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riehlworldview.com - 5 days ago
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For family and personal reasons? Yeah, I think
I might question the timing just a bit. h/t...
Danger Room on Twitter . A key official in the Obama administration's effort to remake detention policy and close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay has ...
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Key Official On Guantanamo Closing Resigns
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unitedliberty.org - 7 days ago
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On November 16th, the national debt for our
nation broke the $12 trillion dollar mark . Jason...
, Brett and Doug had joked on Twitter about getting together to “celebrate” this accomplishment by having a few drinks. Since geography ...
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Podcast: ObamaCare news, "Saved & Created" Jobs, Cory ...
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Another Kirk Gitmo Flip Flop
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huffingtonpost.com - 7 days ago
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WASHINGTON — A deal to house Guantanamo Bay
detainees at a northwestern Illinois prison could bring nearly...
3,000 jobs to the area, a White House analysis says. Residents from the seven-county area surrounding the Thomson, Ill, prison would ...
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Gitmo Detainees At Thomson Prison Could Create 3,000 ...
foxnews.com - 8 days ago
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A lawyer for one of the five men
facing trial for the Sept. 11 attacks says the...
men plan to plead not guilty and use the trial venue to express their political views.
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Lawyer: 9-11 Defendants Will Tell Jury 'Why They Did It'
news.bbc.co.uk - 8 days ago
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Guard in Guantanamo Bay detention centre (file image)
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Algeria acquits two former Guantanamo Bay detainees
nypost.com - 8 days ago
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The five men facing trial in the Sept.
11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they...
can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said today. Scott Fenstermaker, the lawyer for accused terrorist Ali Abd al-Aziz ...
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9/11 fiends to use trial as soapbox
randpaul2010.com - 10 days ago
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For Immediate Release November 19, 2009 BOWLING GREEN,
KENTUCKY – Leading United States Senate candidate Rand Paul...
today criticized the Obama administration’s decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center and try terrorism suspects in ...
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Rand Paul: Try, Convict and Lock Up Terrorists In Guantanamo
onthehillblog.blogspot.com - 11 days ago
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On June 26, a joint ProPublica-Washington Post story
included what turned out to be startling news. The...
Obama administration, we reported, was "strongly considering criminal charges in federal court for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and three other detainees accused of involvement in the Sept. 11, 2001,
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When News Falls in the Forest
timesonline.co.uk - 11 days ago
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President Obama has admitted for the first time
that the deadline he set two days into his...
Administration for closing the Guantanamo Bay detainee camp in Cuba will be missed. The admission confirmed widespread speculation about a process plagued by ...
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We're going to miss Guantanamo deadline, Obama admits
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com - 12 days ago
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Attorney General Eric Holder defended his decision to
try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a federal criminal court...
in New York City rather than by military commission.
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Video: Obama, Holder defend NY 9/11 trials
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 12 days ago
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Obama assured Senate 9/11 mastermind would get fine
trial "with all the bells and whistles."...
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Video shows Sen. Obama thought a military tribunal was ...
thehill.com - 12 days ago
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House Minority Leader John Boehner said that Republicans
will attempt to force Democratic leaders to hold a...
vote on a bill that would ban Guantanamo Bay detainees from being transferred to the United States. Boehner revealed on Tuesday morning ...
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House GOP to force Gitmo detainee vote
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com - 12 days ago
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A virtually empty prison in Thomson, Illinois could
be the next possible location to house foreign terrorism...
suspects moved from the Guantanamo Bay prison.
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Video: The next "Guantanamo Bay?"
sunherald.com - 12 days ago
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Military tribunals are the appropriate setting for the
trials of suspected 9/11 terrorists and the tribunals have...
the added advantage of safeguarding the nation’s security and intelligence operations.
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Leave justice for 9/11 suspects to the military
washingtonpost.com - 12 days ago
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Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or
other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from...
the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
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In Senate vote, signs of shift on Guantanamo Bay detainees
onthehillblog.blogspot.com - 12 days ago
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Some 57 senators voted to defeat a Republican
proposal that would have prohibited the use of funds...
to construct or modify prison facilities to hold individuals currently being detained at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Senate Defeats Attempt To Block Closing Gitmo
manzullo.house.gov - 13 days ago
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U.S. Rep. Don Manzullo speaks with CNN anchor
Don Lemon about the Administration's proposal to move the...
215 Taliban and al Qaeda terrorists at Guantanamo Bay to the Thomson Correctional Center in northwest Illinois. Manzullo adamantly opposes moving ...
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Representative Don Manzullo
progressillinois.com - 13 days ago
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The rhetoric offered up by the Illinois GOP
in response to the proposal to transfer detainees from...
Guantanamo Bay to the Thomson Correctional Center in Northwest Illinois has so far been irrational and irresponsible. After all, Illinois already ...
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Manzullo: Islam Is A "Savage Religion"
nytimes.com - 13 days ago
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An aerial view of the Thomson Correctional Center
in Thomson , Ill., which could be turned over...
to federal authorities, in part for prisoners from Guantánamo Bay. More Photos >
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Thomson Journal
cbsnews.com - 13 days ago
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The Obama administration appears to be going against
public opinion with its decision to try five terrorist...
suspects including self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a civilian trial in New York City. A new CBS News poll ...
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Poll: Most Oppose Terror Trials in Open Court
huffingtonpost.com - 13 days ago
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A Republican lawmaker in Illinois said his GOP
colleagues would be "idiots" to kill a proposal to...
transfer terrorist suspects from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the maximum-security prison in Thomson, Illinois. Representative Jim ...
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Illinois Republican: We Would Be "Idiots" Not To Take ...
google.com - 13 days ago
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1 hour ago WASHINGTON Attorney General Eric Holder
is defending his decision to put the professed Sept....
11 mastermind on trial in New York and urging critics of the plan not to cower in the face of terrorists. Holder is set to testify Wednesday ...
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The Associated Press: Holder: Don't fear trial of ...
swamppolitics.com - 13 days ago
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by David G. Savage and Josh Meyer The
plotters of the 9/11 attacks on New York City...
and Washington will be tried as terrorists and criminals in a federal court in New York, the Obama administration will announce today. Five men, including ...
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9/11 plotters bound for trial in New York
biggovernment.com - 13 days ago
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Once again we see how clueless Democrats like
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and Senator Dick Durbin are...
on matters of national security. With Barack Obama’s decision to treat the terrorists at Guantanamo Bay as if they are common American ...
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Illinois’ Gov And Senator Think Terrorists Bring ...
politicsdaily.com - 13 days ago
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As the Obama administration struggles to close the
Guantanamo Bay military prison, a proposal to house some...
of the detainees in a nearly vacant prison in Obama's home state of Illinois--promoted by Democrats Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Dick ...
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Obama's "Gitmo North" Prison In Homestate Illinois. ...
youtube.com - 13 days ago
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Excerpts from a press conference held Nov. 16,
2009 at Thomson Correctional Facility in Thomson, Illinois regarding...
the possibility of housing Guantanamo Bay...
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Officials on housing Gitmo detainees at Thomson, IL ...
nyupress.org - 13 days ago
pjtv.com - 13 days ago
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The Real Guantanamo Bay
thehopeforamerica.com - 13 days ago
nsnetwork.org - 14 days ago
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1993 World Trade Center Bombing : After two
trials, in 1993 and 1997, six defendants were convicted...
and sentenced principally to life in prison for detonating a truck bomb in the garage of the World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring ...
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Terrorists Finally Being Brought to Justice
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 14 days ago
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Three prominent conservatives warned in a joint statement
against Republican "scaremongering" on Guantanamo Bay detainees, saying the...
prison in Thomson, Illinois would be fine to handle them. Former Republican Congressman and Libertarian presidential ...
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Conservatives Say Gitmo Detainees Would Be Fine In IL ...
chicagotribune.com - 14 days ago
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According to the Chicago Tribune, your Administration may
transfer up to 200 Al Qaeda terrorists from their...
detention facility in Guantanamo Bay a prison in Thomson, Illinois, 150 miles from Chicago. If your Administration brings Al Qaeda ...
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Drafted letter from U.S. Rep Mark Kirk to President ...
outsidethebeltway.com - 14 days ago
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed I was out of pocket
for a few days visiting the folks in Alabama...
and missed commenting on a few stories. Most notable among these was Friday’s announcement that five Guantanamo Bay detainees, including 9/11 mastermind Khalid ...
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial
washingtonindependent.com - 14 days ago
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David Keene of the American Conservative Union, Grover
Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform, and former congressman/Libertarian...
presidential candidate Bob Barr are backing a proposal to send Guantanamo Bay detainees to a prison in Illinois, as well as ...
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Keene, Norquist and Barr Back Obama on Gitmo « ...
harrisonprice.com - 14 days ago
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Looks like a great place for Jihad. Why
was Gitmo established in the first place? To keep...
some of the most dangerous people in the world off the shores of the United States. A second, important reason, was to keep these people in military jurisdiction. Military courts differ from civilian ...
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Guantanamo Bay on the Hudson
chicagobreakingnews.com - 14 days ago
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A delegation from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons
is scheduled to tour and inspect the Thomson Correctional...
Center Monday as part of a White House proposal to buy the facility and use it to house some terror suspects now detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba , ...
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U.S. prison officials to tour Thomson Monday
washingtontimes.com - 14 days ago
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Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani called
President Obama soft on terrorism for deciding to try...
the acknowledged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, and said it would increase the security risk to the city. Trying Khalid ...
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Giuliani calls Obama soft on terrorism
usatoday.com - 14 days ago
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Key dates for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in U.S.
custody: March 2003. Mohammed captured in Pakistan. CIA...
officers waterboard him 183 times over the next month. July 22, 2004. 9/11 Commission calls Mohammed the "principal architect" of 9/11. Sept. 6, ...
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Plans to try 9/11 suspect in NYC draw fire
theneweditor.com - 15 days ago
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It's official: bullshit detector overload has occurred: In
an article on the possibility of moving prisoners at...
Guantanamo Bay to Illinois, the Chicago Sun-Times' Lynn Sweet reports : (emphasis added) If the prison is acquired by the federal ...
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Obama Administration: Moving 100 Gitmo Prisoners to ...
thehill.com - 15 days ago
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An Illinois congressman wrote the president on Saturday
to try to preemptively block terror suspects from being...
moved to his state for trial. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), who is running for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat, sent Obama a letter ...
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Kirk looks to halt transfer of Gitmo detainees to Illinois
newsbusters.org - 15 days ago
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CBS News legal analyst Andrew Cohen is a
long-time critic of the Bush administration, enhanced interrogation techniques,...
military tribunals, Gitmo, and many aspects of the government's prosecution of the war on terror. For general background, see ...
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CBS News Legal Analyst Tries to Tamp Down 'Hysteria' ...
qctimes.com - 16 days ago
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The long-stagnant Thomson Correctional Center is a “leading
contender” to house prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an...
Obama administration official said Saturday. The official wouldn’t say how many prisoners might be transferred to the prison, only ...
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Thomson in running for Guantanamo prisoners
chicagotribune.com - 16 days ago
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The Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill, is
being considered as "a leading option" to house suspected...
terrorists currently held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an Obama administration official said.
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Thomson Correctional Center
huffingtonpost.com - 16 days ago
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A senior Obama administration official says that the
mostly vacant Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois is...
the leading choice to relocate Guantanamo Bay detainees, according to CNN . The 1,600-cell, maximimum-security state prison is located about 150 miles west of Chicago and ...
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Thomson Prison In Illinois Is Leading Choice In Obama's ...
chicagobreakingnews.com - 16 days ago
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_thomson640.jpg Rosie Rojas, from Fulton, serves up a
coffee refill to Dave, left, and Kay Lawton of...
Thomson, at the Sunrise Restaurant in Thomson. The restaurant adjoins a motel only a few hundred yards from the exterior wall of the Thomson ...
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Town welcomes idea of Gitmo detainees' arrival
newsbusters.org - 16 days ago
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The New York Times told readers Saturday that
Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try five Guantanamo...
Bay terrorist detainees in New York City was " a bold and principled step...toward repairing the damage wrought by former President ...
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NYT: Trying Terrorists In NYC Will Repair 'Damage ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 17 days ago
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Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) has strong words for
the Republicans opposing Attorney General Eric Holder's plan to...
bring five 9/11 suspects to New York City to face trial. "They see this as an opportunity to demagogue," he said. "They will...
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Dem Congressman: 'It's Unamerican' To Oppose U.S. Terror ...
propublica.org - 17 days ago
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An American guard walks along the exterior of
a camp for Chinese Uighur detainees at the U.S....
military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (John Moore/Getty Images) Much has occurred today with regards to Guantanamo Bay and many decisions are yet to come ...
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Happy Birthday, Gitmo
slate.com - 17 days ago
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Omar Khadr saw more legal action today in
the span of an hour than he's experienced in...
the seven-plus years he's been held at Guantanamo Bay. Just as Khadr's plight was the subject of an inquiry before the Canadian Supreme Court, which was looking ...
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How the United States' never-ending legal mess at Gitmo ...
onthehillblog.blogspot.com - 17 days ago
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A milestone worthy of note: Today marks the
eighth anniversary of the creation of the legal foundation...
for the prison and the second-tier justice system established to try terrorism suspects there.
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Happy Birthday, Gitmo
