Exclusive: new Senate documents show members of Congress, others placed under an intrusive surveillance for dubious reasons under now-defunct TSA program
Hundreds of millions of dollars to follow people who questioned mask mandates, while drug cartels and violence take over cities. Almost as if they wanted it that way.
The use of Quiet Skies, pervasive control of social media companies’ content, “former” intel officials dominating mainstream media: none of this is (was) about safety or security of Americans. It was about imposing top-down control of the Party over state and society. They could care less about how ordinary people fare on the streets. Their objective was consolidating the control of Western imperial interests over domestic politics.
Quiet Skies was an excuse to harass political opponents without oversight. Reminds me of a while back when Diane Feinstein got all upset that one of the spying programs was used against her.
As soon as we get Democrats back in the White House and Congress, all this stuff is going right back in—open borders, censorship, surveillance. Most people still don’t know anything about any of this because the news refuses to report on it, and they are too busy getting worked up about Gaza, trans rights, abortion, and ICE raids to consider anything else.
Every single person connected with the "Quiet Skies" and other government censorship and/or political harrassment programs initiated under the Biden Administration should be immediately added to the terrorist watchlist. Those are the people we need to keep an eye on.
Tulsi as the ODNI chief has a lot of power. She can produce agency legislation to take down use of Quiet Skies, the illegal mass surveillance infrastructure aimed at Americans and non-strategically at the entire world, and those concurrently running mind control programs used on military and civil personnel in the federal government.
I am proud of Tulsi Gabbard. She is a brave soldier for the United States. It takes a real warrior to wade through this and know it's not a personal attack, but friendly fire. I support every declaration she has to make to clean out the absolute pit of corruption in clandestine service. She deserves and needs your prayers. We should help her every chance we get.
Our leaders are morons. Removing a mask on a flight is "endangering the crew and passengers"??? Really? It would seem that ALLOWING A FLIGHT TO TAKE PLACE endangered everyone on there AND all the people in the place the flight was going to as a spreading event. So by their definition, the GOVERNMENT endangered EVERYONE. Which is not a surprise at all.
I remember kind of late in the pandemic, airplanes were like the last place people were forced to mask. The 'experts' told us what a catastrophe it would be if we removed the mask mandates -- but when we did, nothing happened. (Shocker!)
The weirdest part about that mandate is that you could take your mask off during flight to eat or drink. Sort of like you could take your mask off when you sat down at a restaurant but had to put it back on if you got up from your table. How did anyone not see this as anything but hygiene theater (which btw, "Hygiene Theater" was what I had written across my mask when forced to wear one).
It is shocking that the news media paid almost no attention to the surveillance of Tulsi Gabbard. When I heard aboutit, naively, I thought it would be a big story. It’s revealing that they either didn’t care or approved of this abusive conduct.
Everyone knew before the pandemic (via several randomized trials) that masks are useless in stopping viruses. This is why Fauci, in one of his rare moments of truth, announced as much before reversing course into lies. And this is why many of us routinely went maskless using one artifice or another such as slowly eating a bag of peanuts for an entire flight. This episode of ignorance has now become even more hilarious knowing the government wasted resources spying on us. Hilarious, mind, primarily because those wasted resources were worthless anyway.
I remember walking in Hollywood (where I lived at the time) and having an angry Karen yell at me to “put on a mask!” on a beautiful sunshiny day. Meanwhile homeless people were lying in their own filth on the sidewalks being completely ignored. The government really pitted us against each other with irrational fear.
Thank you Matt. Your consistent and even-handed reporting always makes me glad to be a longtime supporter. And thank God for Tulsi Gabbard, who stays strong. I'm no Libertarian but Rand Paul seems to be the most consistently honest Senator
My husband served for 27 years, is now a Government contractor, highest security clearance you can get in civilian world, Global Entry ID & Passport, never a part of any protest, & he got the SSSS on his boarding pass & got the "additional search " on our flight in 2021 I believe. He served this country his entire life. Doesnt even cuss, smoke barely drinks besides a glass of wine & not even a speeding ticket. It was the biggest F-U by the Biden administration.
The TSA should not exist, and airport security should be rolled back the the Clinton era. With the exception of making cockpit doors out of something a bit sturdier than balsa-wood, NOTHING that changed about air-travel after 9/11 should ever have been implemented...let alone STILL be enforced.
THE WHOLE THING should be categorized as "obviously abusive and indefensible".
Tell 'em as much, Matt! Lest we forget, some people thought even Clinton-era security was too much!:
wow. I hope you get 10000 of like. I too think TSa is a joke. although the wives and daughters and mistresses all smell really good.. and the collection of pen knives. swiss army etc is HUGE
Hundreds of millions of dollars to follow people who questioned mask mandates, while drug cartels and violence take over cities. Almost as if they wanted it that way.
The use of Quiet Skies, pervasive control of social media companies’ content, “former” intel officials dominating mainstream media: none of this is (was) about safety or security of Americans. It was about imposing top-down control of the Party over state and society. They could care less about how ordinary people fare on the streets. Their objective was consolidating the control of Western imperial interests over domestic politics.
no more need for this. we will have the “digital ID"
Almost? It's part of the Marxist playbook.
Exactly, Danno. The crime is by design.
I really hate these bastards and their allies in the press who look the other way as long as the "right" people are harassed.
May they all wear masks in perpetuity. Especially Fauci.
The government is very good at its job when you realize its job is to grift.
“Raised questions”, “raised eyebrows”, “has the hallmarks of”; Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?
Pretty creepy.
In Tulsi Gabbard's case, her "crime" was criticizing the joy of Kamala. And we just couldn't have that in America.
She was already labeled a Russian asset by Hillary Clinton as well
She criticized the joy of Hillary in 2016 by endorsing Bernie Sanders.
Classic case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Quiet Skies was an excuse to harass political opponents without oversight. Reminds me of a while back when Diane Feinstein got all upset that one of the spying programs was used against her.
https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/03/dianne-feinstein-upset-cia-spying-dianne-feinstein/
Meanwhile, she had an actual Chinese spy in her very close employ for years!!
Can’t even make this stuff up!
Our government is so damned corrupt. I hope this administration and stories like this can continue to shine a light so everyone wakes up. Thanks Matt.
And of course. Nobody will go to jail for this either. And until it happens to someone with actual power, this will keep happening.
As soon as we get Democrats back in the White House and Congress, all this stuff is going right back in—open borders, censorship, surveillance. Most people still don’t know anything about any of this because the news refuses to report on it, and they are too busy getting worked up about Gaza, trans rights, abortion, and ICE raids to consider anything else.
the solution?? make “as soon as”. never
Don't underestimate Tulsi.
Don’t underestimate CIA’s ability to protect its domain.
Every single person connected with the "Quiet Skies" and other government censorship and/or political harrassment programs initiated under the Biden Administration should be immediately added to the terrorist watchlist. Those are the people we need to keep an eye on.
Tulsi as the ODNI chief has a lot of power. She can produce agency legislation to take down use of Quiet Skies, the illegal mass surveillance infrastructure aimed at Americans and non-strategically at the entire world, and those concurrently running mind control programs used on military and civil personnel in the federal government.
I am proud of Tulsi Gabbard. She is a brave soldier for the United States. It takes a real warrior to wade through this and know it's not a personal attack, but friendly fire. I support every declaration she has to make to clean out the absolute pit of corruption in clandestine service. She deserves and needs your prayers. We should help her every chance we get.
Our leaders are morons. Removing a mask on a flight is "endangering the crew and passengers"??? Really? It would seem that ALLOWING A FLIGHT TO TAKE PLACE endangered everyone on there AND all the people in the place the flight was going to as a spreading event. So by their definition, the GOVERNMENT endangered EVERYONE. Which is not a surprise at all.
I remember kind of late in the pandemic, airplanes were like the last place people were forced to mask. The 'experts' told us what a catastrophe it would be if we removed the mask mandates -- but when we did, nothing happened. (Shocker!)
3 yo grandson had to be masked 😒
Talk about a cry fest....
The weirdest part about that mandate is that you could take your mask off during flight to eat or drink. Sort of like you could take your mask off when you sat down at a restaurant but had to put it back on if you got up from your table. How did anyone not see this as anything but hygiene theater (which btw, "Hygiene Theater" was what I had written across my mask when forced to wear one).
Wish I had thought of that!😜
but, but--we were allowed to remove our masks when we ate our supper on the plane.
m n m’s.. bags of chips one at a time. etc..
LOL
Damn, it's almost as if their "subtle approach" to airline security had a completely different agenda...DUH.
It is shocking that the news media paid almost no attention to the surveillance of Tulsi Gabbard. When I heard aboutit, naively, I thought it would be a big story. It’s revealing that they either didn’t care or approved of this abusive conduct.
Imagine if it was Stacy Plaskett instead of Tulsi.....
I wish I could you say - you’re wrong. You aren’t. If it had been Rashida Talib , there would’ve been hysteria’
Who probably should be on a watchlist!!
or Crockett.. or AOC. or that one with the turban...
Everyone knew before the pandemic (via several randomized trials) that masks are useless in stopping viruses. This is why Fauci, in one of his rare moments of truth, announced as much before reversing course into lies. And this is why many of us routinely went maskless using one artifice or another such as slowly eating a bag of peanuts for an entire flight. This episode of ignorance has now become even more hilarious knowing the government wasted resources spying on us. Hilarious, mind, primarily because those wasted resources were worthless anyway.
One $8 bag of trail mix = 3 hour flight
I remember walking in Hollywood (where I lived at the time) and having an angry Karen yell at me to “put on a mask!” on a beautiful sunshiny day. Meanwhile homeless people were lying in their own filth on the sidewalks being completely ignored. The government really pitted us against each other with irrational fear.
PEANUTS. ?? you killer you
❤️🤣
Thank you Matt. Your consistent and even-handed reporting always makes me glad to be a longtime supporter. And thank God for Tulsi Gabbard, who stays strong. I'm no Libertarian but Rand Paul seems to be the most consistently honest Senator
"I'm no Libertarian but"
Ironically, not being a real libertarian is part of what makes you a libertarian.
Hmm I'll have to think about that 🙂
The Autopen Era was such a great opportunity for them. Now we truly know what they are capable of.
Good luck today, Matt.
Hope it's not the typical kangeroo hearing with idiots like Stacey Plaskett.
My husband served for 27 years, is now a Government contractor, highest security clearance you can get in civilian world, Global Entry ID & Passport, never a part of any protest, & he got the SSSS on his boarding pass & got the "additional search " on our flight in 2021 I believe. He served this country his entire life. Doesnt even cuss, smoke barely drinks besides a glass of wine & not even a speeding ticket. It was the biggest F-U by the Biden administration.
well then. he needs a cigar, a bottle of bourbon and a fast car damn it
I’ve gotten those as well, I think some passengers are randomly selected.
Covid masking was an obedience test.
The jab was for "advanced" credit.
The TSA should not exist, and airport security should be rolled back the the Clinton era. With the exception of making cockpit doors out of something a bit sturdier than balsa-wood, NOTHING that changed about air-travel after 9/11 should ever have been implemented...let alone STILL be enforced.
THE WHOLE THING should be categorized as "obviously abusive and indefensible".
Tell 'em as much, Matt! Lest we forget, some people thought even Clinton-era security was too much!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WqdY1qLSPE
wow. I hope you get 10000 of like. I too think TSa is a joke. although the wives and daughters and mistresses all smell really good.. and the collection of pen knives. swiss army etc is HUGE
Uhh...what??? Are we even talking about the same thing?