[DUMBGRUNT]

In the end, no one was indicted. The testimony was sealed, and remained so until December.

The Justice Department had argued against unsealing it, saying that such testimony should always remain sealed to protect witnesses and the innocent.

[Da Coyote]

The media always has been slime.

It’s outed slime now, thanks to Drudge and the net.

Your time is coming, MSM.

It will not be a pleasant time.

For you.

[colorado tanker]

The story was notorious at the time. I don't recall reading anything other than speculation as to who the leaker was. Interesting the story has finally come out.

The story of the Japanese WWII codes is a cautionary tale about reasoning from a conclusion. There were several other spectacular successes from codebreaking, such as shooting down Yamamoto. But in every case the Japanese concluded since their code was unbreakable it couldn't have been codebreaking. So, they blamed their disasters on spies, bad luck, anything other than American intelligence reading their radio traffic.

[vetvetdoug]

Sherman was correct on two statements. One, war is hell and two, the press is full of liars and scoundrels.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bkmrk.

[clee1]

During WW2, if you had a big mouth, you were locked in a mental institution for the duration of the war.

[RitaOK]

Great post, DG!

[Slyfox]

Espionage Act

That is something that deserves a good dusting off.

[higgmeister]

I've been hearing about this story for years, at least twenty.

Japanese communications kept referring to a location code-named "AF." The Navy guessed it was Midway, but it had to be sure. To find out, Navy Com. Joseph J. Rochefort, a code breaker, suggested a ruse. Midway was instructed to issue an emergency call in plain English saying that its water distillation plant had broken down. The report was duly picked up by enemy eavesdroppers, who radioed superiors that "AF" was running short of water, according to Costello.

Converted for the Web from: Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II - Originally published: 2000 Stephen Budiansky

[Oatka]

I read of U.S. bomber pilots in 1940 Philippines reading a TIME magazine article that showed all the blind spots (arcs of fire) on the “new” B-17 bomber. They said that since their copy reached the Philippines, the Japanese sure as Hell had one also.

That’s similar to a news item bragging that the Japs couldn’t sink our subs because they set their depth charges too shallow. The Japanese evidently read the article and reset the depth - and we started losing boats. I understand that’s where the moniker “Silent Service” (STFU) came from.