We are going to close Guantanamo

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Originally Posted by Danzig

and the plan wasn't to release the terrorists in illinois, but to hold them at a currently empty federal facility...perhaps someone(s) made noise about the plan impacting his home state? surely not!

The prison in question is an empty State facility that was going to be retrofitted to a Fed. There was no political dissension that I know of as the Fed was going to dump a bunch of money on IL and promised jobs for the downstate area. Then the people spoke up. Nationally many questioned bringing terrorists into the country whether they were jailed or not. Locally and that is probably what killed the deal people didn't want families and friends of terrorists visiting the area and as one man was quoted, "they look different and everyone around here has a weapon so we can take care of business" another words a portion of the citizens were and ready to act .