TSA ‘Quiet Skies’ program secretly monitors US passenger behaviour
US Federal Air Marshals since 2010 have been secretly shrivelling passengers and reporting on suspicious inflight behaviour, even though those being monitored do not appear on any terrorism watch-list and are not suspected of committing a crime. “Quiet Skies,” the previously undisclosed surveillance program, was first reported on by The Boston Globe July 30. As part of the program, small teams of Federal Air Marshals follow targeted passengers in airports and inflight, observing them for behaviours as ordinary as fidgeting, using the bathroom repeatedly or having a strong body odour, according to internal documents reviewed by the Globe. A US TSA spokesman said the program’s purpose is to ensure “passengers and flight crew are protected during air travel,” and the agency does not take race or religion into account. <br/>
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TSA ‘Quiet Skies’ program secretly monitors US passenger behaviour
US Federal Air Marshals since 2010 have been secretly shrivelling passengers and reporting on suspicious inflight behaviour, even though those being monitored do not appear on any terrorism watch-list and are not suspected of committing a crime. “Quiet Skies,” the previously undisclosed surveillance program, was first reported on by The Boston Globe July 30. As part of the program, small teams of Federal Air Marshals follow targeted passengers in airports and inflight, observing them for behaviours as ordinary as fidgeting, using the bathroom repeatedly or having a strong body odour, according to internal documents reviewed by the Globe. A US TSA spokesman said the program’s purpose is to ensure “passengers and flight crew are protected during air travel,” and the agency does not take race or religion into account. <br/>
