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    Report commissioned to identify prisons that could house terrorists

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-- the world's most dangerous terrorist may soon be coming to a town near you thanks to a new Government Accountability Office report.

Commissioned by democratic senator Dianne Feinstein now the prospect of bringing gitmo detainees.

To facilities inside the US is now a quote viable option.

Now the GAO was tasked with finding prisons that could adequately house these very dangerous radicals and now she claims a number of locations around the country have been found.

However was not long ago the controversy erupted in Illinois after it was rumored that gitmo detainees were headed to the prisons in that state.

Now at the time the attorney general Eric Holder quickly squashed that possibility remember that's.

We will not move people from Guantanamo regardless of the state of the law to Thompson's -- as my pledges attorney general.

His play -- so what's changed and does his -- still stand in Illinois and beyond.

Joining me now with reaction are Fox News legal analyst Peter Johnson junior and the co host of the ever successful five Kimberly go for the deceive both -- being here -- Peter what changed this what you with the president won the election that's what happened that's what I asked -- and it.

So now let's say although we have a super secure report I know -- to know about it until.

Fox new is in Catherine Herridge.

Find out about it and so -- the report comes out and so all we can be trying these folks in the United States with the constitutional.

Protect open wheel valuable American what you -- both great lawyers this is the question here and what is the danger Kimberly when you give.

Enemy combatants terrorists the same rights as you would give an American citizen we treat terrorism like a criminal justice issue.

And what is the legal -- by which they are doing this is -- Obama get in fact issue another executive order to fund is because there's already legislation prohibiting it.

And instead you're going to take people that have been designated enemy combatants bring them on TUS soil into our prison systems where they can radicalize.

And recruit other people and then in fact.

-- and the same constitutionally.

Afforded rights and privileges of the hard working citizens in this country it's outrageous and a.

-- no rights and privileges but here's my conflict on the issue let's talk about this.

Sean I don't have a problem saying listen.

You guys -- terrorists and we're not afraid to hold you in the United States of America will not embarrassed because we're doing the right thing in protecting ourselves.

You're violating the law of the world.

And we are holding yet I understand not my backyard problems and I certainly understand that we're not going to be trying these folks.

Under our civil system where with.

Are we or are we don't I -- there and I don't know show on that they promised we've had promises in the past I did appear to be broken.

And is set up report that says oh yeah we can hold these season this this.

All goes back to -- -- -- rules time.

Yet the illegally legally speaking they're finding a way to get around it and to circumvent the rules so that they can make it work based on the promises that they made.

Prior to the election and that's what this is I'm not surprised they said they wanted to do this and they try to back off that the -- controversial on improper.

Why you've given the prison population put these people in -- create more domestic terrorists I think -- I think I know the year.

-- it all seems to be rooted in.

Men caused disasters overseas contingency operation Fort Hood is workplace violence -- and we can't label bring Ghazi a terror attack there is a pattern.

Of I guess denial.

About what.

The threat as well they're dependent lasted -- -- now we can worry about how we're gonna house these folks that like to worry about how we're gonna find.

The mastermind has been identified and every major newspaper and network.

In the world.

And then got I see why we haven't.

Their -- out drinking eating in public charge someone.

The FBI most wanted list if you wanna have civil justice or.

-- the military and do what's necessary.

Neither has happened in that regard -- I agree with all of that but it seems to me that there's an unwillingness of mysterious reluctance.

To just admit what is a simple truth that there are there are radical islamists that want to a worldwide -- of faith are.

And they have no problems killing innocent men women -- They're pretty good do you think that they want to be brought -- US soil they -- at the -- mockery of our system I think it says the weakness on the part of the United States it's certainly not be.

Message that we want to spread to the rest of the world -- to those it would do us harm now or bring him on -- so why.

Why did it I think like US prisons here because they don't have a legal classification that warns that kind of placement.

I'll tell you like is they can get law books and our prisons and they can study and they can figure -- ways Peter.

-- -- sued the United States of America.

-- not unlawful like I think the president is in the big big pickle on this he's made promises.

All over the place and I don't think he's going to be able to honor.

And he -- closing it now right guys good to see both of deceit reared its legal expertise coming up.

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