Deposition of then-Capt Yiftach Spector, IDF commander of the jets attacking USS Liberty on June 8, 1967
| Tracking # |
25-07917 |
| Submitted | Nov. 5, 2024 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Joe Meadors
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
On June 8, 1967, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) attacked the US Navy ship USS Liberty.
Commanding the IDF fighter jet formation attacking the USS Liberty was then-CAPT Yiftach Spector.
In his autobiography “Loud and Clear” Spector writes, “Thirteen years after the Six-Day War was over, an investigating committee came from the USA and I gave a deposition.” [See Attached]
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting:
1. a copy of CAPT Spector’s deposition,
2. a copy of any other deposition provided to the referenced “investigating committee”, and
3. a copy of the report prepared by the referenced “investigating committee.”
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Joe Meadors
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From: National Archives and Records Administration
Dear Joe Meadors:
Thank you for submitting your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to
the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) via email to
foia@nara.gov. We received your request on November 5, 2024. Your request
states:
*Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following
records: On June 8, 1967, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) attacked the US
Navy ship USS Liberty. Commanding the IDF fighter jet formation attacking
the USS Liberty was then-CAPT Yiftach Spector. In his autobiography “Loud
and Clear” Spector writes, “Thirteen years after the Six-Day War was over,
an investigating committee came from the USA and I gave a deposition.” [See
Attached] Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting: 1. a copy
of CAPT Spector’s deposition, 2. a copy of any other deposition provided to
the referenced “investigating committee”, and 3. a copy of the report
prepared by the referenced “investigating committee.” *
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Date: Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: Deposition of then-Capt
Yiftach Spector, IDF commander of the jets attacking USS Liberty on June 8,
1967
To: NARA General Counsel FOIA Office <foia@nara.gov>
Nat'l Archives & Records Admin
FOIA Office
Room 3110
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740
November 5, 2024
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following
records:
On June 8, 1967, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) attacked the US Navy ship
USS Liberty.
Commanding the IDF fighter jet formation attacking the USS Liberty was
then-CAPT Yiftach Spector.
In his autobiography “Loud and Clear” Spector writes, “Thirteen years after
the Six-Day War was over, an investigating committee came from the USA and
I gave a deposition.” [See Attached]
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting:
1. a copy of CAPT Spector’s deposition,
2. a copy of any other deposition provided to the referenced “investigating
committee”, and
3. a copy of the report prepared by the referenced “investigating
committee.”
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and
this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform
me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer
the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or
CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I
look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business
days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Joe Meadors
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From: National Archives and Records Administration
Dear Joe Meadors,
This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act request dated
November 5, 2024 for records relating to depositions provided to an
investigating committee by Captain Spector and any other individuals and
any reports prepared by the investigating committee relating to an incident
involving the USS Liberty that occurred on the approximate dates of June
1967. Your request was received in this office, A2 Textual Reference, on
the date of November 12, 2024 and assigned FOIA case number 25-07917.
We have conducted a records review within Record Group 38: Records of the
Chief of Naval Operations for records relating to incidents involving USS
Liberty on the approximate dates of June 1967, for committee investigations
relating to the USS Liberty, and for depositions provided to committees
relating to the USS Liberty regarding incidents that occurred on the
approximate dates of June 1967. During our review we were unable to locate
records relevant to your research. Typically, to locate relevant records we
will need to know additional information such as the name of the committee,
who the committee was organized under, the mission or task for which the
committee has been organized, the dates for when the committee convened,
and the dates for when the committee concluded. This information can assist
us with identifying the Record Group and record series in which relevant
records are held. Terms such as an "investigating committee" are not
reasonably specific enough for us to conduct successful records reviews. We
did locate the U.S. Navy Deck Logs for the USS Liberty for June 1967. These
records are digitized and available on our online Catalog. We have provided
the links to the Deck Logs for USS Liberty for the year 1967 below:
Liberty (AGTR-5) January 1 1967 215474825
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/215474825
Liberty (AGTR-5) February 2 1967 215474891
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/215474891
Liberty (AGTR-5) March 3 1967 215474951
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/215474951
Liberty (AGTR-5) April 4 1967 215475017
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/215475017
Liberty (AGTR-5) May 5 1967 215475081
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/215475081
Liberty (AGTR-5) June 6 1967 215475147
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/215475147
Liberty (AGTR-5) July 7 1967 215475221
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/215475221
Liberty (AGTR-5) August 8 1967 215475287
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/215475287
Liberty (AGTR-5) September 9 1967 215475353
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/215475353
Liberty (AGTR-5) October 10 1967 215475417
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/215475417
Liberty (AGTR-5) November 11 1967 215475483
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/215475483
Liberty (AGTR-5) December 12 1967 215475547
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/215475547
For Operational records of the U.S. Navy, such as Command Histories we
recommend contacting the Naval History and Heritage Command. The contact
information is provided below.
Naval History and Heritage Command
805 Kidder Breese Street SE
Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5060
Email: archives@navy.mil
Website: www.history.navy.mil
This concludes the processing of your request. We do not consider this a
denial of your FOIA request. If you are not satisfied with our action on
this request, your options for appeal and dispute resolution are attached.
If you have questions regarding the publicly available records recommended
you may contact us at archives2reference@nara.gov. We hope you find this
information useful in conducting your research.
Sincerely,
JACOB A. HAYWOOD
Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR)
National Archives at College Park, MD
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