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ROOSEVELT LIKELY WON’T BE CALLED TO TESTIFY ABOUT DECLASSIFIED PEARL HARBOR MEMO
November 30 2011
Washington, D.C. – Until the events of 9/11, no attack in American history held as much raw power, as much visceral disgust, as the attack on Pearl Harbor. That event, of course, changed the course of history for both the United States and the world, mostly in a positive way, but the brutality secretive nature of the attack still, after all these years, stings for a lot of people.
Over the last decade or so serious questions have arisen around that attack, principally whether or not the United States had advanced knowledge that it was going to happen, and whether or not they could have done something to prevent it. Similar stories have revolved around the 9/11 assault but in both cases, little hard data has appeared to indict either way, until now.
In a newly declassified memo, dated just three days before the attack, the FBI apparently detailed to President Roosevelt the likelihood that the Japanese were targeting the country, specifically Hawaii, and would likely launch a sneak attack. That memo, 20 pages in all, would seem to indicate that not only did the President have advanced knowledge but that he declined to act upon it, essentially allowing the Pearl Harbor attack and deliberately plunging the nation into the war.
“In anticipation of open conflict with this country, Japan is vigorously utilizing every available agency to secure military, naval and commercial information, paying particular attention to the West Coast, the Panama Canal and the Territory of Hawaii,” read the memo in part.
It’s not clear what Roosevelt did with the memo at the time, aside from not acting on the information.
It is believed unlikely that any charges will be brought against the former President, him being nearly seventy years dead.
More than 2400 Americans were killed in that sneak attack and it is not clear if any of the remaining family members will seek legal action against Roosevelt.
“Laying charges against a dead man is a very difficult process, much more so in the case of a former President. Laying charges that stick against living Presidents is tough enough but trying to get traction against a dead, and generally well-liked, President would be a huge challenge,” said Scrape TV Crime analyst Willard Weston. “I’m not even sure what charges could be laid. The documents don’t show that he was actually involved in the planning or that the knowledge he had was specific. There really isn’t a smoking gun.”
Many have speculated that Roosevelt ignored the warnings in order to facilitate a jump into the war, much like Bush did with 9/11.
“If knowledge of active compliance in the war was had, it appears that it might have been lost. I mean if Roosevelt, say, told Japanese forces where to attack or gave some kind of insider information there might be a case made, but just sitting on his hands, so to speak, is not really cause for criminal charges,” continued Weston. “I mean is Roosevelt had stood up, again so to speak, and actually done something to facilitate the attack charges would be valid, even after all these years. Enforcing a conviction would certainly be tough and mostly symbolic. Dead people tend to do fairly well in prison, so long as there is plenty of air freshener.”
Upon release of the memo, the FDR memorial in Washington was attacked by a group of anonymous assailants. It’s not clear what country they were from.
Mike Michaels, American Correspondent
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