Hardin, Montana Bids to Be New Guantánamo Bay

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Even the good times are pretty tough in the small town of Hardin, nestled deep in the "Big Sky" countryside of Montana. And these are not good times.

So the city of 3,400 people has launched an unusual civic effort to bring jobs and prosperity back to its dusty streets: to become the Gitmo of the north.

Barack Obama's plan to close Guantánamo Bay has sent politicians scrambling to promise that none of the prisoners will be rehoused on their patch. But not Hardin.

Instead, the local council has launched an audacious bid to relocate Guantánamo detainees to the town, offering up a state-of-the-art prison facility that is currently sitting empty. Members voted unanimously to back the proposal and have been actively courting the media to promote the plans ...

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/272310.html