you've heard testimony here from congressman elison and others about what is happening to muslim amecanscrosthe boannythre fiedh spic nion ey aiawi h. iteahaat be amior surveillance and investigation. i worry, as an amateur student hry you inh yusid omatpe ape icinorarii where 120,000 were rounded up with no suspion of any dangero the united ss and thr prty keomemeed coedauhepp topafanniro whhastated edtehejase ld, ckhete ates. therefore, ty were branded as possibly being a danger in t second world war because of some cotiheghveh olalrlil gr w dueh inn oua t in neinterment camps were justifiable? >> no, i don't. and when i say that in some limited circumstances some nsatofivls organizations, geography and religion can be justified in the r onro at ng thhaanat coern r circumstances of ethnic profiling and religious priling is okay. alm ngth a unin sha c nebed. d gyoam i teon for instance, you know, suppose that on 9/11he f hadotte li ima tan indun of gredpl, of grounded jets, jetliners had a backup plaand that he was going to frine fi w osto yser bhe aar inn lemaha foe rdreor a descriptor. >> no

you've heard testimony here from congressman elison and others about what is happening to muslim americans across the board and many of them are not affiliated with any specific organization. they are affiliated with a faith. and it appears that that has become a premise for surveillance and investigation. i worry, as an amateur student of history how you could distinguish what you just said from what happened to japanese americans in world war ii, where 120,000 were rounded up with no suspicion of any danger to the united states and their property taken from them, detained and confined because they happened to be part of an ethnic group which had just attacked the united states, the japanese, i should say, attacked the united states. therefore, they were branded as possibly being a danger in the second world war because of some connection they might have with a geopolitical or political group. how would you make that distinction or do you happen to think japanese interment camps were justifiable? >> no, i don't. and when i say that in some limited circumstances some consideration of indiv