Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard attends a House Intelligence Committee hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 26. (Reuters/Leah Millis)
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) watchlist allows federal air marshals to follow U.S. citizens and collect information on their behavior in an effort to stop threats from potential terrorists.
"As I was traveling, I ended up in 30 to 45 minutes of going through screening every time I would go to the airport to fly," Gabbard previously told Fox’s "One Nation." "I noticed air marshals, I noticed K-9 teams. There were things that I saw and noticed that were highly unusual.
"But the deepest pain and harm and stress that’s been caused by this is that, forever going forward, I will always be looking over my shoulder, wondering if and how my government is surveilling me," she said.
The TSA is part of the DHS. Fox News Digital reached out to DHS for comment, but they did not immediately respond.
GABBARD CALLS REPORTED SPOT ON WATCH LIST AN ‘ULTIMATE SENSE OF BETRAYAL’
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testifies before the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, on May 6. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
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"And some of the discussion I think we'll have here today is about getting CISA back on mission and some of the reductions in staff that have been over there," Noem added. "And that's reflective in the fact that many of them were doing work that they shouldn't have been doing."
Fox News Digital’s Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
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