ISIS Targeted Refugee Program in Enter US:  The head of the House Homeland Security Committee said Monday that the U.S. government has information indicating that individuals tied to Syrian terrorist groups gave attempted to exploit the refugee program to gain access to the United States.  Julian Hattem of The Hill reports that Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), speaking at the National Defense University, did not go into details nor did he reveal who specifically provided the information, describing sources only as "elements of the intelligence community."  The debate surrounding Syrian and Iraqi refugees intensified following the terror attacks in Paris last month and in San Bernardino last week, with critics warning that the program is vulnerable to infiltration by Islamic State adherents.  President Obama is determined to bring in 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year, and Republicans and Democrats alike are "wary of the president's plans." 

GA Murderer to be Executed:  A Georgia man convicted of murdering his mother's friend in 1992 is set to be executed Tuesday, nine months after his original scheduled execution was put on hold when the compound lethal injection drug became cloudy.  Jeremy Gray of AL reports that Brian Keith Terrell's attorneys have appealed Tuesday's execution over concerns with the lethal injection drugs, the constitutionality of which is front and center in the death penalty debate.  In 1992, Terrell was caught by his mother's friend, 70-year-old John Watson, stealing checks from him.  Watson informed Terrell's mother and the police but agreed not to press charges as long as most of the money was returned.  On the day Terrell was supposed to return Watson's money, he showed up at his residence and shot him multiple times, then beat him so brutally that a bone penetrated into his skull.  Update: Terrell was executed early Wednesday.