Obama is going to build a new supermax facility in Thompson, Illinois. It will be used to house some of the prisoners who had previously been held at Guantanamo, specifically, it will hold prisoners who aren’t going to get a trial, who are going to be held indefinitely without trial, or who will be put before a military commission.
So, this prison has exactly the same problems as Guantanamo. When Obama pledged to close Gitmo, many assumed that meant he was going to return the US to a nation based on law and due process and rights for the accused. But apparently, Obama just meant that he was going to change its address.
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2009/12/15/gitmo/index.html
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