Hey! Lets move Gitmo prisoners to supermax in Thomson Illinois!

Khalid Sheikh MohammedSince every day it seems Obama and his porkulus is a complete and utter failure for creating jobs, liberals Dick Durbin (Illinois Senator) and Governor Pat Quinn have instead considered moving about 100 Gitmo scum to a supermax facility in Thomson, Illinois. Despite being completely funded by taxpayers (which democrats always seem to have problems remembering), Obama’s admin “economic impact analysis” says the federal purchase and operation of Thomson could generate $1 billion for the local economy over four years and create between 2,340 and 3,250 jobs according to the Chicago Sun Times. Now isn’t that special?

Quinn and Obama discussed converting Thomson to a federal facility at a Nov. 4 White House meeting. In a Nov. 12 letter to Holder and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the governor acknowledged that Guantanamo prisoners could end up at Thomson.

“As plans are being formulated to potentially move federal prisoners and to locate a limited number of detainees in the United States, we stand ready to provide you with any assistance as this process moves forward,” said the letter, which was obtained by the Sun-Times.

Quinn also said the plan has the support of Thomson Village President Jerry Hebeler, whose economically depressed town paid for expensive infrastructure improvements for a prison that never fully opened.

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November 15, 2009 · Filed Under Gitmo


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