Trump’s desire to tear up the nuclear agreement Iran may explain his administration’s saber-rattling over a missile launch that it agrees didn’t violate  the nuclear deal …
- US Puts Iran ‘on Notice’ After Missile Test, Won’t Elaborate (Christian Science Monitor)
… but what explains his “acrimonious telephone call with Australia’s prime minister” accusing the American ally “of trying to export the ‘next Boston bombers’”:
Dangers to American science & tech include effect of travel restriction on conferences, the large number of immigrant scientists and engineers and the need for high-skilled foreign workers in computer science:
“The launch of the probe … follows calls from Illinois senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin earlier this week for a ‘comprehensive investigation’ into the ‘chaotic execution’ of the administration’s order”:
- Homeland Security Inspector General Opens Investigation of Muslim Ban, Orders Document Preservation (Intercept)
What causes Western Muslim youth to join militant jihadist groups? What causes them to leave them? A moving and meticulous documentary goes to the heart of the problem:
- Jihad: A Story of Others (Fuuse)
“Both kids were hoisted on their fathers’ shoulders for a better view, holding cardboard signs of support for those stranded by the new US president’s surprise [travel] ban”:
“[L]awyers at LAX and airports across the nation …Â have been offering free legal counsel to travelers who say they have experienced heightened problems with immigration authorities following the immigration ban”:
“Tuesday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte Jr follows decisions by federal judges in at least four other states that also limited the executive order Trump issued on Friday”:
“President Donald Trump’s recent executive order temporarily freezing immigration from seven predominantly Islamic countries would affect only about 12% of the world’s Muslims”:
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