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Federal Official Says Japanese Internment Was A Mistake

By KSEE News
May 25, 2011 Updated May 25, 2011 at 7:34 PM PDT

More than 69 years later, the acting Solicitor General admitted the internment of 110,000 Japanese-Americans was a mistake. Neal Katyal says a once-hidden government report stating the Japanese were not threats was not disclosed to the high court. Jobin Panicker talked with an internment survivor.

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