Setting the Record Straight—Maligned Pearl Harbor Intelligence Lessons Put U.S. Service Personnel in Jeopardy and Set Conditions for Defeat

By Dr Jeff M Moore, PhD

For the American Intelligence Journal

In 2001, two US intelligence officials falsely blamed Pearl Harbor’s intelligence failure on the “groupthink” of “white Christian males” in War on the Rocks.
While advocating for diversity in intelligence is vital, their narrative is factually incorrect and, in our opinion, lacks national security professionalism.
Major defense outlets, including War on the Rocks, refused to publish a fact-based rebuttal of this false claim.
The venerable American Intelligence Journal stepped up to protect the truth and defend America’s intelligence history – it published the piece.
Accurate lessons from Pearl Harbor are crucial for safeguarding US national security today.
False lessons learned help our adversaries.
This article (click on the link below) corrects these false lessons learned with the truth: