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New warnings about japanese aggression in the days before pearl harbor. the surprise attack killed 2400 americans, leaving more than a dozen ships damaged or sunk, 180 u.s. war planes destroyed. and of course, it plunged america head long into world wariminity: author craig shirley is highlighting a memo from naval intelligence sent to president roosevelt days before the attack. one part says in anticipation of possible open conflict with this country, with the u.s., japan is vigorously utilizing information, paying particular attention to the west coast, the panama canal, and the territory of...

I can interrupt, they looked at what you are saying, they investigated and said in order to collect, analyze, and share publicly available information about distinguished visitors is a lawful order. this would not be considered intelligence activity. >> that's two days later after captain scott's opinion that came to me and the order was, quote-unquote, clarified. and we took out the parts to actually report back on the impact and report, and to assess and analyze what to do forward. and we did carry that out. we carried that out for several weeks. but the thing that's really frustrating about...

>> yeah and also very dangerous. the ied is the most common killer and the state department has to move around. they have the world's largest embassy and can't hide. it's a violent posting and there will be robust intelligence activity. the problem is the nice awaking groups we set up to keep the sunis from shooting at us are wooed by al qaeda. they pay more. >> shepard: robert young pelton, you're the man. thank you. >> independent scientists contradict the statement that the oil has disappeared. they say it's not true. a congressman is trying to figure out what is the truth. he's looking for...

Believe that. they say they believe now based on intelligence activity, on all of their work, that a group of hitmen over there known as the aztecas who work for the jaurez drug cartel went out looking for drug rivals from the another cartel. they picked out -- two teams picked out targets based on the color of their car, shape of their car and got the wrong targets. so instead of killing the traffickers they were looking for, they killed in one case an american couple and in another case a mexican citizen married to a woman who worked at the consulate. and so it was not a targeted case, they ...

That's what i'm going to press for this week. reporter: the justice department is pushing back. they stated after careful evaluation and following consultation with the director of national intelligence, the federal bureau of investigation and the white house,ed the justice department determined it is not in a position to provide information responsive to your request regarding a specific individual. city woulding interfere with intelligence activity. the letter goes on to say the doj is willing to see if there are other ways it can accommodate the intelligence ony