travelers may be screened for at least 22 different reasons” (likely 21, now that Quiet Skies has been eliminated). After two enhanced searches, Senator Shaheen contacted then-TSA administrator David Pekoske, after which Mr. Shaheen was excluded from Quiet Skies. MacLean describes how the program complicated ordinary anti-terrorist surveillance, because Marshals were often seated in the backs of planes to watch members of Quiet Skies lists, and terrorists do not rush cockpits from rear seats. “You’re basically telling air marshals to conduct foreign surveillance,” MacLean said. The elimination of Quiet Skies, along with programs like the Global Engagement Center, shows the administration is serious at least about eliminating the most obviously abusive and indefensible security programs.