Fox News host Tucker Carlson It was confirmed on his show on Wednesday that there were earlier reports that he was trying to arrange an interview with the Russian president. Vladimir Putin is correct. He also stated that the National Security Agency (National Security Agency) Leaked an email about this attempt to “defame him.”
Last week, Carlson stated that the National Security Agency Is monitoring him And he tried to change his show from Fox News. On Wednesday morning, he appeared in fox Trade show Morning with Maria, He told the host Maria Bartiromo that the NSA tried to publicly humiliate him in front of other reporters.
Carlson said: “I learned yesterday – and this will come out soon – that the NSA leaked the contents of my email to reporters in order to discredit me.” “I know this because I received one. Call and say, “Oh, this is the content of your email.”
“So, this is by no means my imagination,” he continued. “It has been confirmed that this is true. They are not allowed to spy on American citizens-they are-and what I think is even more ominous is that they are using the information they collect to exert influence, threaten opposition reporters, and criticize the Biden administration. People. This is happening to me now, I think it’s shocking, and I don’t think we should endure it in a free country.”
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On Wednesday night’s show, Carlson stated that the National Security Agency wanted to attack his loyalty to the United States and embarrass him.
“They wanted to portray me as a disloyal American, a Russian agent-formerly known as-the running dog of the Kremlin, a traitor who took orders from foreign opponents.”
Finally, he mentioned that he was “exposed”. When intelligence agencies collect data and disseminate it to other people in the U.S. government, the names of any ordinary citizens who are not the targets of investigations will be hidden to protect their privacy from being violated. “Unblocking” means unhiding the name in these reports. According to a 2017 interview with former US National Security Agency Director Michael S. Rogers, at the US National Security Agency, approximately 20 people must approve a disclosure request.
Carlson also asked the current director of the National Security Agency, General Paul Nakasone, to “explain who asked to unmask the mask.”
In a statement last week, The NSA denies Carlson’s claims.
“This allegation is untrue. Tucker Carlson has never been an intelligence target of the agency, and the National Security Agency has never had any plan to try to stop his plan from broadcasting,” the National Security Agency announced in the release. Said in a statement. Twitter June 29.
“The National Security Agency has a foreign intelligence mission,” its statement continued. “We target foreign powers to understand foreign activities that may harm the United States. With limited exceptions (such as emergencies), the NSA may not target U.S. citizens without a court order that clearly authorizes targeting.”
Carlson disputed the NSA statement and stated on June 29 that although the NSA stated that his allegations were untrue, the statement did not specify whether the Biden administration had been reading his e-mails. In that broadcast, Carlson also stated that when he called, representatives of the National Security Agency refused to answer his questions directly.
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