Yes, in my backyard: Illinois town among few in US lobbying to get Guantanamo detainees

MARION, Ill. (AP) — Once the nation's most secure prison, the federal lockup in southern Illinois has housed everyone from spies to a Colombian druglord to dapper mob boss John Gotti. Now the mayor of Marion hopes to roll out the welcome mat for...

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