Additionally, President Roosevelt gave the Secretary of War and subordinate commanders the authority to designate any area as a military zone and detain or transfer virtually anyone they wanted (Executive Order No. . 9066, 1942). Additionally, it is important to note that President Roosevelt gave the Secretary of War permission to use other federal agencies at his discretion in implementation of Executive Order 9066 (Executive Order No. 9066, 1942). In essence, Executive Order 9066 details the purpose, mission, and scope of the internment and relocation of any citizens deemed a threat to national security. I believe this was a knee-jerk reaction to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Furthermore, the Roberts Commission, a government committee convened to investigate the Pearl Harbor attack, publicly stated that Japanese Americans were implicated in acts of sabotage and espionage (Fox, p. 412). In light of the Roberts Report, the American public pressured state and federal legislatures to act, and the internment met with little opposition (Fox, p. 412). President Roosevelt had the support of the people, Congress, and the military to issue his executive order (Fox, p.