Gabbard slams ‘politically motivated’ surveillance as effort to ‘intimidate’ her

National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard said her accommodation in the Transport Safety Directorate (TSA) List of “Peaceful Sky” She was “politically motivated” after the revelation of her surveillance under the management of Biden came to light during a hearing in Senate.

Gabbard told Fox News Laura Ingraham on Tuesday to believe she was set on the list after the July 22 interview. “Ingraham corner“Where she criticized the then leadership of President Kamala Harris.

Gabbard’s remarks followed shortly after the former president Joe Biden gave up the presidential race in 2024 and supported Harris as a democratic candidate.

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“I think they were trying to intimidate me, but also, they were trying to really create this chilled effect, probably knowing that I would not remain silent about it and send a message to the people that if you go and criticize then President Kamal Harris, who will now be democratic names for the president, the former will face democratic congresses.

Said Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky. Hearing a Committee on Homeland Security Senate That he had received a meeting of records from the Ministry of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding Gabbard’s placement on the “quiet sky”, which confirmed that the Federal Air Marshals had been examined on domestic flights in 2024.

Paul noted that the air marshals had reported feedback related to the appearance of the intelligence chief and how much electronics had been noticed.

The TSA -in program “Silent Sky” was founded in 2010 to identify passengers for improved review on some domestic and output international flights.

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Said dhs in April 2019 report. That individuals are marked for improved screening based on aggregated travel data, intelligence, trendy intelligence analysis and suspicious activities.

The program is under the supervision of a lack of transparency and concern for breach of civil freedoms.

CNN reported in November That Gabbard was briefly put on the list before it was quickly removed. Tsa told the socket that the program was not a terrorist monitoring newspaper.

“The TSA Sleep Sky Program is an automated transportation approach to risk-based transportation, which includes identifying potential risks and applying improved security measures,” noted the Federal Agency. “This uses USG intelligence information and databases to apply screening measures.”

TSA did not immediately respond to the Fox News Digital comment on the program and when Gabbard was added to the list.

Ingraham asked Military spare veteran Whether the program should still exist, to which Gabbard replied, “No.”

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“This” Peace Sky “program, which TSA, under the Homeland Security Department, borrowed with federal air marshals to execute – no terrorist was caught. No one, as long as this program exists,” she said.

“So, instead, what is still happening, as long as this program continues, every day is 40 or 50 Federal Air Marshals in charge of exploring everyday Americans without any purpose.”