Breanna Morello
Independent News Room
Jun 19, 2025
Hundreds of conservative Americans found themselves on TSA terror watchlists, including the Quiet Skies program, due to their social media activity, a whistleblower has revealed.
The source alleges that the TSA contracted a private company to monitor Americans’ online posts and flight reservations, funneling the data to various TSA watchlist programs.
A Department of Homeland Security insider disclosed that the TSA fired several employees for “incompetence” tied to the Quiet Skies initiative.
The whistleblower further claims the TSA misused its EVADE (Enhanced Video Analysis of Dust Exposures) program to bypass privacy protections, violating Americans’ rights on a scale “1,000 times worse” than Quiet Skies.
The whistleblower accuses the TSA of sidestepping Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, which governs transportation security, by outsourcing surveillance to a private contractor.
This story builds on my prior exclusive reporting about TSA’s misuse of the EVADE program.
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http://independentnewsroom.com/p/exclusive-hundreds-of-conservative-americans-were-added-to-tsa-terror-watchlist-for-social-media-pos