{"id":13031,"date":"2025-08-12T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/profcj.org\/?p=13031"},"modified":"2025-10-24T17:55:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T21:55:53","slug":"ep281","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/profcj.org\/ep281\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep. 0281: &#8220;The Best-Planned Mistake&#8221;: The Israeli Attack on the USS Liberty"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1361\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13031-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3776772\/mc.blubrry.com\/3776772\/Ep_281_Best_Planned_Mistake_V2.mp3?awCollectionId=3776772&#038;awEpisodeId=11803460&#038;aw_0_azn_pgenre=History&#038;aw_0_1st_ri=blubrry&#038;aw_0_azn_pcountry=US&#038;aw_0_azn_planguage=en&#038;cat_exclude=IAB1-8%2CIAB1-9%2CIAB7-41%2CIAB8-5%2CIAB8-18%2CIAB11-4%2CIAB23%2CIAB24%2CIAB25%2CIAB26&#038;aw_0_cnt_rss=https%3A%2F%2Fprofcj.org%2Ffeed%2Fpodcast%2F&#038;_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3776772\/mc.blubrry.com\/3776772\/Ep_281_Best_Planned_Mistake_V2.mp3?awCollectionId=3776772&#038;awEpisodeId=11803460&#038;aw_0_azn.pgenre=History&#038;aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&#038;aw_0_azn.pcountry=US&#038;aw_0_azn.planguage=en&#038;cat_exclude=IAB1-8%2CIAB1-9%2CIAB7-41%2CIAB8-5%2CIAB8-18%2CIAB11-4%2CIAB23%2CIAB24%2CIAB25%2CIAB26&#038;aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Fprofcj.org%2Ffeed%2Fpodcast%2F\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3776772\/mc.blubrry.com\/3776772\/Ep_281_Best_Planned_Mistake_V2.mp3?awCollectionId=3776772&#038;awEpisodeId=11803460&#038;aw_0_azn.pgenre=History&#038;aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&#038;aw_0_azn.pcountry=US&#038;aw_0_azn.planguage=en&#038;cat_exclude=IAB1-8%2CIAB1-9%2CIAB7-41%2CIAB8-5%2CIAB8-18%2CIAB11-4%2CIAB23%2CIAB24%2CIAB25%2CIAB26&#038;aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Fprofcj.org%2Ffeed%2Fpodcast%2F<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_orgfeedpodcast\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3776772\/mc.blubrry.com\/3776772\/Ep_281_Best_Planned_Mistake_V2.mp3?awCollectionId=3776772&amp;awEpisodeId=11803460&amp;aw_0_azn.pgenre=History&amp;aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&amp;aw_0_azn.pcountry=US&amp;aw_0_azn.planguage=en&amp;cat_exclude=IAB1-8%2CIAB1-9%2CIAB7-41%2CIAB8-5%2CIAB8-18%2CIAB11-4%2CIAB23%2CIAB24%2CIAB25%2CIAB26&amp;aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Fprofcj.org%2Ffeed%2Fpodcast%2F\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/profcj.org\/?powerpress_pinw=13031-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3776772\/mc.blubrry.com\/3776772\/Ep_281_Best_Planned_Mistake_V2.mp3?awCollectionId=3776772&#038;awEpisodeId=11803460&#038;aw_0_azn.pgenre=History&#038;aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&#038;aw_0_azn.pcountry=US&#038;aw_0_azn.planguage=en&#038;cat_exclude=IAB1-8%2CIAB1-9%2CIAB7-41%2CIAB8-5%2CIAB8-18%2CIAB11-4%2CIAB23%2CIAB24%2CIAB25%2CIAB26&#038;aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Fprofcj.org%2Ffeed%2Fpodcast%2F\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ep_281_Best_Planned_Mistake_V2.mp3?awCollectionId=3776772&amp;#038;awEpisodeId=11803460&amp;#038;aw_0_azn.pgenre=History&amp;#038;aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&amp;#038;aw_0_azn.pcountry=US&amp;#038;aw_0_azn.planguage=en&amp;#038;cat_exclude=IAB1-8%2CIAB1-9%2CIAB7-41%2CIAB8-5%2CIAB8-18%2CIAB11-4%2CIAB23%2CIAB24%2CIAB25%2CIAB26&amp;#038;aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Fprofcj.org%2Ffeed%2Fpodcast%2F\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/profcj.org\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/profcj.org\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>CJ is back with a beast of a DHP episode that he&#8217;s been brewing laboriously for over a month, if not two.<\/p>\n<p>On June 8th, 1967, during the Six Day War, the USS <em>Liberty<\/em>, a virtually unarmed signals intelligence ship operating off the coast of Egypt, was attacked by Israeli planes &amp; torpedo boats. 34 men were killed, 171 were wounded, &amp; the ship was nearly sunk before the attack was finally called off. 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