The USS Liberty incident resulted in no one being found guilty. If anything, it led to the opposite, as the US aid budget for Israel was increased by 450 percent in 1968. This is the story of when Israel attacked America, and the US government sided with Tel Aviv.
On June 8, 1967, Israel attacked the USS Liberty, an American intelligence vessel. The tragedy killed or injured two-thirds of the ship's crew in a premeditated attack by the Israeli military, but the US government's response was to move on and strengthen ties with Tel Aviv. It might be argued that this established a precedent for Israel to execute US citizens with impunity in the future.
The Six-Day War had run four days. Israel had taken over the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, beaten Jordan's forces, decimated the Egyptians, and was enjoying success against Syria. Tel Aviv had informed the US that the conflict would be restricted and that it would not seek to seize places such as the Syrian Golan Heig...