SENSITIVE SECURITY INFORMATION
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IFEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE
LAW ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION COORDINATION SECTION

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E??ective Tuesday, March 13, 2018, will initiate Special Mission Coverage (SMC) on?ights
carrying Quiet Skies Selectees.

Quiet Skies Program

The purpose of the Quiet Skies Program is to mitigate the threat to commercial aviation posed by
unknown or partially known terrorists; and to identify and provide enhanced screening to higher risk

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association_s_.

Through the Quiet Skies Program, Office of Intelligence and Analysis designates potentially
higher risk travelers for enhanced screening and security measures because they engaged in travel ?tting
intelligence driven, risk-based passenger targeting mics. Quiet Skies rules are triggered when
individuals enter the United States from foreign locations.

TSA 01A currently employs 17 Quiet Skies rules to screen passengers.
Quiet Skies rules change based on current intelligence.

Quiet Skies rules target speci?c travel patterns or affiliations, for example:

Rules may target individuals who have spent a certain amount of time in one or more speci?c

countries; or
Rules may target individuals whose reservation information includes email addresses or phone
numbers associated to watch listed terrorism suspects. 4

Quiet Skies Selectees receive enhanced screening at security checkpoints.

Individuals who meet the requirements for addition to the Quiet Skies list remain on the Quiet
. Skies list for up to 90 days or 3 encounters, whichever comes ?rst, after entering the United States.
0 TSA currently sees 40 50 Quiet Skies Selectees on domestic carriers nationwide each day.

Special Mission Coverage

Quiet Skies Selecwes are different from traditional SMC subjects because they are not under
investigation by any agency and are not in the Terrorist Screening Data Base (T SDB). However, SMC

operations on Quiet Skies Selectees will be conducted in the same manner; with two exceptions:

l. Brie?ngs to SMC teams will not include traditional ?derogatory? information. However, if
available, teams will be briefed on which Quiet Skies rules the passenger triggered

2. SMC AARs on Quiet Skies Selectees will not be shared with partner agencies unless signi?cant
derogatory information is documented by the FAM team.

Requirements for submission of the SMC AAR for Quiet Skies Selectees remain the same.

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