In the shadows of American airports, federal agents once tracked citizens like suspects in a spy thriller – not for terrorism, but for their political beliefs. This isn’t a plot from a dystopian novel; it’s what happened in Biden’s America, where the surveillance state turned its gaze inward on those who dared to question the regime.
The Biden administration created a hostile environment for conservative voices. The evidence is clear: Banks shut down accounts of gun sellers. Social media censored political speech. Federal agencies monitored parents at school boards rather than actual threats … all while the president labeled half the country as “fascists.”
But here’s where it gets genuinely scary: the targeting went far beyond rhetoric and corporate pressure. It reached into the infrastructure designed to keep Americans safe, twisting it into something unrecognizable.
This week, GOP Rep. Abe Hamadeh of Arizona revealed he was one of three Republican members of Congress secretly surveilled by Biden’s “Quiet Skies” program. The timing – December 2022 – was particularly telling. Hamadeh was challenging his razor-thin loss in Arizona’s attorney general race, decided by just 280 votes out of 2.5 million cast.
A Program Weaponized
The revelation shouldn’t have surprised anyone paying attention, least of all Hamadeh himself.
From ‘Fox News’:
“At the time, if you remember, I mean banks were shutting down accounts if they promoted conservative viewpoints, if they were selling ammo or guns and the banks were being pressured by the Biden administration.
You had social media companies censoring political voices that they didn’t agree with. So it shows you the depths that the federal government, how much sway they have, not just within the bureaucracy of the government, but also with private organizations and private actors as well.”
What makes Hamadeh’s surveillance particularly absurd? He’s a former Army Reserve intelligence officer with top secret clearance; yet exercising his legal right to challenge election results made him an airport surveillance target.
The numbers tell the story — this program cost $200 million annually and prevented exactly zero terrorist attacks. But it successfully monitored three Republican congressmen while finding no Democrats worthy of attention. Funny how that works, isn’t it?
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem immediately terminated it upon discovery: “The Quiet Skies program was used as a political rolodex of the Biden Administration — weaponized against its political foes.”
The Broader Pattern
The program also targeted Tulsi Gabbard, tracking her appearance and counting her electronics during flights. The delicious irony is that she now heads the intelligence agencies that once surveilled her.
Let me spell out what this actually means, because it should terrify you: A program created to identify threats instead monitored political opponents. Federal air marshals counted how many phones a former congresswoman carried. Your tax dollars at work … makes you wonder what else they were doing that we haven’t discovered yet.
The pattern becomes sinister considering Hamadeh was actively challenging election results through proper legal channels, something both parties do routinely. But in Biden’s America, that warranted federal surveillance.
This is what happens when government stops seeing political opposition as legitimate and starts viewing it as a threat to be monitored and controlled. It’s what we used to condemn in other countries.
Never Again
Senator Rand Paul warns the work isn’t finished: “Every official who directed or approved surveillance of Americans for protected speech must be removed from office.” He’s right and terminating the program was just step one.
Trump’s swift action shows real leadership but vigilance remains essential. We must ensure this program doesn’t return under another name, because if there’s one thing bureaucracies excel at, it’s rebranding their worst impulses.
For those who dismissed deep state concerns as conspiracy theories, Hamadeh’s revelation should be your wake-up call. When your government surveils you for participating in democracy, you’re living in a surveillance state with democratic window dressing.
We deserve better than being treated like enemies by our own government. And now – FINALLY – we have leadership that gets it.
Key Takeaways
- Biden’s TSA secretly surveilled three GOP congressmen through the “Quiet Skies” program
- Rep. Hamadeh was tracked while legally challenging his 280-vote election loss
- Trump’s DHS immediately terminated the program upon discovering the abuse
