Tucker Carlson accuses NSA of spying on him

From Washington Examiner.com (June 28):

Fox News host Tucker Carlson accused the Biden administration of "spying" on him in an attempt to take his show off the air.

He told his audience on Monday a government whistleblower told his team the National Security Agency is "spying" on their electronic communications and is "planning to leak them in an attempt to take this show off the air."

Carlson offered no evidence other than to say the whistleblower, whom he did not identify, repeated back information on a story the host's team is working on that came directly from his own text messages and emails.

"The Biden administration is spying on us," he said after asserting "it is illegal for the NSA to spy on American citizens."

Accusing the NSA of covertly picking up his electronic communications, Carlson insisted there is "no other possible source of that information."

The NSA responded to Carlson's claims in a statement on Tuesday.

"On June 28, 2021, Tucker Carlson alleged that the National Security Agency has been 'monitoring our electronic communications and is planning to leak them in an attempt to take this show off the air.' This allegation is untrue," an NSA spokesman said in a statement. "Tucker Carlson has never been an intelligence target of the Agency and the NSA has never had any plans to try to take his program off the air. NSA has a foreign intelligence mission. We target foreign powers to generate insights on foreign activities that could harm the United States. With limited exceptions (e.g. an emergency), NSA may not target a US citizen without a court order that explicitly authorizes the targeting."

Carlson, whose show averages millions of viewers, said his team filed a Freedom of Information Act request asking for all information the NSA and other agencies have gathered about his show. They also reached out to the press offices of the NSA and FBI for comment.

"We don’t expect to hear much back. That’s the way that usually goes. Only Congress can force transparency on the intelligence agencies, and they should do that immediately," he said.

"Spying on opposition journalists is incompatible with democracy. If they are doing it to us, and again, they are definitely doing it to us, they are almost certainly doing it to others. This is scary, and we need to stop it right away," Carlson said in conclusion.

The Washington Examiner reached out to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Fox News for comment. The FBI declined to comment on the FOIA request and referred the Washington Examiner to the NSA.  [source]

This is scary. If NSA can spy on Tucker it can spy on anyone.

Other articles on the spying:

• Tucker Carlson Rips Biden Admin Response to Claim of NSA Spying on Him
• WATCH: Tucker Carlson shares new details on NSA spying claims
• NSA review finds that Tucker Carlson’s communications were not targeted
• How The NSA Unmasked Tucker Carlson Has Been REVEALED!
• Congress pressures US spy agencies as Tucker Carlson feuds with NSA
• Tucker Carlson recalls his first move after realizing NSA was SPYING [video]