Visa Denied to Terrorist Threat

Continuing to make incompetence the theme of the Administration, it was announced today that an eminent Indian scientist, Goverdhan Mehta, invited to lecture at an international conference at the University of Florida was denied a visa because his expertise in chemistry was considered a national security threat. Indians are enraged and the American science establishment is embarrassed. Mehta was a director of the Indian Institute of Science and is a science adviser to India's prime minister. He has previously visited the US dozens of times. The timing of this action is impressive as it comes just prior to the President's visit to India where he intends to improve relations.