The Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Sweet reports on a leaked memo from the White House that more or less finalized a decision to re-route some Guantanamo Bay detainees to a prison in Thomson, Illinois. I reported on the policy and politics of resettling the Guantanamo detainees to Thomson a week ago. Given the general disgust from politicians about re-settling terrorist detainees in their “backyard,” the reaction from Illinois politicians must be refreshing to the White House. Republicans are opposed, but last week Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Dick Durbin once again stated their support for a plan that they say will boost the local economy.

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