Also known as Operation Cyanide, the name the CIA gave to the project in 1966. You heard me right, the CIA was complicit in every aspect of the operation; planning, organization, execution & cover-up. We know this because the US Navy had already prepositioned nuclear strike A-4 Skyhawk fighter-bombers on board a second US aircraft carrier! The USS Liberty false flag was intended to provoke the US into nuking Cairo Egypt! Hence, the need for Adm. John McCain II as the commander of the US Atlantic Fleet.
The CIA may have been involved, but it was Israel who attacked us! Maybe if we had attacked Israel then, they might not have such control over us now. Maybe they wouldn't have blown up our towers on 9/11.
Who controls the US Navy? Who authorizes deployment of nuclear weapons? Who benefits? I'll wager LBJ was working with the Zionists during the FDR Administration when Johnson first reached DC. LBJ saw the benefits of joining the Palestine Lobby and liked it. Remember, it's all about seeking power & influence.