Dr. Marc J. Susser is a former historian of the United States Department of State. The Office of the Historian of the Department of State is responsible, by act of the United States Congress, for the publication of the official historical record of United States foreign policy. This is done via the Foreign Relations Series series of books. Susser has a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He became the historian in January 2001. In 2004, a

U.S. State Department The United States Department of State (DOS), or State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations. Equivalent to the ministry of foreign affairs of other nati ...

symposium was convened about the Six-Day War in response to the findings of the 2003 Moorer Commission and the 2004 release of Captain

Ward Boston Ward Boston, Jr. (June 21, 1923 – June 12, 2008, in Coronado, California) was an attorney and a retired United States Navy Captain. He served in World War II as a Navy fighter pilot and worked as a special agent for the FBI. He gained nota ...

’s affidavit pertaining to the 1967 USS ''Liberty'' incident. As the State Department’s official historian, Susser spoke at the symposium.

A. Jay Cristol A. Jay Cristol (born September 25, 1929) is a judge, poet, author, pilot, and a lecturer of naval warfare. He served as a Special Assistant Attorney General of Florida from 1959 to 1965 and as a trustee in bankruptcy from 1977 to 1985. He was appo ...

(who had just released his first book excusing the ''Liberty'' attack),

Michael B. Oren Michael Bornstein Oren (Hebrew: מיכאל אורן; born Michael Scott Bornstein; May 20, 1955) is an American-born Israeli historian, author, politician, former ambassador to the United States (2009–2013), former member of the Knesset for ...

(a Middle Eastern historian and Israeli politician), and James Bamford (an author and ''Liberty'' advocate) also spoke. When several ''Liberty'' survivors, including former Petty Officer First Class Joseph C. Lentini and former Petty Officer Phillip F. Tourney, attempted to speak after the floor had been opened to questions, the State Department shut down the symposium. https://www.wrmea.org/2004-march/those-not-invited-to-speak-steal-the-show-at-state-department-liberty-discussion.html

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