Trump admin axes ‘Quiet Skies’ traveler surveillance program — which ‘failed to stop a single terrorist attack’ / NY Post

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Government officials have pulled the plug on the controversial “Quiet Skies” traveler surveillance program—a move decried for its ineffectiveness and potential politicization. Citing its failure to stop even a single terror attack, the administration’s decision marks a definitive end to a program once mired in Obama-era policies.

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