The reason why there is very little biographical info available on Mr. Malihi might be more benign than you, Windflier, presume Excuse me, but I, Windflier, don't presume anything. I simply posted an article of general interest.
Thanks for your explanation, though. It's a good counterweight to the prevailing sentiment of conspiracy.
I'm not presuming anything, either, in this thing. I'd agree that Malihi's opinion is flawed, relying as it does on
Arkeny, which holds 14th Amendment citizenship to be the pricise equivalent of "natural born" citizenship. Furthermore, the judge in
Arkeny arrived at his fallacious conclusion by citing
Wong Kim Ark, which doesn't address the Article II "Natural Born Citizen" clause at all.
Did someone pressure Malihi to write the judgment that he did? Could be, but I would think the people who might have done so had no connection to Iran.