Posted on 08/23/2024 7:37:30 PM PDT by RandFan
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is attempting to get to the bottom of the Transportation Security Administration’s watchlist and blacklist programs following several high-profile cases and whistleblowers scrutinizing these TSA systems.
“Recent disclosures from whistleblowers raise serious concerns that these mechanisms may have been improperly employed to target individuals based on their political views and participation in constitutionally protected activities, rather than legitimate security threat,” the Kentucky Republican wrote to TSA Administrator David Pekoske in a Wednesday letter shared with The Daily Signal.
Former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is reportedly among the victims of this effort to surveil and control the travel of individuals on the basis of their political beliefs.
In a bombshell report from journalist Matt Taibbi on Aug. 7, Taibbi reports—with whistleblower testimony—that Gabbard had been added to a TSA terror threat list as part of the “Quiet Skies” program. The program seeks to closely monitor potential threats with law enforcement personnel at the airport or in the air.
On her recent travels, the former Hawaii congresswoman’s boarding pass was marked with an “SSSS” designation, which means “Secondary Security Screening Selection,” but is colloquially known as “Quad S.”
The Quad S designates a traveler as a potential threat to security, and often leads to “random” searches “lasting up to 45 minutes,” according to Taibbi’s report.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailysignal.com ...
TSA : Thank You Bush for another wonderful inception...
‘1984’ WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A WARNING, NOT AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL............
Was a TSO for three horrible months. Applied on a lark, but because I’m female, I got interviewed and fast tracked.
The people were awful, we were told to be nasty to the travelers, and I was reprimanded several times because, get this, I was too friendly.
The people who thrived at that sh*t stain of a government agency were low rent, low iq’d jerks who had chips on their shoulders.
But I did have a few funny moments — I had a gaggle of young twenty-something TSOs who treated me like a cool mom, and loved working with me. They were some sweet kids, but the top brass were idiots.
Interesting experience thanks for that
The Paul’s used to say (at the time!) that the surveillance state and laws would be used against the average person who has nothing to do with terrorism
They were so right.
Absolutely. I was stupid enough (at the time) to ignore their warnings. I admit, I heard their warnings at the time.
The CIA, FBI, and Homeland Security know full well that Tulsi Gabbard is a patriot and loyal American Citizen. To place her on a terrorist watch list is simply illegal harassment to what the Biden and now Harris administration consider a political enemy. The orders for such do not come from field agents and supervisors. They would be afraid to do such even if they wanted to. This came from the top that would normally be Biden. He is not mentally competent. It came from his aids that are really running the government.
Once when traveling I had a very expensive bottle of rum in my baggage as I could not carry such on board due to regulations. They stole it.
Since then I put a note in my luggage that says, “Do not steal my rum like you did last time.” It worked.
well said.
TSA Administrator David Pekoske is a domestic terrorist.
(but so is Beria Garland and criminal Wray)
So sorry to skipped super domestic terrorist Myorkas
I wouldn’t mind searching Tulsi for 45 minutes.... That being said the TSA is useless and always has been.
tee hee
All Rand has to do is to ask Mrs. Buttliplug and he’ll get fast action.
Unless she is breast feeding her children.
What would you do for the other 43 minutes?
EC
Oh, those pieces of sh*t LOVE stealing alcohol, and for a long time — they’d bring it home. They are dirtbags, and most of them at the front lines are high school drop out losers who can’t do anything else other than act as the American gestapo.
Oh, and the other thing about the TSA — they’re absolute idiots, incompetent, and half the time so much sh*t still got through the check points, because absolute idiot high school drop out diversity hires manned (or should I say, Xirred) the checkpoints.
I will say, a hardened Marxist saved my bacon by having me join the union on the day I caused a major security breech in the “sterile” area. Ten bucks out of my crap pay check every two weeks, but still...
It was a total garbage job. But, I’m still pals with my TO who was a wonderful woman.
Probably closer to 44 1/2 minutes left over !!!
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