CHICAGO- Senator Dick Durbin’s hope for a transfer of some of the Guantanamo Bay detainees to Thomson Illinois may not even be discussed until next year.
A question was asked to Mr. Durbin about the transfer being blocked by the House Armed Services Committee, and whether a delay of the comprehensive plan and discussion until “after the election” was at hand. Durbin said, ” That’s a pretty cynical view…and very accurate.”
The debate on whether the Thomson Correctional Facility in Thomson Illinois will be taken over by the feds and if GITMO detainees will be housed there has been a hope of the Senator and the Obama administration since last year, but its run into opposition from both local and national leaders. The House Armed Services Committee has asked for a more detailed plan and as of now bans spending money to build or modify a facility within the United States.
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