He also ruined more than a few people's careers to keep his secrets. He blamed the officers in Hawaii for failing to stop the attack on Pearl Harbor, after he made sure they had conflicting information - they were told to prepare for sabotage - attack from the air requires a completely different strategy.

A number of people detected and reported the movement of the Japanese fleet in the Pacific. It didn't go too well for them either. The Japanese did Not maintain strict radio silence during the entire course, and some fairly sharp radio operators were able to track their movements and figure out something big was coming. The feds were waiting for anyone who reported something and they had all their radio logs confiscated when they ported on the west coast.