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Federal air marshals have begun following ordinary US citizens not suspected of a crime or on any terrorist watch list and collecting extensive information about their movements and behavior under a new domestic surveillance program that is drawing criticism from within the agency.
The previously undisclosed program, called "Quiet Skies," specifically targets travelers who "are not under investigation by any agency and are not in the Terrorist Screening Data Base," according to a Transportation Security Administration bulletin in March.
The internal bulletin describes the program's goal as thwarting threats to commercial aircraft "posed by unknown or partially known terrorists," and gives the agency broad discretion over which air travelers to focus on and how closely they are tracked.
[...] But some air marshals, in interviews and internal communications shared with the Globe, say the program has them tasked with shadowing travelers who appear to pose no real threat — a businesswoman who happened to have traveled through a Mideast hot spot, in one case; a Southwest Airlines flight attendant, in another; a fellow federal law enforcement officer, in a third.
Since this initiative launched in March, dozens of air marshals have raised concerns about the Quiet Skies program with senior officials and colleagues, sought legal counsel, and expressed misgivings about the surveillance program, according to interviews and documents reviewed by the Globe.
"What we are doing [in Quiet Skies] is troubling and raising some serious questions as to the validity and legality of what we are doing and how we are doing it," one air marshal wrote in a text message to colleagues.
Source: http://apps.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/graphics/2018/07/tsa-quiet-skies/?p1=HP_SpecialTSA [Ed Note: Not available for all browser modes]
Also at CNN, Fortune, The Verge, and The Hill.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday July 31 2018, @04:45AM (2 children)
This is not like the others. It's actually an early piece of anti-colonialism policy - and more effective over the years than most at that. But maybe it was a mistake to oppose the machinations of the European powers in the Americas?
And I would consider the creation of the TSA to be on par or worse than most of the mistakes you mention (certainly worse than the creation of the Federal Reserve and welfare reform). Don't forget that a key part of its creation was the power grab that took over security for every major airport in the US and that it institutionalizes security theater. That alone puts it on par with Japanese internment camps IMHO.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 31 2018, @10:54AM (1 child)
I would argue that the the creation of the Federal Reserve, where the USA handed control of its money to a Jewish Cabal, was a pretty big mistake.
Do you understand how the money supply works now? Every dollar that is created is simply owned by the jewish bankers behind the Fed. When that dollar goes into circulation, it is owed to them, plus interest. It is now provably impossible for the USA to pay off that debt.
I cannot understand why anyone would think it is fair, reasonable, or sane, to do this. Your government, who should be responsible for your currency, instead said "Every coin that is minted, every dollar that is printed, give it to the Jews, and borrow it back. We will be in their debt forever".
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday July 31 2018, @06:18PM
So having your family jewels groped by the airport representative of the Jewish Cabal is better? At least you can hoard gold and bitcoins. Please continue to dig that hole deeper.
Such drama! I suggest as an educational exercise actually trying to prove your assertion and seeing where it fails.