Sorry to see that Ann of all people buys into the above without knowing the impetus of what caused the Japanese internment. What it turned out to be,perhaps was a landgrab or whatever, however there was "just cause", that instigated it and the revisionists of history fail to mention it as it does not fit with their demeaning of the US.
Perhaps Ann should do a little research on an article from The Honolulu Star-Bulletin of thursday, April 23, 1998 regarding citizens of island of Niihau. Find out what transpired with three Japanese-Americans, their treason, the FBI and the courts. Their treason is all in the court records for anyone that cares to look. This was the impetus for the internment, not a landgrab or any other vile desire. We were at war, one of survival...
Good Point. In addition, Earl Warren was the Repulican Governor of california. He only became "liberal" after joining the SC. Put on you asbestos clothes... here come the flames.
I recommend "Magic : The Untold Story of U.S. Intelligence and the Evacuation of Japanese Residents from the West Coast during WW II," by David D. Lowman, which details the intelligence about Japanese and (alas!) Japanese-American plans for espionage and sabotage in the United States at the outset of WW II, and how that intelligence led to the internment order.
Of course, there were many Japanese-Americans who distinguished themselves---indeed gave their lives---in both the European and Pacific theaters for their country in WW II. Their language and cultural skills were particularly valuable in the Pacific theater, and the heroism of the J-A "Go For Broke" brigade fighting in Europe is legendary. Nonetheless, there was more than one disloyal "bad apple" among Japanese-Americans at the time, and we have to face that fact in our history if we're going to be honest. We can't allow pious Politically Correct revisionism to prevent us from dealing appropriately with individuals allied with our enemies because of ethnicity during time of war.