U.S._NP1 to_TO house_VVI Guantanamo_NN1 detainees_NN2 in_II Illinois_NP1 ,_, officials_NN2 say_VV0 The_AT federal_JJ government_NN1 will_VM buy_VVI the_AT nearly_RR empty_JJ Thomson_NP1 Correctional_JJ Center_NN1 ,_, where_CS it_PPH1 hopes_VVZ to_TO put_VVI up_RG21 to_RG22 100_MC detainees_NN2 ._. 
Reporting_VVG from_II Washington_NP1 --_NN1 President_NNB Obama_NP1 has_VHZ directed_VVN the_AT federal_JJ government_NN1 to_TO buy_VVI a_AT1 nearly_RR empty_JJ state_NN1 prison_NN1 in_II rural_JJ Illinois_NP1 to_TO house_VVI up_RG21 to_RG22 100_MC detainees_NN2 held_VVN at_II the_AT U.S._NP1 detention_NN1 center_NN1 at_II Guantanamo_NP1 Bay_NN1 ,_, Cuba_NP1 ,_, officials_NN2 said_VVD late_JJ Monday_NPD1 ._. 
The_AT administration_NN1 plans_VVZ to_TO announce_VVI today_RT that_CST the_AT government_NN1 will_VM acquire_VVI the_AT Thomson_NP1 Correctional_JJ Center_NN1 to_TO house_VVI federal_JJ inmates_NN2 as_II31 well_II32 as_II33 a_AT1 limited_JJ number_NN1 of_IO detainees_NN2 ._. 
Local_JJ officials_NN2 have_VH0 promoted_VVN the_AT idea_NN1 ,_, in_RR21 part_RR22 because_CS the_AT project_NN1 would_VM create_VVI more_DAR than_CSN 3,000_MC jobs_NN2 ._. 
Sen._NNB Richard_NP1 J._NP1 Durbin_NP1 (_( D-Ill._NP1 )_) and_CC Illinois_NP1 Gov_NN1 ._. 
Pat_NP1 Quinn_NP1 plan_VV0 to_TO be_VBI in_II Washington_NP1 for_IF the_AT announcement_NN1 ._. 
"_" Closing_VVG the_AT detention_NN1 center_NN1 at_II Guantanamo_NP1 is_VBZ essential_JJ to_II protecting_VVG our_APPGE national_JJ security_NN1 and_CC helping_VVG our_APPGE troops_NN2 by_II removing_VVG a_AT1 deadly_JJ recruiting_NN1 tool_NN1 from_II the_AT hands_NN2 of_IO Al_NP1 Qaeda_NP1 ,_, "_" an_AT1 administration_NN1 official_NN1 said_VVD ._. 
Under_II the_AT administration_NN1 's_GE plans_NN2 ,_, some_DD detainees_NN2 will_VM be_VBI sent_VVN to_II their_APPGE home_NN1 countries_NN2 and_CC others_NN2 to_II third_MD countries_NN2 ,_, some_DD of_IO which_DDQ operate_VV0 rehabilitation_NN1 programs_NN2 for_IF terrorism_NN1 suspects_NN2 ._. 
At_RR21 present_RR22 ,_, there_EX are_VBR 210_MC detainees_NN2 in_II custody_NN1 in_II Guantanamo_NP1 ,_, about_RG 90_MC of_IO whom_PNQO have_VH0 been_VBN cleared_VVN for_IF transfer_NN1 back_RP to_II their_APPGE native_JJ countries_NN2 ._. 
The_AT Thomson_NP1 prison_NN1 could_VM house_VVI 35_MC to_II 90_MC Guantanamo_NN1 detainees_NN2 ,_, said_VVD one_MC1 source_NN1 familiar_JJ with_IW the_AT discussions_NN2 ._. 
But_CCB other_JJ officials_NN2 say_VV0 the_AT government_NN1 hopes_VVZ to_TO house_VVI up_RG21 to_RG22 100_MC of_IO the_AT detainees_NN2 there_RL ._. 
The_AT administration_NN1 has_VHZ also_RR considered_VVN operating_VVG a_AT1 military_JJ tribunal_NN1 at_II or_CC near_II the_AT prison_NN1 ,_, where_CS the_AT government_NN1 would_VM try_VVI combatants_NN2 charged_VVN with_IW acts_NN2 of_IO terrorism_NN1 ._. 
Officials_NN2 did_VDD not_XX comment_VVI on_II that_DD1 idea_NN1 Monday_NPD1 ._. 
Thomson_NP1 ,_, on_II the_AT Illinois_NP1 border_NN1 with_IW Iowa_NP1 ,_, could_VM be_VBI the_AT sole_JJ location_NN1 for_IF what_DDQ the_AT administration_NN1 calls_VVZ "_" long-term_JJ detainees_NN2 ,_, "_" those_DD2 who_PNQS will_VM remain_VVI in_II custody_NN1 but_CCB who_PNQS are_VBR unlikely_JJ to_TO stand_VVI trial_NN1 because_CS the_AT evidence_NN1 against_II them_PPHO2 would_VM not_XX be_VBI admissible_JJ in_II court_NN1 ._. 
As_CSA one_MC1 of_IO his_APPGE first_MD presidential_JJ acts_NN2 last_MD January_NPM1 ,_, Obama_NP1 pledged_VVD to_TO close_VVI the_AT detention_NN1 center_NN1 at_II Guantanamo_NP1 within_II a_AT1 year_NNT1 ._. 
Guantanamo_NP1 had_VHD become_VVN a_AT1 lightening_NN1 rod_NN1 for_IF anti-American_JJ sentiment_NN1 ,_, as_CSA word_NN1 leaked_VVD out_RP about_II coercive_JJ interrogation_NN1 techniques_NN2 that_CST included_VVD waterboarding_VVG ,_, a_AT1 form_NN1 of_IO simulated_JJ drowning_NN1 ._. 
Yet_RR releasing_VVG even_RR detainees_NN2 who_PNQS had_VHD been_VBN deemed_VVN no_AT threat_NN1 has_VHZ proven_VVN difficult_JJ over_II the_AT years_NNT2 ._. 
None_PN have_VH0 been_VBN released_VVN into_II the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 ,_, and_CC few_DA2 other_JJ nations_NN2 have_VH0 been_VBN willing_JJ to_TO accept_VVI them_PPHO2 ._. 
Obama_NP1 signaled_VVD last_MD spring_NN1 that_CST he_PPHS1 intended_VVD to_TO transfer_VVI some_DD of_IO the_AT detainees_NN2 to_TO secure_VVI facilities_NN2 within_II the_AT U.S._NP1 In_II a_AT1 speech_NN1 at_II the_AT National_JJ Archives_NN2 in_II May_NPM1 ,_, he_PPHS1 also_RR proposed_VVN what_DDQ he_PPHS1 called_VVD "_" prolonged_JJ detention_NN1 "_" for_IF terror_NN1 suspects_NN2 who_PNQS could_VM n't_XX be_VBI tried_VVN ._. 
"_" We_PPIS2 are_VBR not_XX going_VVGK to_TO release_VVI anyone_PN1 if_CS it_PPH1 would_VM endanger_VVI our_APPGE national_JJ security_NN1 ,_, "_" Obama_NP1 said_VVD at_II the_AT time_NNT1 ._. 
"_" As_CSA we_PPIS2 make_VV0 these_DD2 decisions_NN2 ,_, bear_VV0 in_II mind_NN1 the_AT following_JJ fact_NN1 :_: Nobody_PN1 has_VHZ ever_RR escaped_VVN from_II one_MC1 of_IO our_APPGE federal_JJ super-max_NN1 prisons_NN2 ,_, which_DDQ hold_VV0 hundreds_NNO2 of_IO convicted_JJ terrorists_NN2 ._. "_" 
Among_II civil_JJ libertarians_NN2 ,_, the_AT idea_NN1 raised_VVD immediate_JJ concerns_NN2 about_II the_AT due_JJ process_NN1 of_IO law_NN1 and_CC the_AT human_JJ rights_NN2 of_IO detainees_NN2 ._. 
The_AT president_NN1 's_GE open_JJ acknowledgment_NN1 that_CST some_DD detainees_NN2 ca_VM n't_XX be_VBI tried_VVN but_CCB ca_VM n't_XX be_VBI freed_VVN also_RR triggered_VVD another_DD1 debate_NN1 ,_, this_DD1 one_PN1 with_IW former_DA Vice_NNB President_NNB Dick_NP1 Cheney_NP1 ._. 
That_DD1 same_DA day_NNT1 in_II May_NPM1 ,_, Cheney_NP1 voiced_VVD concern_NN1 that_CST locking_VVG up_RP dangerous_JJ suspects_NN2 on_II American_JJ soil_NN1 would_VM make_VVI the_AT facilities_NN2 and_CC their_APPGE host_NN1 communities_NN2 vulnerable_JJ to_TO attack_VVI ,_, as_II31 well_II32 as_II33 give_VV0 enemy_NN1 combatants_NN2 a_AT1 foothold_NN1 in_II the_AT U.S._NP1 to_TO plot_VVI further_JJR attacks_NN2 ._. 
"_" I_PPIS1 think_VV0 the_AT president_NN1 will_VM find_VVI ,_, upon_II reflection_NN1 ,_, "_" Cheney_NP1 said_VVD then_RT ,_, "_" that_DD1 to_TO bring_VVI the_AT worst_JJT of_IO the_AT worst_JJT terrorists_NN2 inside_II the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 would_VM be_VBI cause_NN1 for_IF great_JJ danger_NN1 and_CC regret_VV0 in_II the_AT years_NNT2 to_TO come_VVI ._. "_" 
In_II Illinois_NP1 on_II Monday_NPD1 ,_, officials_NN2 voiced_VVD support_NN1 for_IF the_AT plan_NN1 ._. 
State_NP1 Sen._NNA Jeff_NP1 Schoenberg_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 Democrat_NN1 ,_, noted_VVD that_CST several_DA2 communities_NN2 had_VHD weighed_VVN in_RP with_IW resolutions_NN2 supporting_VVG the_AT effort_NN1 the_AT make_VV0 Thomson_NP1 a_AT1 federal_JJ prison_NN1 ._. 
"_" For_IF those_DD2 who_PNQS live_VV0 in_II that_DD1 job-starved_JJ portion_NN1 of_IO the_AT state_NN1 ,_, this_DD1 is_VBZ undoubtedly_RR very_RG welcome_JJ news_NN1 ,_, "_" Schoenberg_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
"_" Even_RR the_AT most_RGT conservative_JJ estimates_NN2 of_IO the_AT economic_JJ impact_NN1 that_CST this_DD1 would_VM have_VHI are_VBR considerable_JJ ._. "_" 
Schoenberg_NP1 is_VBZ co-chairing_VVG a_AT1 state_NN1 panel_NN1 that_CST will_VM hold_VVI a_AT1 hearing_NN1 on_II the_AT issue_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 said_VVD word_NN1 from_II the_AT White_NP1 House_NN1 is_VBZ "_" consistent_JJ with_IW everything_PN1 that_CST I_PPIS1 've_VH0 been_VBN led_VVN to_TO expect_VVI ._. "_" 
The_AT Quinn_NP1 administration_NN1 has_VHZ said_VVN that_CST lawmakers_NN2 do_VD0 not_XX need_VVI to_TO pass_VVI legislation_NN1 for_IF the_AT sale_NN1 to_TO take_VVI place_NN1 ._. 
After_CS the_AT panel_NN1 's_GE advisory_JJ recommendation_NN1 ,_, the_AT Quinn_NP1 administration_NN1 can_VM sell_VVI the_AT prison_NN1 under_II the_AT state_NN1 's_GE surplus_JJ property_NN1 act_NN1 ._. 
Federal_JJ officials_NN2 said_VVD that_CST no_AT price_NN1 had_VHD been_VBN agreed_VVN upon_II ._. 
