Americans have become numb to surveillance, and eliminating Quiet Skies is hopefully just a start.
Narrated by Jared Moore
Art by Daniel Medina
Text published 09/30/25:
My Senate Testimony on Surveillance
Last year, former Hawaii Congresswoman and Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard was placed in a surveillance program called Quiet Skies by the Transportation and Security Administration. Across eight flights she was subject to intrusive searches, followed by bomb-sniffing dogs, and trailed by three Federal Air Marshals per flight, who if they were following procedure were attempting to listen to her conversations, following her to airport exits to see who if anyone met her, and even recording how often and at what times she went to the bathroom.
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