From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!hou5f!hou5b!hou5c!hou5e!hou5a!hou5d!houxz!hocda!spanky!ka Newsgroups: net.politics Title: Japanese Internment Camps Article-I.D.: spanky.223 Posted: Sun Feb 27 14:53:30 1983 Received: Mon Feb 28 01:10:56 1983 The New York Times decided that the report to congress on the imprisonment of Japanese during WW2 rated a front page story. I read the article, and as nearly as I could tell the commission had nothing new to say about the subject. This left me wondering why this was such important news. So my question is: For all of you who studied WW2 in history classes, how was the internment of the Jpanese dealt with? Was it described as a major violation of civil liberties? Or was it portrayed as a "military necessity?" Or was all mention of it simply suppressed? As usual, responses mailed to me will be summarized to the net. Kenneth Almquist