Overview

• Hamadeh said he was flagged and surveilled in December 2022, describing the timing as coinciding with his legal challenge of Arizona’s 2022 attorney general race.
• Senate Homeland Security Chair Rand Paul reported this week that three current Republican members of Congress were monitored under Quiet Skies.
• DHS ended the program in June after internal reviews found widespread abuses, saying it did not prevent any terrorist attacks and cost about $200 million annually.
• According to DHS, the program maintained both a watchlist and an exemptions list, and in some cases air marshals recorded personal observations about targeted travelers.
• Previous disclosures included monitoring of now–Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and Paul and other Republicans are pressing for further investigations and personnel accountability.