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    May 30, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  1. There's a core of substance in Mark Kirk's `empty, simplistic' crime-fighting proposal

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    Friday's print column It's an arresting idea, so to speak. Round up 18,000 members of the Gangster Disciples street gang and put them behind bars awaiting trial. On what charges? "Drug dealing," said U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., when he......
    2. May 31, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. There's a core of substance in Kirk's `empty, simplistic' crime-fighting proposal

    It's an arresting idea, so to speak.
    It's an arresting idea, so to speak. Round up 18,000 members of the Gangster Disciples street gang and put them behind bars awaiting trial. On what charges? "Drug dealing," said U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., when he first publicly advanced the notion...

    Tags: WTTW, Crime, Law and Justice, Bobby Rush, Murder, Organized Crime

    3. Jan 7, 2010 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. State panel vote paves way for sale of Thomson Correctional Center to federal government

    A panel of state lawmakers recommended closing a little-used prison in northwest Illinois on Wednesday, giving Gov. Pat Quinn political cover to sell the facility to the Obama administration to house terrorism suspects now held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
    Tribune reporter
    A panel of state lawmakers recommended closing a little-used prison in northwest Illinois on Wednesday, giving Gov. Pat Quinn political cover to sell the facility to the Obama administration to house terrorism suspects now held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Dave Syverson, White House, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Government

    4. Dec 19, 2010 | Chicago Tribune

  4. Tiger let me down, too, and other reflections on the year that was

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    My worst prediction for 2010 was, and I quote, "A highly focused Tiger Woods will win at least seven PGA tournaments." As it happened, a highly erratic Tiger Woods won zero tournaments this year. I also predicted that former Bolingbrook......
    5. Dec 21, 2010 | Chicago Tribune

  5. No bids at Thomson prison auction

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    Posted by Monique Garcia at 11:17 a.m. The state’s effort to sell the Thomson Correctional Center hit a snag today when no one showed up to bid on the prison located along the Illinois-Iowa border. The Federal Bureau of Prisons......
    6. Dec 15, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  6. A 'Gitmo North' to open in rural Illinois?

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    Maybe this is a new form of torture -- forcing terrorist suspects to trade the idyllic weather of Cuba for the harsh realities of winter in the heartland. That's not the reason, of course, that the Obama administration is planning......
    7. Dec 15, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Obama administration plans to move Guantanamo Bay detainees to Illinois state prison

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    The federal government will house up to 100 of the detainees currently being held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a nearly empty Illinois state prison. The Obama administration plans to announce today that the government......
    8. Dec 16, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Whereas at last Obama officially publishes said memo creating Gitmo North in Illinois of all places

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    Full text of Democrat president's historic memo with accompanying commentary in same style....
    9. Dec 15, 2009 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Illinois to take Gitmo detainees

    WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has directed the federal government to buy the near-empty state prison in rural Thomson, Ill., to house federal inmates and up to 100 detainees from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials said late Monday.
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    WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has directed the federal government to buy the near-empty state prison in rural Thomson, Ill., to house federal inmates and up to 100 detainees from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials said...

    Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Crime, Law and Justice, Lisa Madigan, Prosecution, Washington (U.S. state)

    10. Nov 15, 2009 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Gitmo in heartland?

    THOMSON, Ill. -- President Barack Obama's idea of moving suspected terrorists from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to a northwest Illinois prison may face its biggest opposition hundreds of miles away in Washington.
    Tribune reporters
    THOMSON, Ill. -- President Barack Obama's idea of moving suspected terrorists from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to a northwest Illinois prison may face its biggest opposition hundreds of miles away in Washington. On Saturday, residents and leaders...

    Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Crime, Law and Justice, Barrington, Washington (U.S. state), Bill Foster

    11. Nov 14, 2009 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Illinois the next Gitmo?

    A near-empty prison in rural Illinois has emerged as "a leading option" to house suspected terrorists currently held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an Obama administration official said Friday.
    Tribune newspapers
    A near-empty prison in rural Illinois has emerged as "a leading option" to house suspected terrorists currently held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an Obama administration official said Friday. As they work to shutter the controversial detention center,...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Washington (U.S. state), Heads of State, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Government

    12. Nov 17, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Illinois Prison Could Host Military Trials Of Detainees

    In addition to housing foreign detainees, an Illinois state prison could become a site for military trials of those charged with acts of terrorism, an administration official acknowleged Monday.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
    In addition to housing foreign detainees, an Illinois state prison could become a site for military trials of those charged with acts of terrorism, an administration official acknowleged Monday. As the Obama administration works to identify a detention...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Virginia, Prosecution, Washington (U.S. state), Heads of State

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