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Trump admin axes ‘Quiet Skies’ traveler surveillance program — which ‘failed to stop a single terrorist attack’

A counterterrorism program used to keep tabs on US citizens in airports and on planes around the world has been shut down by the Trump administration over concerns that it had become “weaponized” under the Biden administration.

The program, known as Quiet Skies, was run by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and allowed federal air marshals to follow American travelers on domestic and international flights, but it “failed to stop a SINGLE terrorist attack while costing US taxpayers roughly $200 million a year,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday as she announced its termination.

“[The Department of Homeland Security] and TSA have uncovered documents, correspondence, and timelines that clearly highlight the inconsistent application of Quiet Skies,” Noem wrote on X. “The program, under the guise of ‘national security,’ was used to target political opponents and benefit political allies of the Biden Administration.”