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• “Gitmo North” coming to a town near you?

  
  Blogging Blue — Authority: 480
  Politico.com is reporting President Obama may have enough votes from Congressional Democrats to move forward with his plan to move prisoners from the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to a facility in rural Illinois , but though the plan hasn’t even been implemented, conservatives are predictably gnashing ...
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• Welcome to Illinois, Gitmo Terrorists

  
  Pajamas Media — Authority: 816
  We will try to make your stay here as pleasant and comfortable as possible.
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• Editorial: Fired for Speaking Out

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 902
  A retired Air Force colonel who wrote about how detainees should be tried was unjustly fired by the Congressional Research Service.
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• Braley: Moving Guantanamo detainees to Illinois makes economic sense

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 624
  The proposed move of Guantanamo Bay detainees to Illinois is something U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley says he can and will fully support. “Our primary concern has always been ensuring the safety and security of Iowa’s families,” Braley said Wednesday during a conference call with reporters. “That’s why, rather ...
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• White House Peddles Misinformation on Gitmo

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  Here’s a nice catch by Dafna Linzer at ProPublica. At yesterday’s press conference, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs made two statements about the Obama administration’s connection to the more than 200 Guantanamo detainees left at the prison camp. First, Gibbs told reporters that more transfers of ...
  22 hours ago

• Will Prisoners’ Move to Thompson Expand Their Legal Rights?

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  Among the objections from Congressional Republicans to transferring Guantanamo detainees from Cuba to Illinois is the fear that the prisoners will suddenly have many more rights by virtue of being on U.S. soil. But is that true? Actually, it’s not clear, Scott Silliman, a professor at Duke University Law School ...
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• Introducing TWI’s Gitmo Habeas Scoreboard

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 747
  Since the Supreme Court ruled last year that detainees at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo have the right to habeas corpus — that is, the right to challenge their detention in court — hundreds of detainees have taken advantage, filing petitions in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. Today, The ...
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• Boehner: Americans Are Scared To Death Of Health Reform

  
  TPM LiveWire — Authority: 793
  On Fox News this morning, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) predicted that a health care bill would not pass anytime soon. Boehner cited the apprehension of lawmakers from both parties. But the main obstacle to reform, the House Minority Leader claimed, is a U.S. public that has "soundly rejected" the efforts. ...
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• Obama Brings the Gitmolympics Home

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  President Obamas hometown cronies lost their bid to bring the 2016 Olympic Games to the Windy City. But this week they got a consolation prize: the Gitmolympics. On Tuesday, the White House went public with its official plans to purchase the Thomson Correctional Facility from financially strapped Illinois to house ...
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• How Will Importing Dangerous Terrorists Make America Safer?

  
  AMERICA'S BEST CHOICE — Authority: 419
  by Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) Today the Obama Administration is announcing it plans to import the terrorists held at the Guantanamo Bay prison – some of the most dangerous terrorists in the world – to the Thomson Correctional Center located outside Chicago, Illinois. This decision puts the interests of liberal ...
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• Will This Prison Become ‘Gitmo North’?

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 729
  The Obama administration may have hit upon a potential answer, if not a solution, to the still-pressing problem of what to do with Guantanamo Bay detainees once the Cuban prison is shuttered. According to The Washington Post, the government has picked the Thomson Correctional Center in Illinois as a destination for ...
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• NYT > World: Obama Tells Prison to Take Detainees

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 173
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . President Obama ordered the federal government to acquire a prison in northwestern Illinois to house some terrorism suspects held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
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• Illinois prison selected for Guantanamo detainees

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Dec 16 (DPA) The US government plans to send an unspecified number of Guantanamo detainees to a prison in Illinois as part of the plan to shutter the controversial facility for holding terrorist suspects, the White House said Tuesday.President Barack Obama has ordered the federal government to buy a state ...
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• Some Gitmo detainees will end up in Illinois

  
  Eideard — Authority: 149
  Gitmo prisoners to transfer to Thomson Pen in Illinois.
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• Gov Quinn/Sen Durbin praise decision re: Thomson

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 151
  December 15, 2009Presidential memo re: ThomsonLetter from defense team to Gov QuinnNote that the alleged 3000 jobs created are not all going to be local hires and a large percentage will be going to the military for security purposes.Couldn’t find a comment from Rep Kirk as yet. Also noteworthy, Sen Roland Burris ...
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• Letter from defense team to Gov Quinn re: Thomson

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 151
  December 15, 2009Presidential memo re: ThomsonJoint statement from Gov Quinn/Sen DurbinLetter to Gov Pat Quinn from the Secy of State, Secy of Defense, Secy of Homeland Security, Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General concerning the acquisition of Thomson Correctional Center to house federal ...
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• POTUS Memo re: Thomson Correctional Center

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 151
  December 15, 2009Letter from defense team to Gov QuinnJoint statement from Gov Quinn/Sen DurbinPOTUS MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSETHE ATTORNEY GENERALSUBJECT: Directing Certain Actions with Respect to Acquisition and Use of Thomson Correctional Center to Facilitate Closure of Detention Facilities at ...
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• Some Guantanamo detainees to be moved to Illinois

  
  CNN Political Ticker — Authority: 820
  Obama National Security Adviser James Jones and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn spoke with reporters Tuesday about the administrations decision to move some detainees to Illinois. Washington (CNN) - Some terrorism suspects held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be moved to an Illinois prison that the federal government ...
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• Changing GITMO’s Address, Doesn’t Change Terrorists Motives

  
  Big Government — Authority: 820
  The same people who have brought you 10 percent unemployment, government run health care and a national energy tax are now attempting to bequeath you with another unwanted holiday gift.  This time, however, the stakes are even higher as they want to bring terrorists to US soil. The White House has just announced ...
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• White House Says Comments from GOP Leader Boehner Are Crazy

  
  Political Punch — Authority: 764
  From Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller:Asked about fears some Americans might have about Gitmo detainees being transferred to a prison in Thomson, Illinois, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs today singled out House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, suggesting the tanned Ohioan’s comments were less than ...
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