Monday, December 14, 2009

News Alert: U.S. Is Said to Pick Illinois Prison to House Some Guantanamo Detainees

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Mon, December 14, 2009 -- 11:27 PM ET
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U.S. Is Said to Pick Illinois Prison to House Some Guantánamo Detainees

The Obama administration is expected to announce on Tuesday
that it has selected a prison in northwestern Illinois to
house terrorism suspects now being held at Guantánamo Bay,
Cuba, in a major step toward shutting down the military
detention facility.

An administration official said President Obama had directed
the federal government to proceed with acquiring the Thomson
Correctional Center, a maximum-security prison in a rural
village about 150 miles west of Chicago.

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