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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

EXCLUSIVE: House Oversight Targets TSA After Whistleblowers Revealed Federal Air Marshals Surveilled Tulsi Gabbard - Daily Caller

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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer sent a letter Friday to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) demanding information regarding former Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard allegedly being placed on the TSA’s Quiet Skies program, which is a suspected terrorist watch list.

The Daily Caller first obtained a copy of the letter to David Pekoske, the Administrator for TSA, in which Comer mentions whistleblowers’ disclosures that the TSA, including Federal Air Marshals, were surveilling Gabbard during her travels.

Gabbard weighed in on the issue earlier in August, saying on Fox News that “This is only the information that we know. Obviously, I experienced a significant change in my travel when all of this began on July 23.”

“My real question is, what don’t I know?” Gabbard continued. “This is the real pain and stress that’s been caused both to me and my family by this whole situation, day and night wondering if and what government institution and agency is monitoring my phone calls, surveilling me in my movement in my travels, knowing that they may be looking for some kind of excuse or derogatory action to come after me.”

Comer is now calling for direct answers from the TSA over the alleged surveillance.

“I write with deep concern that Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials are continuing a pattern of retaliation against whistleblowers attempting to expose waste and abuse at the agency. Most recently, Federal Air Marshals...



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