Mokhiber: Are you familiar with Israel's 1967 attack on the USS Liberty?

Scott McClellan: No, not really.

Mokhiber: What happened was - they attacked it, and 34 Americans were killed and more than 100 were wounded. Ever since that attack, the U.S. and Israel say it was a mistake. But Admiral Thomas Moorer, who was the former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, held a press conference last week announcing an investigation finding that it was a deliberate attack. There was an attorney there from the Navy inquiry who said it was a deliberate attack, but Johnson's White House told them to change the story. Moorer wants a Congressional investigation. For every U.S. ship attacked, there has been a Congressional investigation - except for this one. Would the President support a Congressional investigation -

Scott McClellan: I don't know enough about this issue to comment on it.

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-Thanks to Russell Mokhiber

White House reporter Russell Mokhiber is the editor of the Washington, D.C.-based Corporate Crime Reporter - www.corporatecrimereporter.com. He co-authors the weekly Focus on the Corporation column with Robert Weissman which Common Dreams publishes. He can be reached at: russell@nationalpress.com