To: Plan of InvestigationThe Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 led President Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 9066. The order called for the wartime transfer of Japanese Americans to internment camps without trial. With what justification can it be argued that the general public opinion in favor of the evacuation and internment camps of Japanese Americans was due exclusively to the United States government? The role of the US government will be defined as: reporting of hidden evidence, use of the media, and decisions made by the justice system. The investigation of these elements, as well as public opinion data hidden before and after the attack, will determine whether the ignorance and favorable opinions of the Japanese were influenced solely by the government. B: Summary of the Evidence On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy led an attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. That same day U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to arrest any suspected enemy aliens, and by the end of the day 737 Japanese civilians were arrested without trial. On December 8, the United States declared war on Japan and became involved in World War II. After the attack a great fear of further attacks by the Japanese overwhelmed the citizens of the United States. Executive Order 9066 was issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. This gave authority to the Secretary of War, Lieutenant General DeWitt, and military commanders to evacuate any persons from designated areas for "protection against sabotage and espionage". those who outwardly opposed the evacuation were almost non-existent, and those who opposed...... middle of paper......nt Cases. Wesleyan University Press, 1989. Kashima, Tetsuden, Personal Justice Denied: Report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Civilian Internment. University of Washington Press, 1977. McClain, Charles, The Mass Internment of Japanese Americans and the Search for Legal Redress. New York: Garland Publishing, 1994. Robinson, Greg, By Order of the President: FDR and the Internment of Japanese Americans. Harvard University Press, 2001. The Journal of Historical Review: The Japanese Camps in California. Volume 2, no. 1, Spring 1981. United States National Archives, Executive Order 9066. Washington DC, February 19, 1942. Weber, Mark, The Japanese Camps in California. “The Journal for Historical Review”, 2, n. 1, 1981. http://www.ihr.org.Weglyn, Michi, Years of Infamy: The Untold Story of America's Concentration Camps. New York, 1976.