17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
By not taking adequate steps to inform itself of the Japaneese intentions the US suffered the loss of a substantial part of the US fleet at Pearl Harbour.
I've read that FDR had a humint source warning of a Japanese strike on Pearl Harbor. I also recall reading that J Edgar Hoover received a report of a diplomatic conversation detailing the planned attack, but sat on it. The first was in a monograph which was putting forth the proposition that FDR ardently desired to become involved in the war. By the way, FDR was the man who made wage income, subject to federal taxation for the first time. I don't remember where I read the second. To me, both stories are plausible.