Thomson Hearing 12/22, Protest

51% in Illinois Oppose Prison for Guantanamo Terrorists In Their State but the Obama "Justice" Dept. is forging ahead. Big Government with the memo. Illinois Review: UPDATE 1x: Protest planned at Thomson facility hearing Dec. 22:

State lawmakers will need to sign off on the sale of the state prison to federal authorities for the use of detaining Gitmo prisoners awaiting trial -- either military tribunal or federal criminal.

Quad-City Times. Tribune. (!) What's with the cutline under the Trib photo? Thomson Correctional Center might be a great place to bring together foreign terrorists and convicted American politicians. Well, that might be a selling point if Blago is headed there but this is dealing lightly with a serious issue.

Illinois TEA Party Patriots plan a protest an hour prior to the hearing, including Beverly Perlson, Band of Mothers, who organized the New Lenox rally.

Of course, typical Obama administration trying to shove this through, a few days before Christmas.

P.S. As far as the Tribune editorial skirting around the subject--to paraphrase Blanche Dubois, it's OK for us as individuals, or even as a community, to rely on the kindness of strangers, it's criminally irresponsible for our government. To quote former Sec. of State Condi Rice:

"And let's remember that those charged with protecting us from attack have to be right 100 percent of the time. To inflict devastation on a massive scale, the terrorists only have to succeed once. And we know that they are trying every day.

More. At Big Government. And sobering stuff: Jihad, Inc. Alex Alexiev, Hudson Institute.

More info on the protest at Tea Party, Palatine.

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