Terror Plot. The Wall Street Journal has this editorial on the foiled airplane terror plot. "A terror plot is exposed by the policies many American liberals oppose."

USCA9 Flips Death Sentence. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit demonstrates yet again why the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 was necessary, as it overturns yet another pre-AEDPA California death sentence for less-than-immaculate assistance of counsel. David Kravets of AP reports here. Both the California courts and the federal district court had previously upheld Richard Hovey's conviction and sentence for the 1978 kidnapping and murder of 8-year-old Tina Salazar. Three months after committing this crime, but before he was caught, Hovey kidnapped another little girl.

Psychologists and Interrogations. "The American Psychological Association took a stand against torture Thursday but kept an existing policy saying that it's ethical for psychologists to assist in military interrogations," the AP reports here.