Same principle when they were tracking communism after WW2. "Could be
your neighbor or it could be little Jimmy's school teacher"...remember these
news caps from the 50's? Or how about your favorite movie star? Hollywood
demons.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were a prime example of the suspicions of that
era although not the only ones by far.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg
"As a rule, this means that the place they left for offered them more
than their home country, and that they no longer felt allegiance to their
home country"
"As a rule"....but not always. I'm sure there was a certain amount of
paranoia following the attack on Pearl Harbour. The U.S. had just lost a
great deal of their western front defences leaving the entire coast pretty
much open to attack, at least I'm sure that was most or all of the reason
for interment of the Japanese. They didn't single out Polish, Irish,
Italians or any other group, just the Japanese.

"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
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"HenryJ" wrote in message
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"The people in internment camps that seek compensation were Americans",
... but who knew at the time which ones could be collaborating with
Japan? Pearl Harbour was just bombed, the Seventh Fleet almost totally
crippled. Would you have stood idly by and asked them to excuse you for
harbouring thoughts of revenge? Maybe in your case!
They received $1.6 billion from the taxpayers for being a possible
security risk. Read and avail yourself of a smidgeon of knowlege before
you make such uneducated, ignorant statements.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes...can_internment

"possible security risks"....

Now there's a loaded assessment if ever I saw one. Absolutely anyone can
be a "possible security risk". The Japanese that were here before and
during WWII were Americans. They had chosen to leave their native country.
As a rule, this means that the place they left for offered them more than
their home country, and that they no longer felt allegiance to their home
country.

You can't just arrest and imprison someone because they "are a possible
risk". If you could, then you, me, or anyone could be arrested and
imprisoned without cause or charge at any time. Mind you, with the
Patriot Acts I and II, even this is now possible... all that has to happen
is for someone to point a finger at you along with a weak accusation.
Indeed, a very dangerous precedent.