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Two Sides to Thomson Prison Debate
Testimony at the first state hearing on a plan to bring alleged terrorists from Guantanamo Bay to a northwest Illinois prison appeared evenly split between supporters and critics.

Several conservative opponents of the plan were among the last to testify at a high school auditorium in Sterling, near the Thomson Correctional Center, as the hearing ran late into the night Tuesday.

Denise Cattoni of the Illinois TEA Party organization told the panel that Americans aren't being told enough about the implications of any such transfer.

Cattoni said they merely woke up one morning and were told "Gitmo was moving to Illinois."

But there was support from some residents of Thomson as well as local government officials.

(Illinois Radio Network)
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