history. Just goes to show you, that if they don't want it going around, they squelch it.
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