Gitmo North: Once in our prisons, terrorists can beat systems

Yesterday during a press conference, Governor Pat Quinn and Sen. Dick Durbin assured Illinoisans that the terrorists will cause no harm when incarcerated at Gitmo North in Thomson.

ABC News tells us it's not that simple.

White House officials said Tuesday Americans have nothing to fear from the Guantanamo detainees to be transferred to Thomson Correctional Center in Illinois, but in at least two cases, individuals connected to terror who are already in federal prisons have managed to beat the system.

A closer look at convicted terrorists already living in U.S. prisons. One passed messages to his followers, and another seriously and permanently injured a guard during an escape attempt.

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