{"id":2110735,"date":"2023-11-29T09:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T14:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-air-marshals-diverted-from-sensitive-flights-to-follow-january-6-suspects-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T09:22:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T14:22:10","slug":"federal-air-marshals-diverted-from-sensitive-flights-to-follow-january-6-suspects-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-air-marshals-diverted-from-sensitive-flights-to-follow-january-6-suspects-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials say Federal Air Marshals were redirected from high-security flights to track down suspects involved in the January 6 incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffederal-air-marshals-diverted-from-sensitive-flights-to-follow-january-6-suspects-officials-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2110735&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Biden Administration&#8217;s Department\u200d of Homeland Security Under Fire\u2063 for Allegedly Targeting Innocent Americans<\/h2>\n<p>The Biden administration&#8217;s \u2062Department of\u200d Homeland\u2062 Security (DHS) is facing \u2062criticism for its alleged surveillance of individuals who flew to Washington, D.C. on \u2064January 6, 2021. \u2063According to the Air Marshal National Council, Federal Air Marshals have been \u200cfollowing people, even if they had\u2062 no\u2062 involvement in the Capitol incident and were never charged with a\u2062 crime.<\/p>\n<p>Reports \u200csuggest \u200dthat air \u200dmarshals were taken off important missions to monitor potential conservatives, raising concerns about the politicization of law enforcement and \u200cthe potential risk placed on\u2063 innocent individuals. This revelation comes in the wake\u200c of another controversy involving the FBI, which \u2064reportedly \u2062let \u2063a suspected child rapist go free to focus on January 6 cases.<\/p>\n<h3>A Disturbing \u200cDiscovery<\/h3>\n<p>Just \u2064five days after\u2062 the Capitol protest, two members\u200b of Congress wrote to the head of \u200bthe Transportation Security Administration (TSA), urging the \u2063agency to take action against potential terrorists. \u2063The TSA\u2064 appeared to \u200drespond by implementing surveillance measures, but a bizarre incident involving two \u200dair marshals exposed\u200d the extent of the monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to House leaders,\u2062 the president and executive director of\u2064 the \u2062Air Marshal National Council revealed that innocent Americans \u2063were\u200b being wrongly\u2062 classified as &#8220;Domestic Terrorists&#8221; on internal TSA\/FAMS databases and watchlists. One\u200b case highlighted\u2063 in the letter \u200binvolved an air marshal&#8217;s\u2063 wife, who was followed on flights simply because she\u2064 was in D.C. on January 6, despite\u200d never participating in the Capitol protest.<\/p>\n<p>The consequences of this surveillance \u200dwere both \u2062absurd and concerning. One \u2064air marshal had to explain to another that \u2063he was carrying a weapon onboard, \u2063as required, after\u2064 being assigned to monitor his colleague&#8217;s wife. The husband even discovered that his \u200bwife was labeled a &#8220;Domestic \u2063Terrorist&#8221; in the TSA&#8217;s computer system, a classification that remained unchanged two years \u2063later.<\/p>\n<h3>A Troubling Program<\/h3>\n<p>The Air\u200c Marshal National Council revealed that the TSA\u2062 repurposed a domestic surveillance\u200c program called &#8220;Quiet Skies&#8221; to track individuals loosely connected to January 6. This secretive\u200b program allows air marshals to flag and monitor people\u200b on \u200da vague list, despite the Department \u200bof\u2063 Homeland Security Inspector General finding no threats to aviation security through \u2062this program.<\/p>\n<p>The Council expressed concerns that the focus on monitoring \u200dJanuary\u200c 6 individuals and the deployment of hundreds of\u200b air marshals to the southern border to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-tells-ngos-working-on-the-border-to-preserve-their-documents\/\" title=\"House Republicans Tells NGOs Working on the Border to Preserve Their Documents\">assist illegal immigrants<\/a> could leave the nation vulnerable\u200b to actual terrorism. They argued that more air marshals were performing humanitarian duties\u200d on the\u2063 border than protecting Americans\u2062 in the\u200b sky.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Pete Sessions also \u200draised questions\u200b about the legality of these\u200b deployments, as \u2064tending to migrants is\u2063 not within\u200d the air marshals&#8217; job description. Despite an \u2063ongoing investigation, the Biden administration has resumed these deployments due to its inability to\u2063 control the southwest border.<\/p>\n<h3>Consequences and Lack of Accountability<\/h3>\n<p>The Air Marshal\u200d National\u200c Council\u200c highlighted the potential consequences of diverting air marshals from flights, citing incidents such as a \u200cpassenger holding a razor-blade to another passenger&#8217;s neck. They claim that these incidents occurred when air marshals \u200cwere absent from flights due to their assignments on the border or monitoring\u200b January\u200d 6 individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these serious \u2062allegations, the TSA has not responded to inquiries from\u2063 The Daily Wire. In response to a\u2063 probe by the House Judiciary Committee,\u200c the agency acknowledged deploying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-marshals-revolt-against-biden-plan-to-leave-flights-unprotected\/\" title=\"Air Marshals Revolt Against Biden Plan to Leave Flights Unprotected\">federal air marshals<\/a> \u200bas \u200ba result \u200dof January 6\u200c but provided little additional information.<\/p>\n<p>These revelations raise significant concerns about the targeting of innocent Americans and the\u200c potential\u2063 risks associated with diverting law enforcement resources\u200b for\u2062 political purposes. The \u200dBiden administration&#8217;s handling of these \u200cissues and its prioritization \u2062of border assistance over aviation security have come under scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2062 How does the alleged targeting of innocent Americans \u2064in Washington, D.C. on January \u20626 violate\u200d their constitutional\u200d rights?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ely \u200bassociated with the January \u200d6 Capitol \u2062incident. \u200dQuiet Skies was originally created to identify \u200bpotential threats onboard domestic flights by closely monitoring the behavior of\u2064 passengers. However, its\u200c use in tracking innocent individuals raises significant concerns about privacy rights and civil liberties.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged targeting of innocent Americans based solely on their presence in Washington, \u200bD.C. on January 6 is a clear violation of their constitutional rights. The fact that individuals\u200b who were never charged or involved in any \u200dcriminal activity are being monitored by air marshals is deeply disturbing. It raises questions about the criteria used to classify \u200bsomeone as a potential threat and the potential abuse of power\u2062 within \u2063the DHS.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the diversion of air marshals from important missions to conduct surveillance on potential conservatives is an alarming indication of\u2062 the \u200cpoliticization of law enforcement. If individuals \u200dare being targeted based on their political beliefs rather than any\u2062 substantive evidence of criminal activity, it undermines the principles of justice and fairness that are supposed to guide law \u200denforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<p>This controversy surrounding the\u2063 DHS comes on the heels\u200d of another concerning \u200cincident involving the FBI. Recent \u2064reports have revealed that the FBI allowed a suspected child rapist to go\u200d free in order to focus on\u2064 cases related to the January 6 Capitol incident. This prioritization of political cases over\u200d serious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-are-now-more-armed-federal-bureaucrats-than-u-s-marines\/\" title=\"There Are Now More Armed Federal Bureaucrats Than U.S. Marines\">criminal investigations raises<\/a> serious doubts about the integrity\u2064 and impartiality of \u200cour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-governor-encourages-people-to-call-police-on-neighbors-violating-covid-orders\/\" title=\"Oregon Governor Encourages People To Call Police On Neighbors Violating COVID Orders\">law enforcement agencies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In light of these revelations,\u200c it is crucial that \u2064a thorough \u2063investigation is \u200dconducted into the actions of the DHS and any potential abuse of \u2063power or violation of civil liberties.\u200b The Department of Homeland Security has an important role to play in \u200cprotecting our nation, but it must \u2062operate within the bounds of\u2064 the law and \u200crespect the rights of all individuals, regardless of their\u2064 political affiliations.<\/p>\n<p>It \u200cis the duty \u200cof Congress to hold the Biden\u200d administration accountable for \u2064these alleged abuses and \u2064ensure that appropriate measures are taken to address them. The Department of Homeland Security \u200cmust be transparent in its actions \u2064and demonstrate that it is committed to upholding the\u200d principles of justice,\u200d fairness, and respect for individual rights.<\/p>\n<p>As citizens, we must also remain\u2064 vigilant and demand\u200c accountability from our government. \u2063Our rights and freedoms\u200c are at stake, and we \u200ccannot allow any administration to overstep its bounds and \u2063target innocent \u2064Americans\u200d based on\u200b their\u2064 political beliefs. Upholding the principles of justice and protecting civil liberties\u200b is essential for the well-being of our democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration&#8217;s Department of Homeland Security has reportedly been surveilling individuals who flew to Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021, even if they had no involvement in the Capitol incident and were never accused of any wrongdoing. This information comes from an Air Marshals association, which claims that air marshals were reassigned from their duties as a result<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":2110736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2110735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2110735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2110736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2110735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2110735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2110735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}