Former U.S. Senate nominee Lauren Witzke had a FOIA request on the disturbing SSSS watchlist because she had undergone these security checks a year after she ran for the 2020 elections. She would have to be three hours early for her flight and would always be told that this was just a "random selection." But over time, she felt humiliated and suspected something was not right, thus the FOIA request. Her request was refused and she was taken off the watch list one day later.Trying to understand the “SSSS” designations on my domestic boarding passes. PBI shut down entire passenger line while I went through. Agent tells “your name sounds familiar. Contact State department to get off the list.” Is this a common? TSA agent says “once a month” at PBI. pic.twitter.com/6szoG3SGSM
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) November 26, 2023
Conservative activist Brandon Straka also found himself on TSA's "domestic terrorism" watchlist and given a designation of SSSS. Apart from hours of screening, a team of TSA agents (12 or more) would follow him around the airport with dogs. He was accused by the DOJ of having encouraged hundreds of people during the Jan. 6 protest. He stood outside of the open doors of the Capitol and said the words "go, go." These people, he said, wouldn't have been able to hear him anyway. "Presuming that the above is true, this is why I have been placed on a domestic terrorist list and this is why you and everybody you care about have been significantly less safe the past three years as the majority of security resources are being weaponized to harass and punish Trump supporters," he said in a social media post. (Related: TSA is allegedly harassing the friends and family of J6ers with invasive enhanced searches and pat-downs.)I was on the Quad S list for over a year after running for US Senate in 2020.
Every time I traveled, I had to make sure I arrived at the airport 3 hours early in order to be properly searched, swabbed for explosives, and escorted by Homeland Security to my gate- only to be… https://t.co/bBhCvKWJ5B — Lauren Witzke (@LaurenWitzkeDE) November 26, 2023
I was placed on TSA’s “domestic terrorism” watchlist and given a designation of SSSS (Quad S)- which requires hours of screening and a team of TSA agents (upward of 12 or more) to follow me around the airport with dogs.
The worst accusations against me by the DOJ was that I… https://t.co/lfZ8xAhnnu — Brandon Straka (@BrandonStraka) November 23, 2023
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