Federal government aquiring Illinois prison for 100 Guantanamo detainees

In its efforts to close Guantanamo, the federal government is aquring a portion of the Thompson Correctional Center, a supermax prison in northwestern Illinois, to house 100 detainees. The Obama Administration promised Illinois Governor Quinn the detainees will have no interaction with other inmates. Minority congressional Republican leader John Boehner claims that two pieces of…

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