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    Illinois to Take Some Guantanamo Detainees

    President Obama has directed that suspected terrorists now housed at Guantánamo Bay will be moved to the Thomson Correctional Center, a maximum-security prison 150 miles west of Chicago. Judy Keen is Chicago Bureau Chief for USA Today .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    President Obama has directed that suspected terrorists now housed at Guantánamo Bay will be moved to the Thomson Correctional Center, a maximum-security prison 150 miles west of Chicago. Judy Keen is Chicago Bureau Chief for USA Today.

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    'Home-based Terrorism:' Politics and Reality
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    2. 7:37'Home-based Terrorism:' Politics and Reality
    3. 43:58Waiting for Obama in Copenhagen
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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    'Home-based Terrorism:' Politics and Reality
    1. 0:00Illinois to Take Some Guantanamo DetaineesYou’re reading this
    2. 7:37'Home-based Terrorism:' Politics and Reality
    3. 43:58Waiting for Obama in Copenhagen
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