American Stasi: Tulsi Gabbard Confirms “Quiet Skies” Nightmare

The former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii s 2nd district is far from the first American to be placed under physical surveillance as a domestic terrorist threat in post-9/11 America. Especially since January 6th, 2021, when the Quiet Skies program expanded to accommodate a broad effort to track people who were at the Capitol, Americans following Americans on airplanes is no longer uncommon, though the public largely has no idea of the scale of this activity.

However, Gabbard is by far the highest-profile figure to be caught up in this surveillance web. As a war veteran with no connection to J6 or any other known offense, her appearance on a terror watch list is striking, and symbolic of the way politicians and intelligence officials have turned the machinery of the War on Terror inward in the last decade. This aspect of the story galls Gabbard the most.

I enlisted because of the terrorist attack on 9/11, Gabbard says. I was like a lot of Americans. We enlisted to ensure the safety, security, and freedom of the American people and go after the terrorists who attacked us. And so now to have confirmation I guarantee there are other men and women in uniform or veterans now being targeted.

I can t think of a word that adequately captures how I feel. The closest I can think of is the deepest sense of betrayal. She pauses. It cuts to the core.

via www.racket.news

Matt Taibbi.