[KeyLargo]

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., warned his committee would oppose the purchase.

“The Obama administration has been trying for years to open Thompson prison in order to transfer terrorists from Guantanamo Bay onto U.S. soil,” Rogers said in a statement. “This back-door move by the Obama Administration to open Thompson and reject the will of Congress and the American people is dangerously irresponsible, and will be met with the full and unfettered opposition of the Appropriations Committee.”

Thomson was built in 2001, but budget troubles kept it from fully opening.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/02/lawmakers-claim-administration-opening-door-to-gitmo-transfer-with-illinois/#ixzz28Ag3g9qj

[tangchung]

Thanks for the link. This whole thing will be stopped. It’s not going to happen. I hope there is going to be a battle on this scam.