Research Briefing

7 Things You Need To Know About Obama’s Terrorist Detainee Experiment

0. Obama Not Listening To Concerns Of Local Populace As Announcement Preempts Local Public Hearing To Decide On Sale Of Prison. (Kurt Erickson, “Illinois Sets Public Hearing On Thomson Prison Plan,” Quad-City Times, 12/4/09; Christi Parsons and Ray Long, “Illinois To Take Detainees,” The Chicago Tribune, 12/15)

0. Majority Of Illinoisans Oppose Moving Guantanamo Detainees To Thomson Prison Facility. (“51% in Illinois Oppose Prison for Guantanamo Terrorists In Their State,” Rasmussen Reports, 12/12/09)

0. Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Obama’s Plan To Close The Prison At Guantanamo Bay. (Susan Page, “Approval Of Obama On Afghan War Dives,”  USA Today, 11/25/09)

0. Current Law Forbids Guantanamo Inmates From Being Held On United States Soil Unless Facing Trial In American Courts. (Andy Sullivan, “Congress Agrees On Moving Guantanamo Inmates,” Reuters, 10/20/09)

0. Obama’s Detainee Transfer Poses Direct Threat To National Security, As One In Seven Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Returns To Terrorism. (Editorial, “Gitmo By The Lake,” National Review, 12/15/09; Elisabeth Bumiller, "Later Terror Link Cited for 1 in 7 Freed Detainees," The New York Times, 5/20/2009)

0. Obama Rushing To Bring Alleged Terrorists Onto American Soil To Fulfill Misguided Campaign Promise, Yet Will Miss His GITMO Closure Deadline. (Anne E. Kornblut, “Obama Admits Guantanamo Won't Close By Jan. Deadline,” The Washington Post, 11/18/09)

0. Obama Will Spend Over $300 Million To Purchase And Renovate Thomson Prison After U.S. Spent Hundreds Of Millions On Guantanamo Facility. (Peter Slevin, “U.S. To Announce Transfer Of Detainees To Ill. Prison,” The Washington Post, 12/15/09; Christi Parsons and Ray Long, “Illinois To Take Detainees,” The Chicago Tribune, 12/15/09; Shailagh Murray, “Senate Demands Plan for Detainees,” The Washington Post, 5/20/09)