Ms. Holtzman although not mentioned in the following Wikipedia article, is
responsible for among other things, "The Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act".
Ms. Holtzman introduced the act when she was provided a leak from a high
immigration official outlining that the United States after WWII was engaged
in attracting and employing "Nazi scientists" after the war.
The justification for employing "war criminals" was based on the belief that
the Soviet Union were doing the same and it would be better to have these
scientists on our side rather than the Russians' side.
Ms. Holtzman obviously felt that such state secrets were the right of the
public knowledge despite the fact the country was engaged in a cold war. The
act was passed and years afterward, Ms. Holtzman now serves on the "Nazi War
Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group"
which was born out of the legislation she originally introduced.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_War_Crimes_and_Japanese_Imperial_Government_Re...
I find it interesting the act is limited to Nazis and Japanese war
criminals. This suggests these are the only two nations able to produce war
criminals. In other words, why wasn't the act generalized to that of war
criminals rather than Nazi and Japanese war criminals?