Finally, the Obama administration has done something I can support:

Responding to growing concern over the spread of Burmese pythons in the Everglades, the federal Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Wednesday to ban both the import and interstate transport of the python and eight other snake species, all large constrictors.

On the other hand, the State Department has not gotten the same instructions. From the AP: “Two prominent Muslim scholars once accused of having ties to terrorism can reapply to travel to the United States now that the State Department has concluded they pose no danger to the country, federal spokesmen said Wednesday.”

As Daniel Pipes points out, the State Department explanation that Tariq Ramadan had previously been excluded because he “made statements counter to U.S. foreign policy” is a lie. He had donated funds to a terrorist-related organization.