I voted "knew...but did nothing". I'm not sure it was planned...but I think it was allowed to happen. It was an event needed to galvanize support for the agenda at hand.
From what my grandfather told me...Pearl Harbor was suspected to be the same type of event. He always said it was rumored that the Gov't. knew the Japanese were going to attack...but let it happen so the 'people' would rally around the US' involvement in WWII. He would know...he was in the Navy in WWII & Korea.
From what my grandfather told me...Pearl Harbor was suspected to be the same type of event. He always said it was rumored that the Gov't. knew the Japanese were going to attack...but let it happen so the 'people' would rally around the US' involvement in WWII. He would know...he was in the Navy in WWII & Korea.