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Star: FACTBOX – Facts about Guantanamo prison detainees
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REUTERS The Obama administration said on Tuesday it will move some Guantanamo Bay detainees to an Illinois prison as part of its plan to shut down the detention center on the U.S. naval base in Cuba. Here are some facts about the detention center and the fate of those held there. * The Guantanamo detention camp was set up in January 2002 to hold foreigners captured after U.S.-led forces invaded Afghanistan to root out al Qaeda and ...
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Obama brings world's worst terrorists to U.S. for the jobs! michaelsavage.com Link to the story U.S. to house Guantanamo detainees in Illinois, officials say The federal government will buy the nearly empty Thomson Correctional Center, where it hopes to put up to 100 detainees. By Christi Parsons December 15, 2009 Reporting from Washington ...
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The US will find a way to cope securely with dangerous detainees at Guantanamo Bay, President Barack Obama has said. He described Guantanamo as a misguided experiment , but conceded some of those held still posed a threat to the US. Some could be jailed in mainland US prisons, Mr Obama suggested, under a new legal framework for detainees that would see the camp close by early 2010. Congress has rejected Mr Obama's move to fund the ...
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http://rawstory.com/2009/12/supreme-court-torture-suit/ SCOTUS ruling means torture could return: civil rights group By Daniel Tencer Monday, December 14th, 2009 -- 1:23 pm The United States Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal by four former Guantanamo inmates who want to sue the US government for torture they say they endured during their stay at the prison camp, a move the inmates' lawyers say could pave the way for ...
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Some detainees from the Guantanamo Bay prison will be transferred to a prison in Illinois, President Obama will announce today, a senior administration official told CNN.
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Obama administration to buy Illinois prison for Guantanamo detainees
4 hours ago ago from Washington Post - U.S.
CHICAGO -- President Obama, determined to change U.S. detention policy and shut the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, pointed Tuesday to a small town in Illinois as a big part of the answer. This Story A state prison in rural Thomson will be purchased and refitted to house dozens of terrorism suspects now held at Guantanamo Bay, the administration announced. But Obama immediately drew criticism that revealed just how ...
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By now, it is clear that the Obama administration will miss its self-imposed deadline of January 22, 2010 to close down the Guantanamo prison, as President Obama himself has admitted. With this, the United States could begin to look like it is sliding back to its bad old days of lawlessness when seen as part of a troubling trend of worsening human rights commitments. The Obama administration's failure to close down Guantanamo is entirely ...
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Search hear continuous streams 24-Hour Program Stream NPR News and Shows hear the latest news [4 min 45 sec] Latest NPR Newscast The National Review: Welcome To Lake Gitmo by The Editors Enlarge Rex Arbogast / AP The aerial view of the Thomson Correctional Center Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 in ...
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18 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
chicagotribune.com : WASHINGTON -- 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 late Monday. Read the whole story: chicagotribune.com
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15 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Gitmo detainees not free in US after prison WASHINGTON (AP) -- Guantanamo Bay detainees brought into this country for trial will not be staying here, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is promising. A detainee tried in this country would be treated for immigration purposes as though he is at a U.S. border trying to get in - and he won't get in, Napolitano said in Dec. 11 letter to Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee. ...
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