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Long before the October war exposed the vulnerability of Israel's vaunted defense machine, the state-owned, supersecret Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd., which builds and services planes for peace and war, was showing signs of strain. Its first two tries at building executive jets seemed to have flopped expensively, and its attempts to refurbish and resell old planes appeared to be sputtering. Shortly before the war, Moshe Dayan, then head of the Defense Ministry, tried to oust the company's boss, Al Schwimmer...
...relatives of the others said that they had not been aware of any difficulties until news reports of the arrests appeared. By week's end, four of the accused had hired civilian lawyers. Two of the attorneys received security clearances, reinforcing the belief that the case involves some supersecret operation. The Army is now investigating the charges to see if there are grounds for a court-martial. Conviction on a charge of premeditated murder carries a maximum penalty of death...
Chafee rejected recommendations by the naval court of inquiry that Bucher and Lieut. Stephen R. Harris, the officer in charge of Pueblo's supersecret "research" spaces, be tried by court-martial. Secretary Chafee also refused to authorize the issuance of letters of admonition and reprimand for other officers. "They have suffered enough and further punishment would not be justified," he said...
While much of the testimony has been confused and contradictory, the investigation into the capture of U.S.S. Pueblo seems to have settled on its villain. Witness after witness has portrayed Lieut. Stephen R. Harris, officer in charge of the ship's supersecret research center spaces, as incompetent or cowardly, or both...
...destroy secret documents, Bucher installed an electric paper shredder and a small incinerator. The burner was totally inadequate for the amount of classified material Pueblo would carry. But Bucher could not know that because he was not even cleared for access to the ship's supersecret "research" compartment. His request for either a twin-mount 20-mm. or single-mount 40-mm. cannons to defend his vessel went unheeded by Navy brass. Instead, he was issued two .50-cal. machine guns that would be useless against another ship. The basic problem, said Bucher, was money. The original...