DHS shutters TSA Quiet Skies Program that let government surveil airline passengers

The Trump administration has shuttered a federal government program that spanned four administrations and allowed homeland security officials to surveil airline passengers.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Thursday afternoon that it had ended the Transportation Security Administration’s Quiet Skies Program, which was put in place in 2012 to gather intelligence on passengers who presented a national security concern. Noem also called on Congress to investigate how the program was used by administrations, possibly to track people for political reasons.