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Phantom Pain@phantompain1984 · Jun 9, 2026

The USS Liberty Was Not Supposed to Have Survivors Marine Bryce Lockwood said “a radio operator ran coax cable through…

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This thread presents evidence that Israel intentionally attacked the USS Liberty in 1967, citing NSA/CIA documents showing Israel identified it as an American ship before the attack, and that President LBJ prevented a rescue operation. The thread argues this was a deliberate act, not a mistake, and calls for the historical record to be preserved.

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    The USS Liberty Was Not Supposed to Have Survivors Marine Bryce Lockwood said “a radio operator ran coax cable through a damaged antenna and forced out the distress call.” The U.S. Sixth Fleet heard it. The Israelis heard it too. And the attack stopped. That Mayday saved them but then LBJ called off the rescue. Rep. Thomas Massie said survivors were left for 17 hours, while many bled and waited. That is where this thread begins: the distress call that broke the silence and the cover-up that followed. 3:10 — leaked Isræli HQ audio shows they knew it was an American ship before the attack. Thread for the historical records — with NSA/CSS evidence, CIA files, and the intercepted record showing Isræl knew it was a U.S. ship. 1/8🧵

    Phantom Pain@phantompain1984 · Jun 4, 2026

    USS Liberty survivor Marine Bryce Lockwood: “Isrælis were jamming our distress and tactical frequencies.” The clip includes leaked Isræli military records confirming they knew they were attacking a U.S. ship. Thread: Isræl’s false-flag history. 1/5 🧵

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    LBJ during the USS Liberty Attack: “I don’t give a damn if every man drowns and the ship sinks. I will not embarrass our ally Israel.” That quote is the whole doctrine: American sailors were expendable. Isræl’s image was protected. 2/8

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    NSA/CSS cryptologic history says Isræli Air Force HQ identified the ship at 10:55 as a U.S. Navy surveillance ship named Liberty, marked G.T.R.-5. At 11:00, Israeli Navy ordered the target erased. At 14:00, the USS Liberty was attacked. Identified. Erased. Attacked. 3/8

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    NSA/CSS page 41 destroys the “mistake” story. Isræl had Liberty’s exact name, ship type, and hull number. The American flag was visible. The Egyptian-ship excuse was “most illogical.” NSA’s deputy director called the Isræli inquiry “a nice whitewash.” 4/8

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    NSA intercept: Israeli pilot: “This is an American ship.” War room: “Yes, follow orders.” Pilot: “But sir, it’s an American ship — I can see the flag!” War room: “Never mind; hit it.” That is not confusion. That is intent. 5/8

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    The public was handed “mistake.” The CIA file carried something else: “Attack on USS Liberty Ordered by Dayan.” Moshe Dayan was Isræl’s defense minister. The same file records that another Isræli general called the attack “pure murder.” 6/8

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    Read the full article for the complete evidence chain: LBJ’s alleged betrayal. NSA/CSS records. Porter’s reported intercept. The visible American flag. The CIA Dayan file. The “whitewash.” And the survivors Washington tried to bury. Read: (phantompain1984.substack.com/p/uss-liberty-…) The USS Liberty survived. So did the evidence. 7/8

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    Empires rely on people forgetting. Investigations exist so they can’t. The USS Liberty survivors carried the truth for 59 years. Now it is our turn to carry it forward. If this work has value to you: buymeacoffee.com/phantompain1984

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    Isræl’s historical false-flag playbook did not start yesterday. The thread below traces the pattern: from the London Embassy attack, to Mexico City to the USS Liberty, and all the way to 9/11. Worth watching the clips and read the 🧵. All with Primary sources.

    Phantom Pain@phantompain1984 · Jun 4, 2026

    Israeli False Flag Operation in London 1994 Former MI5 officer Annie Machonlater revealed that internal assessments pointed not to Palestinian groups but to Mossad, based on the bomb’s construction, the intelligence footprint before the attack: 2/5

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    The USS Liberty story gets darker after the torpedo. The ship was sinking. The wounded were being moved toward the life rafts. Then Isræli torpedo boats opened fire on the escape route. That is the part Rep. Massie just forced back into the record. Read this thread 🧵

    Phantom Pain@phantompain1984 · Jun 10, 2026

    USS Liberty: Torpedoed, Sinking, and Denied Escape Survivor Lloyd Painter said “the torpedo hit the hull and killed 25 American sailors instantly.” Then, as he tried to move 20 or 30 wounded men to the life rafts, he saw an Isræli torpedo boat — plainly marked with the Star of David — machine-gunning those same rafts. @RepThomasMassie said it plainly: “The Isrælis machine-gunned the lifeboats. The Isrælis were intent on leaving no survivors.” 5:38 — leaked Isræli HQ recording confirms they knew it was American before the attack. This was not a mistake. This was an attempt to erase the ship, the crew, and the witnesses. Thread 🧵 NSA/CSS records. CIA Dayan file. LBJ’s betrayal with his former Irgun mistress Mathilde Krim. The visible flag. The “whitewash.” The evidence was buried. Now it is in sequence. 1/8

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    The USS Liberty and the Architecture of Secrecy @joekent16jan19 explains the mechanism: withhold evidence, create a vacuum, let noise flood in, then call the truth “conspiracy.” That is exactly how they buried the USS Liberty. Stay on the facts. Defend the record. 🧵⬇️

    Phantom Pain@phantompain1984 · Jun 5, 2026

    This is how they buried USS Liberty for 59 years: Not by answering survivors. By drowning them. @joekent16jan19 described the tactic: starve the public of evidence, flood the silence with manufactured nonsense, then use the nonsense to discredit every legitimate question. That is the Funnel of Distortion. On USS Liberty, focus on two facts: Survivors said Isræl attacked intentionally. Recordings show Isræl knew it was American. check the quoted post. In this 🧵 I’ll explain the tactic through JFK as the case study. 1/6

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    When Zios tell you, “Isræl has the most moral army. They would never attack the USS Liberty intentionally.” Show them this ⬇️

    Phantom Pain@phantompain1984 · Jun 10, 2026

    USS Liberty exposed the lie decades ago: Isræl absolutely kills innocents. Former CIA officer @JohnKiriakou explained the doctrine: “If Isrælis want to kill you, they won’t do a close-in hit. They will blow up the entire city block where you live.”

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    USS Liberty was the machine at sea. Rachel Corrie was the machine on land. One was torpedoed. One was crushed.

    Phantom Pain@phantompain1984 · Jun 11, 2026

    Rachel Corrie was killed 23 years ago in Gaza. But it was not only Isræl that killed her. It was the West that armed the machine. America that built the bulldozer. Politicians who protected the killers. Media that softened the crime. Diplomats who made sure punishment never came. A Zionist soldier crushed Rachel Corrie with an American-made bulldozer, and for 23 years there has been no justice. No trial worthy of her name. No accountability worthy of her sacrifice. No punishment worthy of the crime. Rachel saw it before millions of us did. She understood that Palestinian homes were not being “demolished.” They were being erased. Families were not being “relocated.” They were being purged. Isræl was not “defending itself.” It was enforcing a terrør system with Western permission. Today, millions finally see what Rachel saw early: an Isræli state-terrør ideology protected by Western complicity and shielded from punishment. ISI$ was bømbed for terrør; Isræl is armed for it, praised for it, blessed as “chosen,” and excused for it. Rachel stood in front of that machine because the world refused to stand there. The machine killed her body. But it failed to bury her witness. Rachel Corrie became one of the first cracks in the myth. One of the first Western witnesses who forced many of us — including me — to see the cruelty of Isræl’s killing machine without the empire’s filter. They wanted her death reduced to a footnote. Instead, 23 years later, Rachel Corrie is not forgotten. She is evidence. She is memory. She is still standing. They crushed her body. But they did not crush the light she pointed toward: “My dream will come true if we all look into the future and see the light that shines there.”