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A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at ...

(AFP/POOL/File) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:39:14 GMT

(AFP/POOL/File) - A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base. A US official working on closing the Guantanamo Bay prison has resigned, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday, the second senior US official tasked with closing the site who has resigned in weeks.(AFP/POOL/File/Mark Wilson)

FILE - An undated file photo provided by the U.S. District ...

(AP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:26:15 GMT

(AP) - FILE - An undated file photo provided by the U.S. District Attorney's office shows Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said Ghailani has no right to keep a pair of Marine and Air Force lawyers who represented him at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, when their superior officers have decided they are needed elsewhere .Ghailani, a Tanzanian, became the first Guantanamo detainee to be taken to a U.S. civilian court for trial when he was brought to Manhattan in June to face charges in the Aug. 7, 1998, attacks at embassies in Tanzania and Kenya that killed 224 people, including 12 Americans. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - In this May 1, 2008, file photo, U.S. District Judge ...

(AP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:28:06 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this May 1, 2008, file photo, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler is pictured before the start of a ceremony at the federal courthouse in Washington. In courtrooms barred to the public, dozens of terror suspects are pleading for their freedom from the Guantanamo Bay prison, sometimes even testifying on their own behalf by video from the U.S. naval base in Cuba. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

FILE - In this May 1, 2008 file photo, U.S. District Judge Colleen ...

(AP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:27:39 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this May 1, 2008 file photo, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is pictured before the start of a ceremony at the federal courthouse in Washington. In courtrooms barred to the public, dozens of terror suspects are pleading for their freedom from the Guantanamo Bay prison, sometimes even testifying on their own behalf by video from the U.S. naval base in Cuba. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Detainees participate in an early morning prayer session at ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:11:08 GMT

(Reuters) - Detainees participate in an early morning prayer session at Camp IV at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base August 5, 2009. REUTERS/Deborah Gembara

In this Nov. 16, 2009, photo is the Thomson Correctional Center ...

(AP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:11:45 GMT

(AP) - In this Nov. 16, 2009, photo is the Thomson Correctional Center is Thomson, Ill. The federal government is evaluating the nearly vacant facility as a place to move detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

A view of the United States District Court for the Southern ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:14:33 GMT

(Reuters) - A view of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York November 17, 2009. Five men, including the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be brought to New York from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to face prosecution in federal court. The courthouse complex is just blocks away from where the 2001 attacks destroyed the World Trade Center's twin towers in lower Manhattan and killed nearly 3,000 people. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES CONFLICT CRIME LAW)

A view of the United States District Court for the Southern ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:13:28 GMT

A general view of the United States District Court for the Southern ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:12:23 GMT

(Reuters) - A general view of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York November 17, 2009. Five men, including the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be brought to New York from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to face prosecution in federal court. The courthouse complex is just blocks away from where the 2001 attacks destroyed the World Trade Center's twin towers in lower Manhattan and killed nearly 3,000 people. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES CONFLICT CRIME LAW)

A general view of the United States District Court for the Southern ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:11:19 GMT

A general view of the United States District Court for the Southern ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:11:18 GMT

A view of the United States District Court for the Southern ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:11:17 GMT

A U.S. Marshal stands outside the United States District Court ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:11:13 GMT

(Reuters) - A U.S. Marshal stands outside the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, November 17, 2009. Five men, including the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be brought to New York from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to face prosecution in federal court. The courthouse complex is just blocks away from where the 2001 attacks destroyed the World Trade Center's twin towers in lower Manhattan and killed nearly 3,000 people. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES CONFLICT CRIME LAW POLITICS)

A view of The Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:47:26 GMT

(Reuters) - A view of The Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, November 17, 2009. Five men, including the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be brought to New York from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to face prosecution in federal court. The courthouse complex is just blocks away from where the 2001 attacks destroyed the World Trade Center's twin towers in lower Manhattan and killed nearly 3,000 people. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES CONFLICT CRIME LAW)

Police officers work outside the United States District Court ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:45:14 GMT

(Reuters) - Police officers work outside the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, November 17, 2009. Five men, including the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be brought to New York from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to face prosecution in federal court. The courthouse complex is just blocks away from where the 2001 attacks destroyed the World Trade Center's twin towers in lower Manhattan and killed nearly 3,000 people. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES CONFLICT CRIME LAW)

Police officers work outside the United States District Court ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:44:10 GMT

A view of The Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:44:09 GMT

The Metropolitan Correctional Center (C) is seen next to the ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:44:06 GMT

(Reuters) - The Metropolitan Correctional Center (C) is seen next to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (R) November 17, 2009. Five men, including the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be brought to New York from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to face prosecution in federal court. The courthouse complex is just blocks away from where the 2001 attacks destroyed the World Trade Center's twin towers in lower Manhattan and killed nearly 3,000 people. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES CONFLICT CRIME LAW)

A general view of The Metropolitan Correctional Center in New ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:43:02 GMT

(Reuters) - A general view of The Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, November 17, 2009. Five men, including the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be brought to New York from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to face prosecution in federal court. The courthouse complex is just blocks away from where the 2001 attacks destroyed the World Trade Center's twin towers in lower Manhattan and killed nearly 3,000 people. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES CONFLICT CRIME LAW)

A view of The Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York November ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:42:59 GMT

(Reuters) - A view of The Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York November 17, 2009. Five men, including the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be brought to New York from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to face prosecution in federal court. The courthouse complex is just blocks away from where the 2001 attacks destroyed the World Trade Center's twin towers in lower Manhattan and killed nearly 3,000 people. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES CONFLICT CRIME LAW)

A view of the United States District Court for the Southern ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:41:56 GMT

This is an aerial view of the Thomson Correctional Center near ...

(AP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:25:18 GMT

(AP) - This is an aerial view of the Thomson Correctional Center near the Mississippi River Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 in Thomson, Ill. Federal officials are at the prison in northwest Illinois that the government might buy to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Denny Percy talks to a reporter at Todd's Tackle as federal ...

(AP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:36:17 GMT

(AP) - Denny Percy talks to a reporter at Todd's Tackle as federal officials tour the Thomson Correctional Center, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, in Thomson, Ill. The federal government is considering buying the Illinois prison to turn it into a federal prison that also would hold the Guantanamo Bay detainees. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Thomson Village President Jerry Hebeler speaks at a news conference ...

(AP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:16:15 GMT

(AP) - Thomson Village President Jerry Hebeler speaks at a news conference after federal officials toured the Thomson Correctional Center and met with members of the community, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, in Thomson, Ill. The federal government is considering buying the Illinois prison to turn it into a federal prison that also would hold the Guantanamo Bay detainees. (AP Photo/(M. Spencer Green)

Harley Lappin, Director of Federal Bureau of Prisons, speaks ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:15:39 GMT

(Reuters) - Harley Lappin, Director of Federal Bureau of Prisons, speaks to the media after touring the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) west of Chicago, November 16, 2009. If detainees held at the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are moved to the largely unused prison in this rural hamlet, jobs would be created and security assured, officials who toured the prison said on Monday. There was no timeline for acquiring the prison, Lappin said. He said the eight-year-old facility was "well-constructed, well-designed, and it provides the security enhancements and capabilities we would require and expect for the type of inmates we would house here." REUTERS/Stephanie Makosky (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW MILITARY POLITICS HEADSHOT)

Bureau of prisons director Harley Lappin speaks at a news conference ...

(AP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:15:35 GMT

(AP) - Bureau of prisons director Harley Lappin speaks at a news conference after federal officials toured the Thomson Correctional Center and met with members of the community, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, in Thomson, Ill. The federal government is considering buying the Illinois prison to turn it into a federal prison that also would hold the Guantanamo Bay detainees. (AP Photo/(M. Spencer Green)

Thomson Village President Duke Hebler speaks to the media after ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:01:44 GMT

(Reuters) - Thomson Village President Duke Hebler speaks to the media after touring the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) west of Chicago, November 16, 2009. If detainees held at the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are moved to the largely unused prison in this rural hamlet, jobs would be created and security assured, officials who toured the prison said on Monday. "I would never chase jobs if I thought it would jeopardize the safety of my friends and neighbours. Bottom line, we want to make sure the bad guys are off the streets," Hebler said. REUTERS/Stephanie Makosky (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW POLITICS MILITARY)

FILE - This Nov. 12, 2001 photo shows the interior of a cell ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:38:58 GMT

(AP) - FILE - This Nov. 12, 2001 photo shows the interior of a cell block at the Thomson Correctional in Thomson, Ill. Federal officials were at the prison to inspect it Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. The federal government might buy the near-empty prison to house Guantanamo Bay detainees. (AP Photo/The Dispatch, Todd Mizener, File) QUAD CITY TIMES OUT

Michael Stone delivers coffee to Dusty's Pizza on Main St. in ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:24:35 GMT

(AP) - Michael Stone delivers coffee to Dusty's Pizza on Main St. in Thomson, Ill. as federal officials tour the Thomson Correctional Center, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, in Thomson, Ill. The federal government is considering buying the Illinois prison to turn it into a federal prison that also would hold the Guantanamo Bay detainees. Area residents and buisnesses are hopeful that if the deal goes through it will help the local economy. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Todd Baker walks to his bait and tackle shop before sharing ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:00:42 GMT

(AP) - Todd Baker walks to his bait and tackle shop before sharing his opinions and optimism as federal officials tour the Thomson Correctional Center, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, in Thomson, Ill. The federal government is considering buying the Illinois prison to turn it into a federal prison that also would hold the Guantanamo Bay detainees. Baker hopes the new federal prision would bring an economic boost to the community. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Todd Baker speaks to a reporter in his bait and tackle shop ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:00:13 GMT

(AP) - Todd Baker speaks to a reporter in his bait and tackle shop as federal officials tour the Thomson Correctional Center, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, in Thomson, Ill. The federal government is considering buying the Illinois prison to turn it into a federal prison that also would hold the Guantanamo Bay detainees. Baker hopes the new federal prision would bring an economic boost to the community. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

This is an aerial view of the Thomson Correctional Center Monday, ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:57:51 GMT

(AP) - This is an aerial view of the Thomson Correctional Center Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 in Thomson , Ill. Federal officials are at the prison in northwest Illinois that the government might buy to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Todd Baker leaves his bait and tackle shop after sharing his ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:56:21 GMT

(AP) - Todd Baker leaves his bait and tackle shop after sharing his opinions as federal officials tour the Thomson Correctional Center, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, in Thomson, Ill. The federal government is considering buying the Illinois prison to turn it into a federal prison that also would hold the Guantanamo Bay detainees. Baker hopes the new federal prision would bring an economic boost to the community. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

The Thomson Correctional Center is shown Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:55:59 GMT

(AP) - The Thomson Correctional Center is shown Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 in Thomson , Ill. Federal officials are at the prison in northwest Illinois that the government might buy to house Guantanamo Bay detainees. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

This is an aerial view of the Thomson Correctional Center near ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:55:02 GMT

(AP) - This is an aerial view of the Thomson Correctional Center near the Mississippi River Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 in Thomson , Ill. Federal officials are at a prison in northwest Illinois that the government might buy to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

The Thomson Correctional Center, is seen Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:54:34 GMT

(AP) - The Thomson Correctional Center, is seen Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, in Thomson, Ill. Federal officials are at a prison in northwest Illinois that the government might buy to house Guantanamo Bay detainees. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

The Thomson Correctional Center, is seen Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:54:14 GMT

The Thomson Correctional Center, is seen Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:53:54 GMT

The Thomson Correctional Center, is seen Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:53:51 GMT

This is an aerial view of the Thomson Correctional Center near ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:52:41 GMT

The entrance to Thomson Correctional Center is seen on November ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:08:12 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - The entrance to Thomson Correctional Center is seen on November 15, in Thomson, Illionois. The state of Illinois is lobbying hard to land relocated Guantanamo detainees despite strenuous opposition to bringing the terrorism suspects to the United States, top lawmakers said Sunday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Greedy)

Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois (L) and US Sen. Richard Durbin ...

(AFP/Getty Images) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:08:12 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images) - Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois (L) and US Sen. Richard Durbin speak to the media at a press conference about the Thomson Correctional Center in Chicago, Illinois. President Obama's administration has decided to consider purchasing by the Federal Government the eight year old correctional facility in Carroll County in part to house detainees from the Guantanamo Bay.(AFP/Getty Images/David Banks)

The hands of Iraqi juvenile prisoners are seen dangling from ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:52:21 GMT

(AFP/File) - The hands of Iraqi juvenile prisoners are seen dangling from the bars of their cell at the Al-Karkh Juvenile Correctional Center in Baghdad in 2004. British troops forced an Iraqi detainee to wear an orange jump suit and told him that he was to be executed at Guantanamo Bay camp, according to allegations published in a newspaper.(AFP/File/Marwan Naamani)

File photo shows a British soldier patrolling a street in the ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:31:25 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo shows a British soldier patrolling a street in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. British soldiers forced an Iraqi detainee to wear an orange jump suit and told him that he was to be executed at the US-run Guantanamo Bay camp, a report has alleged.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)

A view of Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base August ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:43:44 GMT

(Reuters) - A view of Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base August 5, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Deborah Gembara/Files

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at a news conference ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:35:08 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at a news conference in Washington November 13, 2009. The accused mastermind of the September 11 attacks and four other top terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay will prosecuted in U.S. criminal courts, Holder said, the first major step in their bid to close the controversial prison. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES POLITICS CRIME LAW CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

US Attorney General Eric Holder during a news conference at ...

(AFP/Getty Images) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:19:57 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images) - US Attorney General Eric Holder during a news conference at the Department of Justice. US officials are to try one of the youngest detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, a Canadian accused of killing a US soldier, in a military tribunal, Holder said Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla)

In this file photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:19:57 GMT

(AFP/File) - In this file photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the US. military, Canadian defendant Omar Khadr during a hearing inside the courthouse for the US war crimes commission at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba on July 2009. Canada's top court was Friday urged to order the government to bring home Khadr from the US jail in Guantanamo Bay.(AFP/File/Janet Hamlin)

A drawing by artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the US military, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:20:07 GMT

(Reuters) - A drawing by artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the US military, shows young Canadian captive, Omar Khadr, who is accused of throwing a grenade that killed a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan in July 2002, attending a pre-trial session at the Guantanamo Bay naval base December 12, 2008. REUTERS/Janet Hamlin/Pool

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at a news conference ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:56:51 GMT