IL-SEN: Kirk backs Thomson opposition with Congressional action

Republican Rep. - and Senate candidate - Mark Kirk introduced in the US House a few days ago a provision that would require a Federal assessment of security measures at key Illinois locations such as Chicago O'Hare Airport and the Willis Tower if plans go ahead to bring Guantanamo detainees to the Thomson Correctional Center in Illinois. The Lake County News-Sun reports:

Kirk ... noted that federal law grants a right to prison visitors and policy permits up to 10 followers/family members per prisoner. "That means that up to 1,000 al-Qaida followers and family members may soon regularly visit Illinois, traveling through O'Hare International Airport," he said.

I'm intrigued by the thought that the legal limits on visitor numbers in federal prisons might feature anywhere in the plans of al-Qaeda operatives.