I&#x27;ll delegate to Jon Stewart on this one:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dailykos.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;2013&#x2F;04&#x2F;18&#x2F;1202810&#x2F;-Jon-Stewart-covers-new-torture-report" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dailykos.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;2013&#x2F;04&#x2F;18&#x2F;1202810&#x2F;-Jon-Stewar...</a><p>[video clip] FORMER HOMELAND SECURITY UNDERSECRETARY ASA HUTCHINSON (4&#x2F;16&#x2F;2013): It&#x27;s important because we as a nation have to get this right.  I look back at history to the time during World War II, that we interned some Japanese-Americans.  At the time, it seemed like the right and proper thing to do.  But in the light of history, it was an error.<p>JON STEWART: I&#x27;m sorry, just excuse me for a second, I just need to check something real quick.  I just need to....  (takes out cell phone and dials a number)<p>----<p>GEORGE TAKEI: Hello, Jon.<p>JON STEWART: Hey!  Hey, is this George Takei?<p>GEORGE TAKEI: Hi, how are you?<p>JON STEWART: I&#x27;m very well, sir.  How are you?<p>GEORGE TAKEI: Just great.<p>(audience cheering)<p>JON STEWART: It&#x27;s Jon Stewart.  I have a quick question for you.  When you were four years old, and your family were taken from your home and placed in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans — at the time, did that seem like the right and proper thing to do?<p>GEORGE TAKEI: No!  It did not.<p>(audience laughter)<p>JON STEWART: OK, thanks a lot, George.<p>GEORGE TAKEI: Anytime, Jon.<p>JON STEWART: All right, bye-bye.<p>----<p>(audience cheering and applause)<p>JON STEWART: Yeah, that&#x27;s what I thought!  See, the thing about a moral compass is, if you take it out and check it from time to time, you don&#x27;t have to wait for history to tell you you&#x27;re facing the wrong direction.