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American Conservative, August 23, 2024<\/p>\n

\u00a0Gabbard Episode Shows the Surveillance State Strong and Stupid as Ever<\/a><\/h2>\n

By James Bovard<\/p>\n

The former Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) is apparently the latest Biden critic to be targeted for federal surveillance and harassment. Gabbard, an outspoken opponent of America\u2019s forever wars, is reportedly being stalked by Transportation Security Administration\u2019s air marshals, part of the agency\u2019s Quiet Skies covert operation targeting suspected threats to aviation.<\/p>\n

After TSA whistleblowers were quoted confirming the surveillance, Gabbard declared that placing her on the TSA Quiet Skies target list was \u201cclearly an act of political retaliation. It\u2019s no accident that I was placed on the Quiet Skies list the day after I did a prime-time interview warning the American people about\u2026why Kamala Harris would be bad for our country if elected as President.\u201d Gabbard lamented that, despite serving in the U.S. Army for 21 years, \u201cnow my government is surveilling me as a potential domestic terrorist.\u201d She groused about \u201cthe stress of forever looking over my shoulder, wondering if and how I am being watched, what secret terror watch list I\u2019m on, and having no transparency or due process.\u201d As one Twitter wag quipped, \u201cThe only thing Tulsi Gabbard blew up was Kamala\u2019s earlier presidential run. That\u2019s why she on a list.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) sent a letter to TSA chief David Pekoske complaining that the Gabbard surveillance appeared to be \u201cpart of a broader pattern in which TSA has repurposed Quiet Skies to surveil individuals based on their political activities, even when there is no evidence of wrongdoing.\u201d Paul requested that TSA speedily turn over \u201cunredacted copies of all current guidelines, criteria, standard operating procedures, and related documents governing the selection of individuals for TSA-managed lists and programs, including the Quiet Skies program.\u201d Paul himself had epic airport clashes with TSA officials in 2012, and the agency has been paying the price ever since.<\/p>\n

In response to an inquiry by journalist Matt Taibbi on the Gabbard controversy, TSA issued a formal statement refusing to confirm or deny the targeting of Gabbard: \u201cTSA\u2019s Quiet Skies program uses a risk-based approach to identify passengers and apply enhanced security measures on some domestic and outbound international flights.\u202fTo safeguard sensitive national security measures, TSA does not confirm or deny whether any individual has matched to a risk-based rule\u2026.\u202fSimply matching to a risk-based rule does not constitute derogatory information about an individual.\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, a primary purpose of Quiet Skies is to entitle federal agents to stockpile derogatory information on their targets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quiet Skies, first revealed in 2018 by the Boston Globe, hounds travelers on the flimsiest of pretexts. If you fall asleep or use the bathroom during your next flight, those incriminating facts could be added to your federal dossier. Likewise, if you look at noisy children seated nearby with a \u201ccold, penetrating stare,\u201d that may be included on your permanent record. If you fidget, sweat, or have \u201cstrong body odor\u201d\u2014boom! the feds are onto you. Air marshals also zero in on \u201cfacial flushing,\u201d \u201cgripping\/white knuckling bags,\u201d \u201cface touching,\u201d or \u201cwide open, staring eyes,\u201d and \u201crapid eye blinking.\u201d Heck, even \u201cobserving the boarding gate area from afar\u201d triggers alarms by bonehead bureaucrats.<\/p>\n

What does it take to become a Quiet Skies target? \u201cThe criteria for surveillance appear fluid. Internal agency emails show some confusion about the program\u2019s parameters and implementation,\u201d the Globe noted. Anyone who recently traveled to Turkey was put on the list. Passengers become suspects if they change clothes or shave while in the airport.<\/p>\n

After a person makes the Quiet Skies list, a TSA air marshal team is placed on their next flight. Marshals receive \u201ca file containing a photo and basic information\u201d and carefully note whether the suspect\u2019s \u201cappearance was different from information provided\u201d \u2014 such as whether they have \u201cgained weight,\u201d are \u201cbalding\u201d or \u201cgraying,\u201d or have a beard or \u201cvisible tattoos.\u201d<\/p>\n

TSA air marshals follow targeted travelers, even writing down their license plate numbers. Marshals ascertain whether a \u201csubject was abnormally aware of surroundings.\u201d Does that include noticing the federal agent stalking them in the parking lot?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marshals record and report any \u201csignificant derogatory information\u201d on suspects. If TSA obeyed the Freedom of Information Act, I could probably get some hearty laughs from their files on me. (TSA chief John Pistole denounced one of my articles in 2014, and I\u2019ve had some testy airport encounters in subsequent years.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

TSA claimed the program had robust oversight but no one in Congress knew the program existed until the Boston Globe scoop. Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) blasted Quiet Skies as \u201cthe very definition of \u2018Big Brother.\u2019\u201d
\nAccording to Sonya LaBosco, executive director of the Air Marshal National Council, TSA whistleblowers have confirmed that Gabbard is being heavily surveilled. LaBosco explained that Gabbard would have multiple air marshals on \u201cevery flight, every leg,\u201d and canine teams will \u201cmaneuver over to the [boarding] gate area\u2026. floating around to try to pick up a scent of something.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tracking operation is so blatant that it is reminiscent of the FBI\u2019s tactics against Vietnam War protestors. FBI agents were encouraged to conduct frequent interviews with antiwar activists to \u201cenhance the paranoia endemic in such circles\u201d and \u201cget the point across that there is an FBI agent behind every mailbox,\u201d according to an FBI memo from that era. But if intimidation is the goal, Tulsi is the wrong woman for the feds to target.<\/p>\n

Actually, TSA\u2019s air marshal program is the equivalent of a ticking time bomb waiting for the next boondoggle to explode.<\/strong> TSA claims that it merely places air marshals on flights which are considered high-risk for hijacking or terrorist attacks. But in 2021, insiders revealed that 900 air marshals\u2014almost half the active total\u2014were designated to stand by for flights taken by members of Congress. One veteran air marshal groused that the air marshal D.C. field office \u201cwas almost exclusively dedicated to VIP services for Congress.\u201d The Air Marshal National Council formally complained that TSA had turned their program into a \u201cconcierge service\u201d and \u201cbabysitting\u201d for members of Congress, who exploited the program even for personal flights with no tie to official business.<\/p>\n

Quiet Skies is only the latest TSA air marshal pratfall. TSA spends almost $1 billion on air marshals. Though marshals have never stopped a hijacking, they have scored plenty of headlines. House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) complained in 2015 about air marshals \u201cdisguising themselves as pornography producers, hiring prostitutes and using government-issued phones and other assets to film sexual encounters.\u201d One air marshal was \u201cconvicted of abducting a female escort during a layover in the Washington, D.C., area,\u201d one was convicted of bank fraud for attempting to cash an $11 million bogus check, and one was sent to prison after soliciting someone to kill his ex-wife. An air marshal was busted for taking up-skirt photos of women, and numerous air marshals lost their guns on flights and in airports. Rep. John Duncan (R-TN) groused that the air marshal program \u201chas come to be a symbol of everything that\u2019s wrong with the DHS, when 4,000 bored cops fly around the country First Class, committing more crimes than they stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quiet Skies is not even the tip of the iceberg of federal surveillance follies. In the decades after the 9\/11 attacks, federal agencies vastly expanded their ability to target anyone who dissents from Washington’s conventional wisdom. The only certainty is that the outrages and abuses of power have been worse than Americans yet know. Unfortunately, we cannot expect Congress to pull in the reins on their own concierge service.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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