by Werner » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:41 pm
There is an interesting article in this month's US Naval Institute Proceedings which yielded surprises about Midway.
To summarize, The Chicago Tribune broke the intelligence and code breaking aspects of the battle by 7 June, and elaborated several times. As a consequence it appears the Japanese changed their code books again. Secretary Frank Knox appointed a secret investigation and asked Attorney General Biddle to charge the Tribune with espionage and treason, but the Department of Justice demurred, fearing even more secrets would escape during a trial.
If the Japanese hadn't changed their code books by August, their might be several cruisers and a carrier called Hornet that didn't get sunk in the following month.
Funny more like this doesn't happen today. There are plenty more traitors about in the US press and media.
There is an interesting article in this month's US Naval Institute [i]Proceedings[/i] which yielded surprises about Midway.
To summarize, The Chicago [i]Tribune[/i] broke the intelligence and code breaking aspects of the battle by 7 June, and elaborated several times. As a consequence it appears the Japanese changed their code books again. Secretary Frank Knox appointed a secret investigation and asked Attorney General Biddle to charge the [i]Tribune[/i] with espionage and treason, but the Department of Justice demurred, fearing even more secrets would escape during a trial.
If the Japanese hadn't changed their code books by August, their might be several cruisers and a carrier called [i]Hornet[/i] that didn't get sunk in the following month.
Funny more like this doesn't happen today. There are plenty more traitors about in the US press and media.