New Pearl Harbor theory centers on Kimmel blame shift
A new book argues Admiral Husband E. Kimmel was an unwitting scapegoat for Pearl Harbor failures. Based on declassified files and Navy officer Layton’s recollections, it paints deep interservice feuding and missed intelligence as core causes, not simple warnings or deliberate concealment.
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Waite to Return to Beirut on Friday in Effort to Free Hostages
A Church of England spokeswoman says Terry Waite will return to Lebanon on Friday to press for the release of Americans held by Islamic Jihad. Waite will also try to contact other hostage captors as he resumes his mission for Archbishop Robert Runcie and the United States detainees in Beirut. He previously left Britain on a secret mission and plans to travel again soon.
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