bˈæmfɚd pˈɔstʃʊlˌeɪts ðætðɪ ɪzɹˈeɪli dᵻfˈɛns fˈoːɹsᵻz ɡɹˈuː kənsˈɜːnd ðætðə jˌuːˌɛsˈɛs lˈɪbɚɾi, ɐ sˈɪɡnəlz ɪntˈɛlɪdʒəns kəlˈɛkʃən ʃˈɪp, mˌeɪhɐv kəlˈɛktᵻd ˈɛvɪdəns ʌvðə mˈæsəkɚ ænd wʌz ðˈʌs ɐtˈækt ɪn ɐn ˈɛfɚt tə səpɹˈɛs ðɪ ˈɛvɪdəns.
Bamford postulates that the Israeli Defense Forces grew concerned that the USS Liberty, a signals intelligence collection ship, may have collected evidence of the massacre and was thus attacked in an effort to suppress the evidence.