The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) concluded an internal investigation revealing that the Biden administration committed “widespread abuses” against American citizens.
Biden-era officials placed Americans on watchlists and denied boarding to those who resisted mask mandates in the months following the CDC’s relaxed policies after COVID. Using the January 6, 2021, protest as their basis, officials placed Americans on lists in a “targeted campaign of harassment” without having a clear or immediate threat to security, TSA explained.
TSA asserted that the findings demonstrate “clear political bias,” as authorities chose not to flag those who “attacked law enforcement, burned down cities, and destroyed property during the widespread and violent George Floyd protests in 2020.” While some TSA officials raised concerns about the privacy violations, they were ignored.
“Biden’s TSA Administrator Pekoske and his cronies abused their authority and weaponized the federal government against the very people they were charged with protecting,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement.
“Biden’s TSA wildly abused their authority, targeting Americans who posed no aviation security risk under the banner of political differences. President Trump promised to end the weaponization of government against the American people, and we are making good on that promise. I am referring this case to the Department of Justice and for Congressional investigation.”
The information follows a separate internal investigation that revealed now-Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was placed on a watchlist under the Quiet Skies program.
Quiet Skies has since been eliminated, with Noem announcing in June: “It is clear that the Quiet Skies program was used as a political rolodex of the Biden Administration—weaponized against its political foes and exploited to benefit their well-heeled friends.”
“TSA’s critical aviation and security vetting functions will be maintained, and the Trump Administration will return TSA to its true mission of being laser-focused on the safety and security of the traveling public. This includes restoring the integrity, privacy, and equal application of the law for all Americans,” said Noem.
