About this episode

The episode discusses a significant report about a U.S. government decision that was ordered to be burned, highlighting the warnings of a young Naval intelligence officer.

The bombshell discovery of a report that U.S. government officials had ordered burned has the potential to expose the truth about one of the most radical policy decisions in all of American history. A policy that one young Naval intelligence officer desperately tried to warn his superiors was unwarranted and unnecessary.

People in this episode

Host: Rachel Maddow

Topics covered

• government policy
• U.S. history
• intelligence
• military
• government transparency

Keywords

• U.S. government
• policy decision
• Naval intelligence
• report
• burned documents

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. government

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