Trying to make sense of the new US travel ban

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Something smells wrong about this latest US travel ban, which prevents passengers flying from certain airports into the US from carrying electronic devices larger than a phone in the cabin. For one thing, in the 10 airports named, all in majority-Muslim countries, Abu Dhabi, Doha and Dubai among them – there is good security screening, as ATW’s Karen Walker points out. And the reason behind the ban is unclear ? why those airports? What is to stop criminally minded passengers flying non-direct? ...