From Fri May 30 10:14:22 1997
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>Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 10:06:42 -0700
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>From: Jim Ennes
>Subject: Re: USS Amberjack & USS Liberty Why? WHY??
>Cc: “Louis R. Coatney”
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>At 10:59 AM 5/30/97 -0700, TMO/TX wrote:
> >
> >I suspect that most of what Liberty collected was tactical junk,
> >examples of our concentration on volume with the hope of panning a few
> >grains of gold from a tub full of sand. Sure, there may have been some
> >pearls, but it takes better evaluators than most of the Navy types I
> >knew to quickly recognize pearls (and even then the pearls may be the
> >sort to use for predictions of future methods and activities).
>
>The fact is, we had only been on station for about five hours when we
>were attacked. This was not sufficient time to develop the sort of
>database that is needed. Consequently, we had collected almost
>nothing at all. For instance, we sent about five CRITICS that morning,
>but they were all reports intercepted from CAIRO COMMERICAL
>RADIO! No doubt the CIA had the same stuff sooner from FBIS.
>
>Jim

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