From: John Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
onBTW, there were 9 separate investigations into the Pearl Harbor attack, the first, conducted by Navy Secretary Frank Knox, began on the 9th and endedthe 14th. The second, The Roberts Commission began on Dec 18th,1941and concluded on Jan 23, 1942.
Was the argument that such an investigation shouldn't happen during war time or were somehow hampering the war effort or were actually aiding and abetting the enemy made at the time?
- jmh
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AFAIK, no. However, there was no Congressional investigation into the Pearl Harbor attack until November 1945, so there may have been such an argument made privately. A week after the attack, President Roosevelt decided that he would appoint a Presidential commission made up of some Army and Navy officers headed by a distinguished civilian to determine who was responsible for the losses at Pearl Harbor. Some days later, the government announced that US Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts would chair the commission and the chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee stated that there would be no need for a Congressional inquiry because at that time. The Roberts Commission was limited to answering only the question of localized and immediate military responsibility. They were not to examine either Presidential or State Department policy.
john
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