Biden-Era Surveillance Program Targeted Republican Politicians

It seems hardly a day goes by without some new and unsettling revelation about the recent, unlamented administration of "Autopen Joe" Biden. We can suppose that this is what happens when the guy who is supposedly in charge has long since descended into senility, and minor-level staffers are actually running the show, and the autopen.

The latest is something we knew was going on, but Republican Representative Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ) has blown this story wide open, with details about how he was surveilled as part of the "Quiet Skies" program.

Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Ariz., revealed to Fox News Digital that he is one of three Republicans in Congress who was surveilled by the Biden administration’s "Quiet Skies" program, a program that has been shut down due to overreach concerns.
Earlier this week, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Rand Paul, R-Ky., convened a hearing examining alleged Biden administration abuse of the program, which was terminated by DHS in June, and revealed that three current Republican members of Congress were surveilled or monitored either as a sitting member or while seeking elected office.
GOP Rep. Abe Hamadeh tells Fox News Digital he was informed that he was one of those members of Congress and was surveilled in December 2022.
"It sadly doesn't surprise me," Hamadeh explained. "At the time, if you remember, I mean banks were shutting down accounts if they promoted conservative viewpoints, if they were selling ammo or guns and the banks were being pressured by the Biden administration. You had social media companies censoring political voices that they didn't agree with. So it shows you the depths that the federal government, how much sway they have, not just within the bureaucracy of the government, but also with private organizations and private actors as well."

We might note also that Rep. Hamadeh is a former United States Air Force reservist, an intelligence officer with a Top Secret clearance, who has been deployed in his official capacity. We might also note that the current Trump administration Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was also briefly on the "Quiet Skies" list.

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You can view the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's flash report here. That report says in part:

The report reveals Tulsi Gabbard, a combat veteran and former congresswoman, now serving as Director of National Intelligence, was surveilled on at least five flights in 2024.This surveillance began only one day after she publicly criticized Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
Three Republican lawmakers were matched to TSA’s Silent Partner and/or Quiet Skies Rules right after engaging in some kind of political activity, including opposing the Biden administration. At least two dozen Americans were placed on watch lists for protesting mask mandates or removing a mask on an aircraft. Following January 6, 2021, TSA issued a directive authorizing the watch listing of individuals based solely on suspected travel to Washington, D.C., without any specific evidence of unlawful conduct.
The most shocking revelation is that the wife of a Federal Air Marshal was branded a domestic terrorist and subjected to invasive monitoring, even though no evidence ever linked her to unlawful activity on January 6, 2021. She was placed in the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Database and, for two years, followed on domestic flights by Federal Air Marshals, who reported her movements and interactions, sometimes on a minute-by-minute basis. Her name was finally cleared only after the FBI closed its case due to mistaken identity.

This looks an awful lot like the Biden administration was targeting these people for political reasons - or simple incompetence. The case of DNI Tulsi Gabbard is particularly revealing, since she was in effect an apostate from the Democratic Party, having once run for president as a Democrat, during the 2020 election cycle - in which she delightfully defenestrated the clueless Kamala Harris in a primary debate over the latter's claims about school busing.

Now, we might ask, what will come of this investigation in the Senate, and of Senator Paul's report? Sadly, the answer is probably "Nothing." There won't be any legal action taken. Nobody from the Biden administration will be held to account. Old Joe is non compos mentis - when was the last time he was actually seen in public, anyway? And as for the shadowy, faceless staffers who may have been responsible for this political targeting, it's a safe bet we'll never know for sure who they are.

That doesn't mean this isn't worth dragging into the light of day, though. This is what we can expect under any future Democratic administration. This is the rule book they play by. This isn't your grandfather's Democratic Party anymore, and they don't seem to much care who knows it. Remember that next November.

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