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Originally Posted by Platapus
That is a question I have been pondering for years.
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He should've been tried for treason but, for what it's worth and
it ain't worth much, I think it was all politics. If I remember correctly, I think his appointment to the House Military Affairs Committee (he
may have even chaired the committee) was by direct appointment from Roosevelt and with an election year approaching, the prospects of a scandal in his administration was believed to be more detrimental to the war effort and upcoming election than the actual leak itself.
At least, that's my feeble memory's take on it.
