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A 'Gitmo North' to open in rural Illinois?
Top of the TicketMaybe this is a new form of torture -- forcing terrorist suspects to trade the idyllic weather of Cuba for the harsh realities of winter in the heartland. That's not the reason, of course, that the Obama administration is planning...... -
Obama administration plans to move Guantanamo Bay detainees to Illinois state prison
Comments BlogThe federal government will house up to 100 of the detainees currently being held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a nearly empty Illinois state prison. The Obama administration plans to announce today that the government...... -
Whereas at last Obama officially publishes said memo creating Gitmo North in Illinois of all places
Top of the TicketFull text of Democrat president's historic memo with accompanying commentary in same style.... -
There's a core of substance in Mark Kirk's `empty, simplistic' crime-fighting proposal
Change of SubjectFriday's print column It's an arresting idea, so to speak. Round up 18,000 members of the Gangster Disciples street gang and put them behind bars awaiting trial. On what charges? "Drug dealing," said U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., when he...... -
There's a core of substance in Kirk's `empty, simplistic' crime-fighting proposal
It's an arresting idea, so to speak. Round up 18,000 members of the Gangster Disciples street gang and put them behind bars awaiting trial. On what charges? "Drug dealing," said U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., when he first publicly advanced the notion...
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State panel vote paves way for sale of Thomson Correctional Center to federal government
Tribune reporterA panel of state lawmakers recommended closing a little-used prison in northwest Illinois on Wednesday, giving Gov. Pat Quinn political cover to sell the facility to the Obama administration to house terrorism suspects now held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....Tags: Dick Durbin, Justice System, Regional Authority, Local Elections, Defense
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Tiger let me down, too, and other reflections on the year that was
Change of SubjectMy worst prediction for 2010 was, and I quote, "A highly focused Tiger Woods will win at least seven PGA tournaments." As it happened, a highly erratic Tiger Woods won zero tournaments this year. I also predicted that former Bolingbrook...... -
No bids at Thomson prison auction
Clout StPosted by Monique Garcia at 11:17 a.m. The stateâs effort to sell the Thomson Correctional Center hit a snag today when no one showed up to bid on the prison located along the Illinois-Iowa border. The Federal Bureau of Prisons...... -
Illinois to take Gitmo detainees
Tribune NewspapersWASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has directed the federal government to buy the near-empty state prison in rural Thomson, Ill., to house federal inmates and up to 100 detainees from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials said...Tags: Dick Durbin, Justice System, Regional Authority, Guerrilla Activity, Prisoners and Detainees
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Gitmo in heartland?
Tribune reportersTHOMSON, Ill. -- President Barack Obama's idea of moving suspected terrorists from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to a northwest Illinois prison may face its biggest opposition hundreds of miles away in Washington. On Saturday, residents and leaders...Tags: Dick Durbin, Dining and Drinking, Guerrilla Activity, Prisoners and Detainees, Wars and Interventions
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Illinois the next Gitmo?
Tribune newspapersA near-empty prison in rural Illinois has emerged as "a leading option" to house suspected terrorists currently held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an Obama administration official said Friday. As they work to shutter the controversial detention center,...Tags: Justice System, Prisoners and Detainees, Wars and Interventions, Heads of State, State Budgets
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Illinois Prison Could Host Military Trials Of Detainees
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersIn addition to housing foreign detainees, an Illinois state prison could become a site for military trials of those charged with acts of terrorism, an administration official acknowleged Monday. As the Obama administration works to identify a detention...Tags: Prisoners and Detainees, Wars and Interventions, Defense, Heads of State, Local Government
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