CNN Quotes NSAction’s Tom Andrews on Thomson Prison story

December 15, 2009  |  Posted by Danielle Belton

Check us out! We made CNN today with the news that the Obama Administration is purchasing the prison in Thomson, Ill. to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.

From CNN:

An anti-Guantanamo group welcomed the expected announcement from the president.

"We applaud the Obama administration for taking an important step forward toward closing the debacle in Guantanamo Bay," said former Rep. Tom Andrews, who is now director of the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo.

"President Obama is standing with Gen. Colin Powell, who has long called for the closure of Gitmo, and standing up to the politics of fear and manipulation," he said in a statement.

"It's time for Congress to stop playing politics and join the president in removing this stain from America's standing in the world, save American taxpayers millions of dollars and deny al Qaeda one of its most potent recruiting tools."

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Richard Durbin will go to the White House on Tuesday for a briefing on the plan to use Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois, to help shut down the controversial Guantanamo facility.

Read the rest on CNN.com.

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