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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Congressman Turner criticizes Obama Administration on plan to move Gitmo prisoners
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, issued a statement today, Dec. 16, asking the Obama Administration to present a detailed plan to Congress on the cost to modify the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill., to house prisoners from Guantanamo Bay.
“While our nation’s unemployment hovers at 10 percent and the conflict in Afghanistan continues to escalate, the administration will spend more than half a billion dollars transforming the Illinois facility into GITMO North, all while making our nation less safe,” Turner said.
Turner is a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee.
According to a recent Gallup poll, nearly two-thirds of Americans are against closing the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba and moving terrorist suspects to the U.S.
During a briefing this morning, officials from the Departments of Defense and Justice estimated the cost to modify the Illinois prison into a detention facility exceeding supermax standards will total $450 million.
“The administration needs to come before Congress and present a comprehensive operation plan for the Thomson facility and explain this $500 million cost before bringing these terror suspects on American soil,” Turner said.
