"And it turned out that the Roberts Commission did not fully utilize the information available and that it came to conclusions which were I think quite short sighted and, indeed, in some cases, scapegoated individuals"

This quote by Richard Ben-Veniste is describing the Roberts Commission, which was a commission created by President Roosevelt in 1941 to examine the attack on Pearl Harbor. Ben-Veniste is suggesting that the Commission did not use all the readily available details and came to conclusions that were not well considered. He thinks that some people were unfairly blamed for the attack, which could be seen as scapegoating. This recommends that the Commission was not thorough in its examination which it was too quick to blame particular individuals without considering all the realities. Ben-Veniste's quote indicates that the Commission's conclusions were not based on a complete understanding of the scenario and that some people were unjustly blamed for the attack.