There was actionable intelligence against Japanese Agents living on the west coast. Unfortunately most of that intelligence came from the the decrypted Japanese diplomatic traffic. Picking up the individual agents would have led to suspicion about the security of the diplomatic code.
As with many cases in WWII, code breaking led to a difficult choice. In this case someone thought that Internment seemed like an elegant solution to the problem. Was it fair? Certainly not. Was it necessary? In hindsight probably not. But like so many decisions made during a war, I am glad it was not mine to make.
Last edited by kato13; 10-10-2008 at 09:13 AM.
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