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GOP Moves To Block Gitmo Detainees From Coming To Illinois Prison
Nov 16th, 2009 - The Huffington Post
A plan to transfer prisoners currently held at Guantanamo Bay to a nearly deserted Illinois jail is sharply dividing the state's politicians, with Democrats largely supporting the plan and Republicans hell-bent on blocking it.Guantanamo detainee move not security risk: officials
Nov 16th, 2009 - Reuters
THOMSON, Illinois (Reuters) - Moving detainees from Guantanamo Bay to a largely unused prison in this hamlet would create much-needed jobs, said officials who toured the rural prison on Monday...Illinois leaders split on taking Guantánamo detainees at state prison
Nov 16th, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
Chicago - As it maneuvers to close the Guantánamo Bay terrorism camp and move detainees to the US, the Obama administration is eyeing an underused state prison in tiny Thomson...
Officials to inspect US jail for Gitmo inmates
Nov 16th, 2009 - MSNBC
THOMSON, Illinois - Federal officials were due in rural northwest Illinois on Monday to inspect a prison that could be bought by the federal government and used to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.Political debate focuses on Thomson prison
Nov 16th, 2009 - ChicagoTribune
The once-far-away national discussion about bringing Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States landed squarely into Illinois' political debate Sunday, with Democrats...



