Trump administration planning to end TSA's Quiet Skies traveler surveillance program

Source: CBS News

Trump administration planning to end TSA's Quiet Skies traveler surveillance program

By Jennifer Jacobs
June 4, 2025 / 7:30 PM EDT / CBS News

The Trump administration is preparing to end a federal domestic surveillance program for travelers that's meant to ferret out terrorist threats but has sometimes ended up saddling Americans with inconvenient or invasive searches at U.S. airports.

President Trump plans to discontinue the Transportation Security Administration's "Quiet Skies" program, multiple sources told CBS News.

An announcement could come as soon as Thursday, one U.S. official said.

Aides have debated how to shut down Quiet Skies without any lapses in security, another U.S. official said.

Quiet Skies works to identify travelers who could present an elevated risk to aviation security. ...

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Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-planning-to-end-tsa-quiet-skies-traveler-surveillance-program/

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interesting that Tulsi Gabbard was on the Quiet Skies watchlist

DU thread from last November: Trump's intel pick was placed on government watch list for overseas travel and foreign connections