| I Hope the Next Administration Hangs These Guys My first cousin by marriage was born in the Manzinar detention center. His family was a loyal Japanese-American family which was detained there simply because the Western Military Commander for California had decided that these individuals posed a threat. The Government clammed up and claimed national secrecy for the justification of the internment program. That was the 1940s and Pearl Harbor had just been bombed. Pearl Harbor was my parents "9-11."
Fast forward to the 1980s when the stuff got disclassified and we discovered that they didn't have anything. They violated civil rights, detained innocent people, and were operating with no facts tying these individuals to the Empire of Japan other than their race.
There were a number of court decisions slamming the war time precedent, the players that were still alive duly apologized, but apparently no lesson was learned.
In routine criminal prosecutions, I'm hearing the prosecutors claim national security and it is like no one will review the claims.
Someone once said that each generation has to relearn the mistakes of the past. This seems to be a classic example. My concern is that if the abuses of this administration are not addressed soon, then the folks like ATT, etc. will take the message that it is better to illegally cooperate now and send an apology note (sans check) 50 years from now. |
