Illinois: Gitmo North

The left is outraged that 166 men are deprived of their freedom at Gitmo.  They want it closed now:  Act to Close the Internment Camp at Guantánamo on its Grim 11th Anniversary Dear CCR Supporter, January 11, 2013 marks the grim eleventh anniversary of the opening of the internment camp at Guantánamo Bay, where 166 men […]

More on Thompson Prison

by Diane Benjamin Conveniently, now that the Feds own an empty prison, Sen. Barbara Boxer is lamenting the lack of space in current Federal prisons to house the Gitmo detainees.  Even though there is currently a law against bringing the prisoners here, a second Obama administration will surely turn Illinois into Gitmo north. Source:  http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/24/boxer-worried-about-transferring-gitmo-detainees/ That isn’t […]

Thompson Prison Story in Today’s Pantagraph – The REAL Story!

by Diane Benjamin Once AGAIN:  If you get your news from Associated Press – you aren’t getting the REAL news! Illinois wants to sell this prison to the Feds because: Obama wants to close GITMO and send all the prisoners to Illinois! The Illinois TEA Party already defeated this sale in 2009 when over 800 […]