Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who ran for her party’s presidential nomination in 2020 and absolutely humiliated then-Sen. Kamala Harris on her record as a California prosecutor during a memorable debate moment, may have been politically targeted by the Biden-Harris administration. Gabbard, who left the party to become an Independent last year, has been placed on a federal terrorist watch list as a result of her anti-establishment political activities, Uncover DC reported.
The story emerged when federal air marshals revealed that Gabbard had been “enrolled” in the Transportation Security Administration’s Quiet Skies program—a surveillance initiative that includes its own terrorist watch list. Quiet Skies is designed to protect domestic travelers from terror threats, but it now appears to have been misused against political opponents of the Left. Gabbard and her husband, cinematographer Abraham Williams, became suspicious when they returned from a trip abroad two weeks ago and noticed irregularities.
Namely, Gabbard noted that her boarding passes were marked with an “SSSS” designation, meaning “Secondary Security Screening Selection”—often a sign that someone is being surveilled. “The whistleblowers’ account matches my experience,” Gabbard said, the outlet noted. “Everything lines up to the day. Both Gabbard and Williams were also searched extensively on several occasions. “It happened every time I boarded,” she said, noting that the searches were far more extensive than usual.
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“I’ve got a couple of blazers in there, and they’re squeezing every inch of the entire collar, every inch of the sleeves, every inch of the edging of the blazers,” she said. “They’re squeezing or patting down underwear, bras, workout clothes, every inch of every piece of clothing.” Gabbard’s concerns were validated when Uncovered DC interviewed Sonya LaBosco, the executive director of the Air Marshal National Council, a prominent advocacy group for federal air marshals.
According to LaBosco, Gabbard is trailed during all flights by Explosive Detection Canine Teams, one transportation security specialist in explosives, one plainclothes TSA supervisor, and three federal air marshals on every flight she boards, the outlet reported. The extensive monitoring of Gabbard’s activities may be attributed to her departure from the Democratic Party in 2022. She became an independent, challenging the establishment’s positions and criticizing the left’s focus on globalist elites and anti-racism issues over the concerns of everyday Americans.
“The Democrats of today are hostile to people of faith and spirituality,” she said at the time. “They demonize the police and protect criminals at the expense of law-abiding Americans,” she added. “The Democrats of today believe in open borders and weaponize the national security state to go after political opponents.”
Despite being flagged by the Biden administration as a potential terrorist, Gabbard served as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and remains an active reservist commanding her own battalion in the U.S. Army Reserve. She also deployed to Iraq in 2004 as part of a Hawaii National Guard unit. In an exclusive interview with Headline USA last month, she expressed interest in becoming Secretary of State if Donald Trump were re-elected. She highlighted her extensive experience, including eight years on the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees and over two decades of military service.
“I could directly wrestle control away from the military–industrial complex and the neocons of Washington and actually be in a position to help effect the kind of policies President Trump talks about: to actually bring about peace, to walk us back from the brink of nuclear war,” she said.
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