Former Norwegian prime minister detained at Dulles Airport for an hour. He visited Iran in 2014.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

As Kjell Magne Bondevik was preparing for his visit to the United States for this week’s National Prayer Breakfast, he had reason to believe the trip would be seamless. After all, he is the former prime minister of Norway — a U.S. ally in NATO — and has traveled to and from the U.S. on numerous occasions.

His office contacted the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, and was told his passport and a separate electronic travel authorization would be enough for entry into the country.

But after flying into Dulles International Airport on Tuesday afternoon, he was detained and questioned for about an hour, all because of a passport stamp. His passport — which clearly stated he is the former prime minister of Norway — indicated he had taken a 2014 trip to Iran, where Bondevik said he had attended a human rights conference.

“I was surprised, and I was provoked,” he told WJLA ABC7. “What will the reputation of the U.S. be if this happens not only to me, but also to other international leaders?”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/03/former-norwegian-prime-minister-detained-at-dulles-airport-for-an-hour-he-visited-iran-in-2014/?utm_term=.dd9cfd480a13#comments

tRump offending our allies one at a time.

[lpbk2713]

1. They don't know their job.

Trump has created that much confusion on all levels.

[Ken Burch]

2. Will Trump detain U.S. veterans who fought in the banned countries?

Those folks were there a lot longer than Mr. Bondevik.

[HassleCat]

3. Them there Norskies are dangerous!

Ya gotta watch em, or they'll hit ya with a big cod fish. Uffda!

[Turbineguy]

4. What did used to call that?

"Winning Hearts and Minds!"

[Ms. Toad]

5. This is particularly disturbing

Bondevik said Dulles officials told him he had been detained because of a 2015 law signed by Barack Obama that placed restrictions on travellers from those seven countries, or travellers from elsewhere who had recently visited those countries.

So - a law that has been used to justify Trump's executive order; a law that never authorized banning anyone; is now being used to justify delaying people who have ever traveled through one of the 7 countries. And - it is being blamed on Obama, despite the fact that these detention inquiries started last Saturday. (Is it only last Saturday? It seems like a lifetime ago . . .)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. The Norwegians are not amused.

http://www.aftenposten.no/verden/Bondevik-hadde-iransk-stempel-i-passet---ble-stoppet-pa-flyplassen-i-Washington-614414b.html

http://www.thelocal.no/20170203/former-norwegian-prime-minister-stopped-by-new-us-entry-controls

[struggle4progress]

7. The US is going to to build a wall along our border with Norway!

And we expect Sweden to pay for it!

[manicraven]

8. How can we write and apologize? I feel deeply embarrassed.

Good grief.