Gitmo Illinois

Enough criminals have come out of Illinois, so I guess it's only fair to return some:

A prison complex 150 miles from Chicago will house Gitmo detainees, the Obama administration will announce Tuesday.

A senior administration official tells ABC News that on Tuesday the administration will announce that President Obama “has directed that the federal government proceed with the acquisition of the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois to house federal inmates and a limited number of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.” …

“Closing the detention center at Guantanamo is essential to protecting our national security and helping our troops by removing a deadly recruiting tool from the hands of al Qaeda,” the official said. “Tomorrow’s announcement is an important step forward as we work to achieve our national security objectives.”

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Dick Durbin, two leading officials — both Democrats — who have supported the move, will be briefed on the decision Tuesday by administration officials.

Obama is doing this to convince the rest of the world that he's kind and compassionate towards terrorists, which is the kind of president foreigners prefer. Of course, this move is little more than symbolic because there are quite a few guys in Gitmo that will never be moved. And it's a liberal fantasy that terrorists are recruiting others because we have some guys locked up in Cuba, and that the recruiting will be reduced because of this move. The guys at Gitmo were written off long ago by the bad guys.