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Tango0107 Mar 2015 11:37 p.m. PST

"German spies during World War II hoped the operation would be the perfect mission—an intelligence and sabotage coup that would terrify Americans while destroying essential wartime industry.

Instead, Operation Pastorius turned into a fiasco with betrayals, astounding incompetence and blown covers from the very beginning.

But the incident created an American legal legacy that endures to this day. Two presidential administrations have justified the trial of enemy combatants during the war on terrorism based on a Supreme Court decision upholding military trials of the Nazi spies, instead of prosecuting them in civilian courts…"
Full article here
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Armand

genew4909 Mar 2015 6:14 a.m. PST

Hollywood was on to this in 1941:

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All Through the Night was actually a very good movie. The scene below may be of interest to film and TV buffs. It features well known character actors Frank McHugh and William Demarest as well as future TV comedy stars Phil Silvers and Jackie Gleason.

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Tango0109 Mar 2015 11:02 a.m. PST

Yes, I enjoyed that film!

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