Globe Outs Secret TSA Tracking Program At Airports, Boston Logan

BOSTON, MA — Do you travel through Boston Logan Airport? There may be more than surveillance video cameras keeping an eye on you there, noting everything from whether you've got a cold hard stare, to if you changed direction suddenly in the terminal, the Boston Globe reports.

The Globe just published an in-depth article breaking the news that Federal air marshals are now following ordinary US citizens (as in; not suspected of a crime or on a terrorist watch list) and collecting extensive information about them under a new domestic surveillance program.

The program, called “Quiet Skies,” targets travelers who “are not under investigation by any agency and are not in the Terrorist Screening Data Base,” the Globe reported.

The program's goals give the agency broad leeway over who to focus on and how closely to track them, Globe reporter Jana Winter writes.

TSA officials told the Globe the program was to deter potential acts of terror. But TSA refused to reveal whether Quiet Skies has thwarted any terrorists or found any threats. Release of such information “would make passengers less safe,” spokesman James Gregory said in the statement the Boston Globe reported.

Read the Boston Globe Spotlight report: TSA Quite Skies Program

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