Thursday, March 18, 2010

Feds to buy Illinois prison even without detainees | Seattle Times Newspaper

Obama administration still wants to buy a prison in northwestern Illinois even if it's not used to hold Guantanamo Bay detainees.

A Thursday letter from the Justice Department to Republican Congressman Don Manzullo says the department would seek to purchase the facility in Thomson even if detainees weren't being considered for transfer.

But the letter also gives no indication the administration is backing away from its plan to bring detainees

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