Thanks.
I was satisfied before that our conspiracy theory folks were stretching too little data over too large a subject.
There’s just no “smoking gun” to prove their case.
This particular TV show was called, if i remember, “Secrets of WWII” and focused on contributions from Bletchley Park code breakers.
Likely they stretched the facts a bit.
And I suppose if you compared it to other shows like “Ancient Aliens” it’s no more exaggerated than those...
;-)
Well, what bugs me (and I’m sure it bugs Jacobsen) is that no one has ever discussed this stuff with him, and he has a dozen articles on it. Also, even though it’s old, the book “Pearl Harbor: Final Verdict” by Clausen and Lee revealed stuff NO ONE has ever addressed. Clausen had clearance for MAGIC-—something none of the congressional inquiries had, or, at least, could reveal. So witnesses were constantly lying or changing stories because they couldn’t reveal MAGIC. Clausen found, among other things, that Gen. Short reversed the “alert” codes at Pearl in July of 41 and never told Marshall or the War Dept. “1=high” and “3-low” became JUST THE OPPOSITE. So when Washington asked if Pearl was on level 1 alert, Short told them yes . . . meaning to him, the lowest level. But Washington thought it was on the highest level!
That said, it is clear people in the know thought that Japan was preparing attacks somewhere, they just didn't know where or when. Had I been in a high position I would have guessed the Philippines and/or Guam. Still, Pearl had an official war warning from Washington, they could have been better prepared.