U. S. May Ban Laptops on All Flights From Europe -<br />By RON NIXON and ERIC SCHMITTMAY 10, 2017<br />WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security is considering banning laptops<br />and other large electronic devices from carry-on bags on flights from Europe to the United States, a department spokesman said on Wednesday.<br />An intelligence official, who, like the airline official, was not authorized to speak publicly about the potential ban, said it was being considered because of concerns<br />that radicalized citizens of European Union nations or people with dual citizenship could target United States-bound fights.<br />At that time, the United States and Britain barred passengers traveling through airports in 10 Muslim-majority countries from carrying laptop computers, tablets<br />and other devices larger than cellphones aboard direct inbound flights.<br />The changes made it harder for travelers to enter the United States from Europe if they had dual citizenship<br />in Iran, Iraq, Sudan or Syria, or had visited one of those countries in the previous five years.<br />Another government official, also speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the new ban was being considered<br />because the American government considered immigration policies in Europe to be lax.
