Rep. Hoekstra: "locals would be endangered by affiliates of the detainees coming to the area"

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/04/AR2009080402383_2.html?hpid=moreheadlines&sid=ST2009080500218

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Rep. Peter Hoekstra (Mich.) said he opposes bringing Guantanamo Bay detainees to Michigan, based on information he sees as the ranking Republican on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He thinks locals would be endangered by affiliates of the detainees coming to the area.

"If President Obama wants to move Gitmo jihadists to Standish, I would hope he would brief the local officials and guards," he said. "I want to make sure everyone has a much more comprehensive view of who these people are and the threat they pose to those in the facility and the community. I think if they knew what I know, they would make the same decision as me. Michigan can do a lot better than becoming the federal government's penal colony."

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