NSA Tries To Rewrite Pearl Harbor History With Traditional Media's Help

The Bush Administration has been busy from almost day one when it comes to rewriting history to suit their needs. With nearly everyone being kicked out next month, the White House has been on overdrive, working scurrilously to do as much damage as they possibly can. This applies to the NSA as well and their "historians" used the 67th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor to make the U.S. seem more innocent than it was in the history books. And of course, mainstream outlets like the NY Times and UPI are more than happy to go along with it.

From UPI:

NEW YORK, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Historians say they have concluded the United States had no advance notice Japan intended to attack Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941, settling a long-debated issue.

The New York Times (NYSE:NYT) reported on its Web site Saturday that historians for the National Security Agency concluded in a history released last week that decoded messages buried in Japanese-language weather reports, meant to alert Japanese diplomats to destroy codes, did not reach U.S. officials prior to the attack.

Under Japan's "winds execute" plan, "East wind rain" meant the United States, "north wind cloudy" was Soviet Union and "west wind clear" was Britain in the event diplomatic relations had reached a flash point.

The history's authors, Robert J. Hanyok and the late David Mowry, concluded that the weight of the evidence "indicates that one coded phrase, 'west wind clear,' was broadcast according to previous instructions some six or seven hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor."

Almost as soon as it was reposted on UPI, the comments came streaming in on the site, wondering how the author could just post what the NSA says without a grain (or a ton) of salt. The government has lied to us plenty of times before to make history look better for our own country than it actually was. As a result, our textbooks in grade schools deny many truths about our past and use rose colored glasses instead of just the straight truth.

While the historians at the NSA may have been able to twist the story about that particular radio message, the burden of proof out there is that we did have advanced warning of the attack and did nothing about it. Not too many people know about that unless they actively investigate it and seek the truth out there. Unfortunately, as the old adage of history repeating itself (technically it is more of an imitation) the government did the same exact thing in August of 2001. Perhaps UPI and the NY Times should consult multiple sources before acting simply as a government mouthpiece of revisionist history.