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it was better to allow the attack to take place

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Still doesn't explain why the fleet wasn't at least put on alert, this would not have tipped the Japanese off.

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yes it does and yes it would I think...

I am not saying the CT on this is right or wrong - in fact I'm just pointing out that there exists a perfectly rational explanation as to why the attack was allowed to continue the way it did - with NO conspiracy theory needed at all.

PH was a Japanese sneak attack - it's not much of a sneak attack if the ships are on high alert at some odd time of the day and pick off the attack planes as they come in - they might well have thought .oO(they knew we were coming - our codes have been broken - lets change them) had the fleet not been totally surprised by the attack. AFAIK the powers in charge of the US military thought that the knowledge of future Japanese military movements was worth the cost of the fleet that was attacked there, and even warning them was too risky.