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>> thats right. and it was january 22nd, 2009, executive order, that the president signed and then you had hillary clinton and others december 15th of that year write to the governor of illinois saying, hey, we want to buy the thompson prison and use it for some of these detainees. but youre exactly right, the american people said, absolutely not. >> what kind of crime would it be? who would you charge a crime? the president with a crime for transferring them? >> or any of the administration off...

Because its not politically viable for them -- >> politically convenience. >> they just drone them. >> the best is the nobel peace prize winner has a kill list. >> yeah. >> which by the way, im not against. >> im glad you said that, i was like, i thought you guys were for this. >> this might not be totally irrelevant because of something that was uncovered the other day, which is it looks like there is a plan for the administration to sell thompson prison to the state of illinois or -- >> illino...

Because its not politically viable for them -- >> politically convenience. >> they just drone them. >> the best is the nobel peace prize winner has a kill list. >> yeah. >> which by the way, im not against. >> im glad you said that, i was like, i thought you guys were for this. >> this might not be totally irrelevant because of something that was uncovered the other day, which is it looks like there is a plan for the administration to sell thompson prison to the state of illinois or -- >> illino...

Yesterday. >> martha: burrito bowl. lets get a look at some headlines this morning. there are concerns today that the obama administration may be looking to move some of the gitmo detainees to american soil. the federal government plans to buy the thompson correctional center in illinois. at one point this prison was considered for housing gitmo detainees and there was a huge controversy based around that. many lawmakers outraged saying it would open the door for ultimately carrying out a gitmo ...

Congressman, tell us what concerns you so much about this sale. >> this is $165 million earmark for the state of illinois which is bankrupt. it violates the obama administrations own earmark policy. it violates it. also, its strongly opposed by the families, and it sets the stage for the closure of guantanamo baby increasing space for de-- by increasing space either at that prison or at the supermax in colorado. and lastly, it jumps illinois, thompson prison where they were originally thinking o...

Critics are not buying it. >> the concern is that the justice department, after the election, may very well move people from guantanamo bay into the topson prison or the super max and move people from super max to the thompson prison. >> one chairman said no. we asked him why. he told us, he said, theyre going to put guantanamo bay detainees there. we showed him where the law specifically prohibits putting guantanamo bay detainees in this prison. he said no, i dont believe that. >> even though t...