Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have received extensive briefings about the Transportation Security Administration’s previously secretive Quiet Skies program since its inception in 2010, an agency spokesman told The Epoch Times. TSA officials regularly brief multiple congressional committees on Quiet Skies and similar aviation security initiatives, the spokesman added. Officials are set to brief lawmakers again on Aug. 1.
The inner workings of Quiet Skies were a closely held secret until July 28, when The Boston Globe published a feature on the program, detailing how air marshals closely observe travelers who might potentially pose a risk to aviation.
