[jamaksin]

All very good points made.

Could you please separate (a) possible FDR foreknowledge of the Pearl Harbor and probable/likely denial of that information from Kimmel/Short, and (b) FDR's rationale for US entry into WWII? [End depression, help UK, ..., etc.]

Thank you.

[Young Werther]

The Navy decrypts were brought to the White House and very few of the inner circle advisors had actual access to the messages. Harry Hopkins, who was the closest advisor was removed from the distribution list since he was not "securing" the information so he was taken off the distribution list. Might this have contributed?

The tactic of warning Kimmel without the detailed "background" of the intelligence is what left the commander on the scene(Kimmel) without the latitude to command creatively.