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British Intelligence. Rivkin and Casey have this op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on lessons we can learn from the British regarding counterterrorism, although they concede our Constitution would not allow some of them.

Ryan Deposition. The AP reports here that a federal magistrate judge has ordered former Illinois Gov. George Ryan to give a deposition on his decision to pardon four death row inmates. Ryan claimed executive privilege, but the magistrate ruled that going on "Oprah" and telling the world about a decision waives the privilege.

A San Bernardino jury has return a verdict of death for Wayne Adam Ford, who was found guilty of the murder and mutilation of four California women in 1997-98, as reported by Associated Press writer Andrew Glazer.

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