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Don Wade and Roma (WLS AM890 radio) awakened Chicagoland this morning with statements from Dan Proft, Mark Kirk and Jan Schakowsky - the first two especially thoughtful on the subject of Obama/Holder moving 100 or so terrorist detainees from Gitmo to Thomson, IL. Must have gotten Jan up way too early, as she was neither thoughtful nor interesting, her interview consisting mainly of “uh, hymmmm, um, no that’s wrong, I didn’t know that, I’ll get the figures,” etc. The great gift of this Durbin/Quinn (he’s the governor now, remember?) endorsed scheme is the debate that surely will keep fomenting through the Feb. 2 primary and into the November election cycle - all to the benefit of governor, Senate and Congressional candidates on the right side.

Here’s what Mark Kirk had to say on this subject: If your Administration brings Al Qaeda terrorists to Illinois, our state and the Chicago Metropolitan Area will become ground zero for Jihadist terrorist plots, recruitment and radicalization.

Furthermore, since Thomson is located in the Northern District of Illinois, any civilian prosecution of Al Qaeda terrorists would occur in Rockford or downtown Chicago.

As home to America’s tallest building, we should not invite Al Qaeda to make Illinois its number one target.

The United States spent more than $50 million to build the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to keep terrorists away from U.S. soil. Al Qaeda terrorists should stay where they cannot endanger American citizens.