Trump administration ends TSA’s ‘Quiet Skies’ program used to surveil Americans

The Trump administration confirmed a report on Thursday, June 5, that it is shuttering the Quiet Skies program, which was used to secretly surveil Americans who were deemed potential national security threats. The administration’s intent to end the program was first reported by CBS News on Wednesday, June 4, just a day before Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the official announcement on X.

Noem said that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) “is ending the Quiet Skies Program, which since its existence has failed to stop a SINGLE terrorist attack while costing US taxpayers roughly $200 million a year.”