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Eric Holder: “We want to acquire the Thompson facility. It would really be a welcome addition to our Bureau of Prisons and increase…”

On the recordJune 11, 2012
We want to acquire the Thompson facility. It would really be a welcome addition to our Bureau of Prisons and increase the capacity that we need for those kinds of prisoners, and we will not move people from Guantanamo, regardless of the state of the law, to Thompson. That is my pledge as Attorney General.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Holder pledges not to transfer Guantanamo detainees to Thompson facility.

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