TERROR LATEST - AT 6:01 P.M. ET:  Another alleged terrorist on our own soil.  From The New York Times:

WASHINGTON — The Chicago man with roots in Pakistan who was arrested two months ago for planning to attack a Danish newspaper now faces the much more serious charge that he was deeply involved in planning the 2008 massacre in India that killed more than 150 people, according to court documents filed by the Justice Department.

Court documents charge that David Coleman Headley, 49, an American citizen who is the son of a former Pakistani diplomat and a Philadelphia socialite, conducted extensive surveillance of targets in Mumbai, India, for more than two years prior to the attacks by the terrorist group called Lakshar-e-Taiba, which is based in Pakistan.

Six Americans were among the dead in the attacks on a Mumbai train station, the Oberoi and Taj Mahal hotels and other sites.

COMMENT:  Please see our first story today, about homegrown terrorism.  The last year has seen the greatest activity since 2001.  We have been lucky so far, although Fort Hood wasn't so lucky. 

And, again, this calls into question the awful decision to try the mastermind of 9-11 in an ordinary civilian court in New York.  All this does is encourage others, who may well feel that they, too, if caught, will be given a platform to espouse their views.

Cancel that decision, Attorney General Holder!

December 7,  2009