Overview
- Gabbard was briefly placed on a TSA list in 2024 that triggered extra screenings after a government algorithm flagged her travel patterns and foreign connections, according to CNN.
- Rogan said on his podcast that whoever approved Gabbard’s watchlisting should be jailed and called the action an abuse of power.
- Gabbard previously described repeated airport searches lasting up to 45 minutes, saying the treatment occurred on every trip she took.
- The Trump administration ended the TSA’s Quiet Skies program in June, and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said it had been weaponized against political opponents.
- DHS has confirmed misuse in related watchlisting practices and referred findings to the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division on Sept. 30.