- 19 Feb 2007 02:19
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This thread follows from another I started.
I've been doing some reading on the origins of the CIA and what frequently comes up in the minutes from intelligence professionals and advocates (former OSS men, Bureaucrats in the War, State and Navy Department, Cabinet members) is the belief that Pearl Harbour could have been prevented had intelligence been centralized prior to 1941.
Do you think there is any validity to this belief? Could have Pearl Harbour been prevented or mitigated had a Central Intelligence Agency been able to pool information and various forms of intelligence?
I've been doing some reading on the origins of the CIA and what frequently comes up in the minutes from intelligence professionals and advocates (former OSS men, Bureaucrats in the War, State and Navy Department, Cabinet members) is the belief that Pearl Harbour could have been prevented had intelligence been centralized prior to 1941.
Do you think there is any validity to this belief? Could have Pearl Harbour been prevented or mitigated had a Central Intelligence Agency been able to pool information and various forms of intelligence?
Last edited by Thoss on 19 Feb 2007 08:10, edited 1 time in total.