The director of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/national-security-agency-nsa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Intelligence Agency</a> (NSA) asked Congress on Thursday to reauthorize a controversial <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/spying" target="_blank" rel="noopener">surveillance power</a> aimed at foreign nationals that can expose the communications of Americans. 
NSA Director Paul Nakasone said that there was vital security interest in renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) before it expires at the end of the year, which allows intelligence agencies to obtain the online communications of foreign nationals without a warrant. 
Section 702 has come under fire from civil liberties groups because the messages of Americans could be exposed if they are communicating with a foreigner under surveillance. Its renewal could also face increased opposition in Congress as Republicans look to investigate the security agencies. 
&#8220;This authority provides the U.S. government irreplaceable insights, whether we&#8217;re reporting on cybersecurity threats, counterterrorism threats, or protecting U.S. and allied forces,&#8221; Nakasone <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/01/13/nsa-leader-plea-key-surveillance-power?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;utm_medium=social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at a meeting of the U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. “We have saved lives because of 702.”
Section 702, first implemented in 2008, was <a href="https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-us-republican-party-surveillance-donald-trump-aa98d51e59d02a1361833d1a4f431e23?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">renewed</a> by then-President Donald Trump in 2018 even after he <a href="https://apnews.com/article/north-america-donald-trump-politics-077b8a0f34354149ac2b55ce533f203a">said</a> the power was linked to the widely discredited Steele Dossier that purported to have evidence of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. After initial skepticism, Trump renewed the powers following a discussion with then-House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI). 
Nakasone said that the power “plays an outsize role in protecting the nation” and plays an important role in understanding hostile nations like China. He added that he couldn’t fully explain everything allowed by the powers due to national security. 
Critics have said that the surveillance powers are dangerous and allow the spy agencies a backdoor to monitor U.S. citizens without a warrant. Fox News host Tucker Carlson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/explosive-tucker-carlson-accuses-biden-administration-of-spying-on-him" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> in June 2021 that the NSA was “monitoring” his show’s “electronic communications,” which could have been related to interview requests with foreign nationals. 
Cindy Cohn, the executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation said at the Thursday meeting that Section 702 powers were essentially a “national security exception to the U.S. Constitution.” 
“The American people and indeed people all around the world have lost the ability to have a private conversation over digital networks,” she added. 
The expiration of Section 702 could set up a debate among House Republicans as some in the party have grown increasingly skeptical of intelligence agencies in the wake of the Russia collusion hoax, which was in part made possible by shoddy intelligence. 
House Republicans also voted this week to create a committee to investigate the FBI and other security agencies. “The security state believes itself to be above the Constitution and the laws passed by Congress,” Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) said Tuesday from the House floor. “Today we’re putting the deep state on notice. We’re coming for you on behalf of everyday Americans.”
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) said there were “legitimate concerns” with Section 702, but told The Associated Press that reforms could be made to ensure that “there won’t be abuses in the future.”

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NSA Asks For Reauthorization Of Surveillance Powers As Republicans Prepare To Investigate Security Agencies

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A 30-year-old former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/national-security-agency-nsa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NSA</a> agent was arrested after the feds said that he had been trying to sell government secrets to an undercover <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> agent he thought was a foreign operative.
Jareh Sebastian Dalke of Colorado Springs, Colorado, made his first appearance in court on Thursday after he was hit with espionage related <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-nsa-employee-arrested-espionage-related-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charges</a> for allegedly attempting to transmit National Defense Information (NDI) to a Russian operative.
According to the Department of Justice, Dalke used an encrypted email account to send several classified documents to a person he believed worked for the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.
 “In actuality, that person was an undercover FBI agent. Dalke subsequently arranged to transfer additional classified information in his possession to the undercover FBI agent at a location in Denver, Colorado,” the DOJ said.
Dalke, who was an information systems security designer for the NSA between June and July this year, was arrested on Wednesday when he went to meet up with his contact to allegedly sell classified information.
The DOJ said that Dalke told an undercover FBI agent that he was still working for the agency and that he would exchange secrets for a specific cryptocurrency. The information in question reportedly related to U.S. cyber security.
“On or about Aug. 26, 2022, Dalke requested $85,000 in return for additional information in his possession. Dalke also told the FBI undercover agent that he would share additional information in the future, once he returned to the Washington, D.C., area. Although he was not employed by the NSA while communicating with the FBI, Dalke re-applied to the NSA in August 2022,” the DOJ said.
Court documents show that Dalke allegedly <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/jareh-sebastian-dalke-charged-russia-fbi-colorado-springs-police-officer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the undercover agent that he &#8220;recently learned that my heritage ties back to your country, which is part of why I have come to you.&#8221;
He allegedly also said that he wanted to sell the documents because he &#8220;questioned our role in damage to the world in the past and by mixture of curiosity for secrets and a desire to cause change.&#8221;
According to the charges, one of the documents that were intended to be sold were classified as “secret,” while two more were “top secret.” He was charged with three violations of the Espionage Act.
Dalke had previously worked as a volunteer with the Colorado Rangers, a state law enforcement group. Colonel Ronald M. Abramson, of the Rangers, said that he was disappointed with the allegations.
&#8220;We are enormously disappointed in the allegations but we have to wait for the federal process to run its course,&#8221; Abramson told CBS News Colorado. Dalke has since been suspended from work with the Rangers.
If convicted, Dalke could be sentenced to life in prison or execution.

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NSA Agent Arrested After Giving Government Secrets To FBI Agent He Thought Was Foreign Operative, Feds Say

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Former U.S. intelligence contractor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/edward-snowden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Edward Snowden</a> has received Russian citizenship on the order of Russian President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/vladimir-putin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vladimir Putin</a>.
Putin signed the order granting Snowden, who has lived in Moscow since 2013 evading U.S. authorities, Russian citizenship on Monday, according to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-grants-russian-citizenship-us-whistleblower-edward-snowden-2022-09-26/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>. Snowden previously received permanent residency to live in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/russia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russia</a> in October 2020.
Snowden worked as a contractor for the National Security Agency in 2013 when he left his job at an NSA facility in Hawaii and flew to Hong Kong. From there, Snowden released thousands of documents on U.S. domestic surveillance programs and global security operations. While some have hailed Snowden&#8217;s actions, U.S. authorities have sought his extradition to prosecute him on charges of violating the Espionage Act.
Snowden was a systems administrator for the CIA before he moved into the private sector working for the contractors Dell and, later, Booz Allen Hamilton. While at Dell, Snowden began contract work for the NSA, working at a facility in Japan before moving to a facility in Hawaii. In early 2013, Snowden left Dell and went to work for Booz Allen, staying at the same Hawaii-based NSA facility.
In 2013, Snowden began downloading thousands of classified documents on U.S. and foreign intelligence operations. After leaving the U.S., Snowden began sharing his cache of documents with journalists who began reporting out some of its contents. Snowden&#8217;s supporters praised him as a whistleblower for revealing information on NSA domestic surveillance operations. Critics accused Snowden of irreparably harming U.S. national security and endangering American lives.
The Snowden leaks <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/edward-snowden-interview/who-edward-snowden-man-who-spilled-nsas-secrets-n114861" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spurred</a> then-President Barack Obama and Congress to take action at the time against what was seen as unconstitutional invasions of Americans&#8217; privacy revealed in the Snowden leaks. Top U.S. officials took steps to stop an NSA program that was gathering and storing data on millions of Americans.
The House Intelligence Committee launched an investigation into the Snowden leaks in 2014 and published a 38-page <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/3245804/Hpsci-Snowden-Review-Declassified.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> two years later highly critical of the former intelligence contractor. Snowden is “not a whistleblower,” the report said.
“Snowden caused tremendous damage to national security, and the vast majority of documents he stole have nothing to do with programs impacting individual privacy interests – they instead pertain to military, defense, and intelligence programs of great interest to America’s adversaries,” it continued.
Snowden moved to Russia and received asylum protections to hide out of reach of U.S. authorities. From Moscow, Snowden leads the Freedom of the Press Foundation that <a href="https://freedom.press/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">monitors</a> “press freedom violations in the United States.”
While Snowden has criticized the treatment of journalists in the U.S., he has been silent on critiquing Russia&#8217;s own instances of restricting journalism and limiting transparency.
After receiving permanent residency in Russia in 2020, Snowden applied for Russian citizenship so he could hold the same citizenship as his son, who at the time was not yet born.

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Former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cia">CIA</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/national-security-agency-nsa">NSA</a> director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michael-hayden">Michael Hayden</a> bashed Republicans on Wednesday, saying that he agreed with the claim that there was no more dangerous “political force” than Republicans. 
Hayden made the comments in response to a <a href="https://twitter.com/EdwardGLuce/status/1557984573354565633">tweet</a> from Financial Times editor and writer Edward Luce. Luce tweeted, “I’ve covered extremism and violent ideologies around the world over my career. Have never come across a political force more nihilistic, dangerous &amp; contemptible than today’s Republicans. Nothing close.”
The former intelligence director shared the statement, <a href="https://twitter.com/GenMhayden/status/1560027626626072577">saying</a>, “I agree. And I was the CIA director.”
Hayden, who was appointed to be CIA director by former President George W. Bush, led the agency from 2006 to 2009. Previously, he was first appointed by former President Bill Clinton to be director of the NSA, a role he held from 1999 to 2005.
The Air Force general began his career during the Cold War when the threat of nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the U.S. was a very real possibility and has witnessed the rise of an increasingly powerful China in the last several decades. 
During his tenure leading the two intelligence giants, he would have been heavily involved with the U.S. response to Islamic terrorism as he was heading up the NSA during the September 11, 2001 attacks. 
He endorsed Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential election. 
Last year, he even <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-cia-director-good-idea-to-send-maga-wearing-unvaxxed-americans-to-afghanistan">said</a> that it was a “good idea” to send &#8220;MAGA wearing unvaxxed&#8221; Americans to Afghanistan.
Hayden was widely criticized by conservatives for his statement seemingly indicating that he believes Republicans are more of a threat than ISIS or the Chinese Communist Party. 
“If you wondered whether there is a Deep State,” <a href="https://twitter.com/SebGorka/status/1560091295456133123">said</a> former Trump administration official Sebastian Gorka. “Here’s Obama’s DCI calling 74 million Americans worse tha[n] the [Taliban], ISIS, and Al Qaeda.”
Washington Free Beacon investigative reporter Chuck Ross <a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckRossDC/status/1560071556621111298">pointed</a> out that Hayden was heading up the CIA when the U.S. was attempting to hunt down 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden. 
Hayden’s comments come as the Biden administration, through the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice, have ramped up operations and investigations into “domestic terrorism.” However, some have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/whistleblowers-accuse-fbi-of-padding-domestic-terrorism-stats-to-play-up-threat-report">accused</a> the feds of inflating concerns about domestic extremism. In July, the DOJ was accused by whistleblowers of &#8220;padding&#8221; its domestic terrorism statistics to make the threat seem more widespread.

Nobel Week Dialogue on the Future of Truth

Former Intelligence Director Bashes Republicans, Agrees They Are The Most Dangerous Political Force In The World

Former Intelligence Agrees Republicans Are The Most Dangerous Political Force In The World

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The FBI may have conducted millions of warrantless searches of Americans’ electronic data last year, U.S. intelligence officials acknowledged in a <a href="https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/reports-publications/reports-publications-2022/item/2291-statistical-transparency-report-regarding-national-security-authorities-calendar-year-2021">report released Friday</a>.
The report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence revealed that the bureau conducted up to 3.4 million searches of U.S. data drawn from the National Security Agency. Senior Biden administration officials told <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-conducted-potentially-millions-of-searches-of-americans-data-last-year-report-says-11651253728?st=3lqihvs2yofe1vl&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink">The Wall Street Journal</a> the number is likely inflated due to the way individual queries are tabulated, but the number was still nearly triple that of the prior year.
“We’re committed to proactively informing the public, who entrusts us to protect our nation and our civil liberties, on the Intelligence Community’s use of key national security authorities,” said ODNI Chief of Civil Liberties, Privacy, and Transparency Ben Huebner.
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(1) The FBI conducts warrantless &quot;backdoor searches&quot; for Americans&#39; data in Section 702 databases on a massive scale: up to 3.39 million of these searches last year. Though the FBI&#39;s arithmetic is fuzzy, it&#39;s clear that the scale of the problem is enormous. <a href="https://t.co/M0VjG3X2in">pic.twitter.com/M0VjG3X2in</a>
&mdash; Ashley Gorski (@ashgorski) <a href="https://twitter.com/ashgorski/status/1520115160119140353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The report is the first time a U.S. intelligence agency has published an accounting of how the FBI scoops up data through Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The FBI has been heavily criticized for abusing this process in the Trump-Russia collusion investigation and Section 702, which governs the bureau’s actions, is set to expire next year.
The NSA collects vast amounts of data from international phone calls and emails under the law, passed in the wake of 9/11, to safeguard national security. But the data is only analyzed if an intelligence agency culls it from the NSA database.
The 3.4 million figure “is certainly a large number,” a senior FBI official told reporters Friday, after the report was released. “I am not going to pretend that it isn’t.”
The majority of the searches were related to an investigation into alleged attempts by alleged Russian actors to hack into the U.S. infrastructure, senior U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal.
The report does not say how many individual Americans may have had their data searched, as some queries involved the same people. Further complicating the matter is that the 3.4 million figure is at least partially based on search terms that were used, and some searches were conducted using hundreds of terms, officials said.

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FBI Snooped On Americans’ Data At Record Pace Last Year

Intel Report Reveals Vast Number Of Warrantless Searches Of Americans' Data Last Year

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The National Security Agency (NSA) Inspector General announced on Tuesday that it will be conducting a review into recent allegations that the agency targeted the communications of a member of the media after Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed that the NSA was spying on him. 
In a <a href="https://oig.nsa.gov/Portals/71/Reports/Announcements/NSAOIG_Review_Alleged_Targeting_Media.pdf?ver=ySQsnr1lf8fSqS5u94V37Q==">statement</a>, the Inspector General said:
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The National Security Agency Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announced that it is conducting a review related to recent allegations that the NSA improperly targeted the communications of a member of the U.S. news media. The OIG is examining NSA’s compliance with applicable legal authorities and Agency policies and procedures regarding collection, analysis, reporting, and dissemination activities, including unmasking procedures, and whether any such actions were based upon improper considerations. If circumstances warrant, the OIG will consider other issues that may arise during the review. 
Robert P. Storch Inspector General
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Although Carlson is not mentioned specifically by name in the statement, according to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/tucker-carlsons-spying-allegations-being-investigated-by-national-security-agency-watchdog-11628607609">The Wall Street Journal</a>, “[a] person familiar with the matter said the review concerns Mr. Carlson.”
The NSA provided The Daily Wire with a statement from an NSA spokesperson, which said that the &#8220;NSA remains fully committed to the rigorous and independent oversight provided by the NSA Inspector General&#8217;s office. The OIG plays a critical role in our Agency&#8217;s mission by overseeing the activities of NSA/CSS and providing recommendations that continue to promote effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability within the Agency.&#8221;
In June, Carlson <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/tucker-carlsons-spying-allegations-being-investigated-by-national-security-agency-watchdog-11628607609">said</a> that a whistleblower told his show that the NSA was spying on him.
At the time, the NSA put out a <a href="https://twitter.com/NSAGov/status/1410025399032193027">statement</a> saying that Carlson’s allegation that the NSA had been “monitoring our electronic communications and is planning to leak them in an attempt to take this show off the air” was untrue. The agency added that “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.”
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A statement from NSA regarding recent allegations: <a href="https://t.co/vduE6l6YWg">pic.twitter.com/vduE6l6YWg</a>
&mdash; NSA/CSS (@NSAGov) <a href="https://twitter.com/NSAGov/status/1410025399032193027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-nsa-unmasked-tucker-carlson-report-says-fox-news-responds">reported</a>, a July report said that the Biden administration had allegedly unmasked Carlson. 
“We told you that the National Security Agency has been monitoring this show and the content of Tucker’s emails,” Fox News fill-in host Mark Steyn said during Carlson’s show. “According to a media outlet called The Record, the NSA has just completed its internal review of the matter. The NSA now admits that it unmasked Tucker’s identity after an intelligence intercept.” 
“By law, the identities of American citizens are concealed when they’re caught up during foreign intelligence gathering,” Steyn added. “They can only be unmasked in extraordinary circumstances.” 
The <a href="https://therecord.media/nsa-review-finds-that-tucker-carlsons-communications-were-not-targeted/">report</a> from The Record stated:
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… the nation’s top electronic spy agency found that Carlson was mentioned in communications between third parties and his name was subsequently revealed through “unmasking,” a process in which relevant government officials can request the identities of American citizens in intelligence reports to be divulged provided there is an official reason, such as helping them make sense of the intelligence documents they are reviewing.
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Fox News responded to the report by saying in a statement: “For the NSA to unmask Tucker Carlson or any journalist attempting to secure a newsworthy interview is entirely unacceptable and raises serious questions about their activities, as well as their original denial, which was wildly misleading.”

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The Biden administration allegedly unmasked Fox News host Tucker Carlson&#8217;s identity, according to a new report published late on Friday, which prompted a strong response from the network.
&#8220;We told you that the National Security Agency has been monitoring this show and the content of Tucker&#8217;s emails,&#8221; Fox News fill-in host Mark Steyn said during Carlson&#8217;s show. &#8220;According to a media outlet called The Record, the NSA has just completed its internal review of the matter. The NSA now admits that it unmasked Tucker&#8217;s identity after an intelligence intercept.&#8221;
&#8220;By law, the identities of American citizens are concealed when they&#8217;re caught up during foreign intelligence gathering,&#8221; Steyn added. &#8220;They can only be unmasked in extraordinary circumstances.&#8221;
The <a href="https://therecord.media/nsa-review-finds-that-tucker-carlsons-communications-were-not-targeted/">report</a> from The Record stated:
<blockquote>&#8230; the nation’s top electronic spy agency found that Carlson was mentioned in communications between third parties and his name was subsequently revealed through “unmasking,” a process in which relevant government officials can request the identities of American citizens in intelligence reports to be divulged provided there is an official reason, such as helping them make sense of the intelligence documents they are reviewing.</blockquote>
Fox News responded to the report by saying in a statement: &#8220;For the NSA to unmask Tucker Carlson or any journalist attempting to secure a newsworthy interview is entirely unacceptable and raises serious questions about their activities, as well as their original denial, which was wildly misleading.&#8221;
WATCH:
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The NSA now admits that it &quot;unmasked&quot; Tucker&#39;s identity after an intelligence intercept. Plus: the tyrants at Facebook confirm that they have been censoring this show. <a href="https://t.co/AeYbQzNWLI">pic.twitter.com/AeYbQzNWLI</a>
&mdash; Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) <a href="https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1418737463397257217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2021</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote>MARK STEYN, FOX NEWS HOST: We told you that the National Security Agency has been monitoring this show and the content of Tucker&#8217;s emails. According to a media outlet called The Record, the NSA has just completed its internal review of the matter. The NSA now admits that it unmasked Tucker&#8217;s identity after an intelligence intercept. By law, the identities of American citizens are concealed when they&#8217;re caught up during foreign intelligence gathering. They can only be unmasked in extraordinary circumstances. Fox News has just released this statement: &#8220;For the NSA to unmask Tucker Carlson or any journalist attempting to secure a newsworthy interview is entirely unacceptable and raises serious questions about their activities, as well as their original denial, which was wildly misleading.&#8221; We&#8217;re always glad to see Harmeet Dhillon, when it comes to issues like this. Harmeet, what do you make of the NSA&#8217;s revision of its story?
HARMEET DHILLON, ATTORNEY: I&#8217;m not buying it. I think that what they&#8217;re saying now is inconsistent with what they&#8217;ve said before. And it&#8217;s also inconsistent with the facts as Tucker has revealed them. For example, Tucker said on his show on several nights that a source within the government came to him and read out several of Tucker&#8217;s texts and messages. And so, what the government is allegedly saying today is that the unmasking occurred regarding third parties talking with one another about Tucker Carlson. Okay, so that&#8217;s inconsistent with them intercepting Tucker Carlson. Number two, there&#8217;s only a handful of people in the United States government who have the ability and the right to unmask people. And that right was widely abused during the end of the Obama administration [in] 2016. And I am afraid it&#8217;s being abused right now. And so, this raises more questions than it answers. And I think that we really need to be looking at reining in the abuses in the national security community of these types of issues, and no American journalist should be surveilled this way. And finally, these types of communications must never be leaked to the media. Axios had these communications. So, they haven&#8217;t answered that. How did that happen?</blockquote>

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NSA Unmasked Tucker Carlson, Report Says; Fox News Responds

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) sent a letter to the National Security Agency demanding an investigation into alleged spying on Tucker Carlson.
The Fox News anchor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/huge-problem-tucker-carlson-alleges-nsa-not-only-spied-on-him-but-leaked-his-emails-to-press">announced</a> recently that the NSA had tracked his private correspondences and leaked them to reporters. The agency <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/explosive-tucker-carlson-accuses-biden-administration-of-spying-on-him">stated</a> that 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.”
In his <a href="https://www.paul.senate.gov/sites/default/files/page-attachments/20210709-Sen%20Rand%20Paul%20letter%20to%20NSA%20re%20Tucker%20Carlson_0.pdf">letter</a> to NSA Director Paul Nakasone, the lawmaker noted that the NSA’s statement was no more than a carefully-worded denial:
<blockquote>I am open-minded enough to believe, if given convincing evidence, that the NSA may be telling the truth, but when a long train of abuses conducted by the NSA evinces a consistent design to evade the law and violate the constitutionally-protected liberties of the people, the NSA must do more than tweet a carefully worded denial to be trusted. As the head of the NSA, you can help restore credibility to your agency by being completely honest with the American people and explaining in detail whether the NSA conducted surveillance on Tucker Carlson in his role as a journalist, whether you or anyone else within the federal government approved his alleged unmasking, and whether Mr. Carlson’s private emails were shared with any other reporters or news organizations.</blockquote>
Sources familiar with the matter told <a href="https://www.axios.com/tucker-carlson-putin-interview-surveillance-c9952d7c-33d7-45e9-be68-2ba4c3817f98.html">Axios</a> that Carlson was speaking to Kremlin intermediaries about a potential interview with Vladimir Putin shortly before he announced the NSA’s surveillance.
According to the outlet:
<blockquote>Those sources said U.S. government officials learned about Carlson&#8217;s efforts to secure the Putin interview. Carlson learned that the government was aware of his outreach — and that&#8217;s the basis of his extraordinary accusation, followed by a rare public denial by the NSA that he had been targeted.</blockquote>
“Yesterday, we learned that sources in the so-called intelligence community told at least one reporter in Washington what was in those emails, my emails,” Carlson said of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/carlson-biden-admin-spied-on-me-because-i-wanted-to-interview-putin-theyre-just-like-him">allegations</a> last week during his prime time program. “There was nothing scandalous in there, thank God, we’re happy to report that. Late this spring, I contacted a couple of people I thought could help get us an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin.”
“I told nobody I was doing this other than my executive producer, Justin Wells,” he continued. “I wasn’t embarrassed about trying to interview Putin. He’s obviously newsworthy. I’m an American citizen, I can interview anyone I want and I plan to. But still, in this case, I decided to keep it quiet. I figured that any kind of publicity would rattle the Russians and make the interview less likely to happen.”
”But the Biden administration found out anyway, by reading my emails. I learned from a whistleblower that the NSA planned to leak the contents of those emails to media outlets,” he added.

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Rand Paul Slams NSA, Demands Probe Into Alleged Tucker Carlson Espionage

A new report from a left-of-center news organization on Wednesday gave new information about the explosive claim that the Biden administration has been spying on Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
&#8220;Carlson was talking to U.S.-based Kremlin intermediaries about setting up an interview with Vladimir Putin shortly before the Fox News host accused the National Security Agency of spying on him,&#8221; Axios reported. &#8220;U.S. government officials learned about Carlson&#8217;s efforts to secure the Putin interview&#8221; and subsequently &#8220;Carlson learned that the government was aware of his outreach.&#8221;
During the last week in June, Carlson said on his show:
<blockquote>Yesterday we heard from a whistleblower within the U.S. government who reached out to warn us that the NSA, the National Security Agency, is monitoring our electronic communications and is planning to leak them in an attempt to take this show off the air. … The whistleblower, who is in a position to know, repeated back to us information about a story that we are working on that could have only come directly from my texts and emails. There’s no other possible source for that information, period. … The NSA captured that information without our knowledge and did it for political reasons. The Biden administration is spying on us. We have confirmed that. This morning we filed a FOIA request — Freedom of Information Act request — asking for all information that the NSA and other agencies have gathered about this show.</blockquote>
The NSA <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nsa-responds-to-explosive-allegations-they-are-spying-on-tucker-carlson">responded</a> in a carefully crafted statement that was widely <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nsa-response-to-carlson-sparks-numerous-reactions-this-is-either-poorly-drafted-or-something-worse">criticized</a> online as it seemed evasive to many on answering the question of whether the agency had spied on Carlson.
The NSA refused to answer questions from Axios about whether they intercepted communications from Carlson. Far-left NBC News <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-putin-bursts-out-laughing-when-asked-if-deaths-of-russian-critics-are-a-coincidence">interviewed</a> Putin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/putin-targets-bidens-good-memory-when-asked-about-biden-saying-putin-has-no-soul">a few weeks ago; </a>it’s unclear whether the Biden administration intercepted any communications from employees at NBC News.
Experts that Axios spoke to outlined several scenarios that could have explained what happened, including the following two scenarios (which they deemed most likely):
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<li>A more plausible scenario is that one of the people Carlson was talking to as an intermediary to help him get the Putin interview was under surveillance as a foreign agent. In that scenario, Carlson&#8217;s emails or text messages could have been incidentally collected as part of monitoring this person, but Carlson&#8217;s identity would have been masked in any intelligence reports. In order to know that the texts and emails were Carlson&#8217;s, a U.S. government official would likely have to request his identity be unmasked, something that&#8217;s only permitted if the unmasking is necessary to understand the intelligence.</li>
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<li>In a third scenario, interceptions might not have involved Carlson&#8217;s communications. The U.S. government routinely monitors the communications of people in Putin&#8217;s orbit, who may have been discussing the details of Carlson&#8217;s request for an interview. But under this scenario, too, Carlson&#8217;s identity would have been masked in reports as part of his protections as a U.S. citizen, and unmasking would only be permitted if a U.S. government official requested that his identity be unmasked in order to understand the intelligence. And it&#8217;s not clear why that would be necessary here.</li>
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President Biden Travels To Illinois

New Details Emerge About The Biden Administration Alleged Spying On Tucker Carlson

Fox News host Tucker Carlson <a href="https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6262704339001?playlist_id=3166411554001#sp=show-clips" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">claimed</a> Wednesday that he learned the National Security Agency (NSA) has not only allegedly spied on his private correspondence, but also leaked it to reporters in an attempt to undermine him.
Carlson alleged last week that he received information from a source inside the NSA that could only have been obtained by someone reading his text messages and emails.
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Tucker on NSA spying allegations: This is a huge problem for the country <a href="https://t.co/2bcoxakevo">https://t.co/2bcoxakevo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MorningsMaria?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MorningsMaria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxBusiness?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxBusiness</a>
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Speaking with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on &#8220;Mornings with Maria,&#8221; Carlson said, “Yesterday I learned, that — and this is going to come out soon — that NSA, leaked the contents of my e-mail to journalists in an effort to discredit me. I know because I got a call from one saying, &#8216;Oh, this is what your e-mail was about.'&#8221;
“So, it is not in any way a figment of my imagination,” Carlson continued. “It’s confirmed, it’s true. They are not allowed to spy on American citizens. They are. I think, more ominously, they are using information they gather to put leverage and to threaten opposition journalists, people who criticize the Biden administration. It&#8217;s happening to me right now. And I think it&#8217;s shocking, and I don’t think we should put up with it in a free country.”
“It&#8217;s worse than shocking,” Bartiromo responded. “It’s the stuff of banana republics and Third World countries.”
“Tucker, there is no other one who saw these emails? And this whistleblower relayed to you exactly what was in your communication? There is no way anybody else could have seen those emails?” she then asked.
“There was one other person who knew I sent that email, and it was my executive producer Justin Wells,&#8221; Carlson, answered. &#8220;That’s it, and I didn’t mention it to anybody else, including my wife. There is no possibility that anyone else could have known then again yesterday I got the call before air, like 7:15, from a journalist I know and like &#8212; not many left, but do I like this person &#8212; he repeated [it] back to me. He got it because the NSA leaked it. So, yes, it&#8217;s entirely real.”
Carlson later went on to note how few journalists have defended him against the NSA. Acknowledging he is &#8220;out-of-step&#8221; with most Beltway journalists, whom he described as &#8220;defenders of the Biden administration&#8221; who &#8220;see themselves as Democratic Party operatives,&#8221; Carlson was still perplexed that they seemingly did not find his allegations alarming.
&#8220;This is a massive threat not simply to me and my show&#8230;but to journalism itself, to the idea of a free press,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You can&#8217;t have a free press if the intel agencies are secretly spying on you and then using that information to threaten you and to control you.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a huge problem for the country,&#8221; Carlson continued. &#8220;And yet, outside of Glenn Greenwald, I don&#8217;t think there was anybody who stood up and said, &#8216;Wait, this is a huge problem for all of us.&#8217; Instead, they made excuses for the NSA.&#8221;
&#8220;We agree with you,&#8221; Bartiromo said. &#8220;This is wrong. It must be stopped. And the politicizing of all these government agencies is out of control — from the NSA, the Department of Defense, to the IRS.&#8221;
The NSA issued a carefully worded statement in response to Carlson&#8217;s allegations last week, which he described as &#8220;infuriatingly dishonest.&#8221;
&#8220;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,'&#8221; the agency said. &#8220;This allegation is untrue. 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.&#8221;
&#8220;NSA has a foreign intelligence mission. We target foreign powers to generate insights on foreign activities that could harm the United States,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;With limited exceptions (e.g. an emergency), NSA may not target a US citizen without a court order that explicitly authorizes the targeting.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nsa-response-to-carlson-sparks-numerous-reactions-this-is-either-poorly-drafted-or-something-worse" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NSA Response To Carlson Sparks Numerous Reactions: ‘This Is Either Poorly Drafted Or Something Worse’</a>

‘Huge Problem’: Tucker Carlson Alleges NSA Not Only Spied On Him, But Leaked His Emails To Press

Maria Bartiromo

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) demanded on Wednesday that an investigation be launched into explosive allegations that President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration has spied on Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
&#8220;Yesterday we heard from a whistleblower within the U.S. government who reached out to warn us that the NSA, the National Security Agency, is monitoring our electronic communications and is planning to leak them in an attempt to take this show off the air,&#8221; Carlson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/explosive-tucker-carlson-accuses-biden-administration-of-spying-on-him">said</a> on Monday. &#8220;The whistleblower, who is in a position to know, repeated back to us information about a story that we are working on that could have only come directly from my texts and emails. There’s no other possible source for that information, period. … The NSA captured that information without our knowledge, and did it for political reasons. The Biden administration is spying on us.&#8221;
McCarthy responded to the allegations by saying that he has noticed a &#8220;disturbing trend&#8221; unfolding at the National Security Agency (NSA) under the Biden administration.
“Earlier this year, I sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Austin expressing concern over the politicization of the Agency through the sidelining of Michael Ellis as NSA General Counsel. I asked that Mr. Ellis be reinstated and expressed my concern regarding undue political influence in NSA placing Mr. Ellis on administrative leave,&#8221; McCarthy said. “Separately, it has recently come to my attention that NSA has refused to deliver information requested by the Republican Members on the House Intelligence Committee who are trying to fulfill their oversight responsibilities.&#8221;
“Now, there is a public report that NSA read the emails of Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Although NSA publicly denied targeting Carlson, I have serious questions regarding this matter that must be answered,&#8221; McCarthy added. “Given this disturbing trend, I’ve asked HPSCI Ranking Member Devin Nunes to investigate and find answers on behalf of the American people. The NSA cannot be used as a political instrument, and House Republicans will ensure accountability and transparency.”
The NSA released a carefully crafted statement at the start of Carlson&#8217;s show on Tuesday disputing parts of what Carlson alleged.
The statement said:
<blockquote>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. 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.</blockquote>
Carlson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-explodes-at-biden-admin-over-alleged-nsa-spying-scandal-theyre-lying-refuse-to-answer-questions">responded</a> to the NSA&#8217;s statement by saying that it was &#8220;an entire paragraph of lies written purely for the benefit of the intel community’s lackeys at CNN and MSNBC.&#8221; Carlson said that the NSA contacted him and refused to answer questions and refused to answer why they could not answer his questions.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nsa-response-to-carlson-sparks-numerous-reactions-this-is-either-poorly-drafted-or-something-worse">NSA Response To Carlson Sparks Numerous Reactions: ‘This Is Either Poorly Drafted Or Something Worse’</a>

President Biden Meets With Members Of Congressional Leadership

McCarthy Demands Investigation Into Biden Admin’s Alleged Spying On Fox News Host Tucker Carlson

Biden Administration

Kevin McCarthy

The National Security Agency&#8217;s response to allegations that it is spying on Fox News host Tucker Carlson sparked a wide range of responses on Tuesday night with most people falling into one of two camps: Either they noted the carefully crafted way that the statement was constructed or they used the statement to claim that Carlson was lying.
Before getting to the responses, the following is a brief timeline of the events that transpired:
What Carlson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/explosive-tucker-carlson-accuses-biden-administration-of-spying-on-him">claimed</a> at the start of the week:
<blockquote>Yesterday we heard from a whistleblower within the U.S. government who reached out to warn us that the NSA, the National Security Agency, is monitoring our electronic communications and is planning to leak them in an attempt to take this show off the air. &#8230; The whistleblower, who is in a position to know, repeated back to us information about a story that we are working on that could have only come directly from my texts and emails. There’s no other possible source for that information, period. &#8230; The NSA captured that information without our knowledge and did it for political reasons. The Biden administration is spying on us. We have confirmed that. This morning we filed a FOIA request — Freedom of Information Act request — asking for all information that the NSA and other agencies have gathered about this show.</blockquote>
The NSA <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nsa-responds-to-explosive-allegations-they-are-spying-on-tucker-carlson">responded</a> by publicly releasing a statement the moment that Carlson&#8217;s show aired on Tuesday night that claimed:
<blockquote>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.&#8217; This allegation is untrue. 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.</blockquote>
Carlson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-explodes-at-biden-admin-over-alleged-nsa-spying-scandal-theyre-lying-refuse-to-answer-questions">responded</a> to the NSA&#8217;s statement by stating in-part:
<blockquote>Tonight’s statement from the NSA does not deny that. Instead, it comes with this non sequitur, in part, quote, ‘Tucker Carlson has never been an intelligence target of the agency.’ Okay, glad to know. But the question remains, did the Biden administration read my personal emails? That’s the question that we asked directly to NSA officials when we spoke to them about 20 minutes ago in a very heated conversation. Did you read my emails? And again, they refuse to say, again and again. And then they refused even to explain why they couldn’t answer that simple question. We can’t tell you and we won’t tell you why we can’t tell you. My emails. And the message is clear. We can do whatever we want. We can read your personal texts; we can read your personal emails; we can send veiled threats your way to brush you back if we don’t like your politics; we can do anything.</blockquote>
The following are a few of the top responses, responses that conveyed skepticism, to the NSA&#8217;s statement:
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Read each sentence carefully. <a href="https://t.co/B3EzYj14PH">https://t.co/B3EzYj14PH</a>
&mdash; Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1410091087171969024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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First, it&#39;s bizarre that <a href="https://twitter.com/NSAGov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NSAGov</a> allow no replies.
Second, NSA has used this same deceit for years: they can spy on US citizens&#39; communications without &quot;targeting&quot; the American. 
Third, NSA has extremely broad authorities to collect communications without &quot;targeting&quot; a person. <a href="https://t.co/vAgaSS0x1k">https://t.co/vAgaSS0x1k</a>
&mdash; Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1410032726212853762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Tucker isn’t the target—only incidental to the target.
The NSA doesn’t *currently* have plans to shut down his show.
The Tucker quote is two allegations, but NSA denies it as one, the motte and bailey technique. 
✅ This statement is consistent with Tucker being monitored. <a href="https://t.co/jp9WFUVEhV">https://t.co/jp9WFUVEhV</a>
&mdash; Andrew Kloster (@ARKloster) <a href="https://twitter.com/ARKloster/status/1410034658780319744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Word games here from the NSA re: Tucker Carlson’s spying claims.
The NSA can and does collect against people who are not “targets,” using the guise of “incidental collection.”
This is not a credible denial of Tucker’s claims. <a href="https://t.co/wrbzSdlcB9">https://t.co/wrbzSdlcB9</a>
&mdash; BDW (@BryanDeanWright) <a href="https://twitter.com/BryanDeanWright/status/1410071861224902656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Defund the secret police. This attempted denial is a disgrace, as anyone who has a brain and can read clearly knows. America’s government intel agencies are corrupt, dishonest trash. <a href="https://t.co/lNPQgdjxPI">https://t.co/lNPQgdjxPI</a>
&mdash; Sean Davis (@seanmdav) <a href="https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1410078193105649664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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This is either poorly drafted or something worse.
-two distinct allegations ≠ &quot;This allegation&quot; -&quot;monitoring&quot; ≠ &quot;intelligence target&quot; -&quot;attempt to take this show off the air&quot; ≠ &quot;plans to try&quot;
Whether it&#39;s poorly drafted or something worse, it&#39;s more late stage Rome stuff. <a href="https://t.co/gMQ2cXiNt0">https://t.co/gMQ2cXiNt0</a>
&mdash; Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) <a href="https://twitter.com/HansMahncke/status/1410037271055802372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Why have you disabled replies to your tweet?
P.S. If someone is willing to spy on you, they’re probably willing to lie to you, too. <a href="https://t.co/9WtvsctM6W">https://t.co/9WtvsctM6W</a>
&mdash; Ezra Levant 🍁 (@ezralevant) <a href="https://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/1410041514483408899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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This is more or less what James Clapper said when he lied under oath to Congress in 2013. <a href="https://t.co/tibXk4Vs8Q">https://t.co/tibXk4Vs8Q</a>
&mdash; Conrad Black (@ConradMBlack) <a href="https://twitter.com/ConradMBlack/status/1410062941681029120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Still won&#39;t say if the NSA monitored his electronic communication or not. The language of the denial would do Sir Humphrey proud. 1. Can one be a &quot;target&quot;, though not an &quot;intelligence target&quot;? 2. No, the NSA may not want to &quot;take his program off the air&quot;; others may, though. <a href="https://t.co/WogST5p4nZ">https://t.co/WogST5p4nZ</a>
&mdash; Abhinav Agarwal (@AbhinavAgarwal) <a href="https://twitter.com/AbhinavAgarwal/status/1410082595052822530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The following are people who either mocked Carlson or called him a liar in response to the statement:
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when you&#39;re losing credibility battles with the NSA <a href="https://t.co/iG7ldzupDQ">https://t.co/iG7ldzupDQ</a>
&mdash; Philip Bump (@pbump) <a href="https://twitter.com/pbump/status/1410027266122391556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Now comes the part where Fox News produces the evidence, right? <a href="https://t.co/iGqily2wxO">https://t.co/iGqily2wxO</a>
&mdash; David Frum (@davidfrum) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1410051686169722885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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This is where we are as a nation where the NSA literally had to put out a statement denying Tucker Carlson&#39;s allegations. All this will do is elevate the Tucker conspiracy theory. Why didn&#39;t they just ignore this bigot?! <a href="https://t.co/GiJYq4aT6i">https://t.co/GiJYq4aT6i</a>
&mdash; (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeanObeidallah/status/1410036046994231299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Of course. Correct. Tucker lied, believes that Lord of the Rings is a documentary and/or knows $$$ is on the flip by peddling conspiratorial crap to an audience who thinks it’s chocolate pudding. <a href="https://t.co/iOwZ0jgzJC">https://t.co/iOwZ0jgzJC</a>
&mdash; Denver Riggleman (@RepRiggleman) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepRiggleman/status/1410031993358848003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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So this is a thing that&#39;s happened. Curious what the budget for tin foil is right now in the halls of FOX News. <a href="https://t.co/Bw5xMOkDBy">https://t.co/Bw5xMOkDBy</a>
&mdash; Nick Weig (@tbweig) <a href="https://twitter.com/tbweig/status/1410113947118747655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Kudos to whichever comms director got them to eliminate the phrase &quot;stupid piece of shit&quot; from this statement. <a href="https://t.co/I110NjQi3C">https://t.co/I110NjQi3C</a>
&mdash; Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) <a href="https://twitter.com/KenTremendous/status/1410039614031556610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Tucker Carlson has either:
A) Been caught (again) disseminating fake news B) Admitted that he is a foreign asset C) Been advised he is not important enough for the &quot;Deep State&quot; to care about 
I&#39;m sure he&#39;ll be big mad and make that stupid constipated baby face about it though. <a href="https://t.co/tvv8ZVbfhp">https://t.co/tvv8ZVbfhp</a>
&mdash; Richard Jeter (@MilesToGo13) <a href="https://twitter.com/MilesToGo13/status/1410040284147339264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Breaking News: <a href="https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TuckerCarlson</a> is a conspiracy theorist. <a href="https://t.co/b1n3ZNPUnT">https://t.co/b1n3ZNPUnT</a>
&mdash; Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) <a href="https://twitter.com/RitchieTorres/status/1410056678515613696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Oh look, <a href="https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TuckerCarlson</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a> are completely full of shit, just like I told you.<a href="https://twitter.com/NSAGov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NSAGov</a> almost never does this. This is super-rare. It&#39;s not the usual &quot;can neither confirm nor deny,&quot; this is a flat denial.
Show us your &quot;whistleblower,&quot; Tucker. <a href="https://t.co/1fD4QQxKe9">https://t.co/1fD4QQxKe9</a>
&mdash; John Schindler (@20committee) <a href="https://twitter.com/20committee/status/1410028914722934787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Although Fox News&#39; Tucker Carlson claimed the DOD&#39;s NSA is spying on him, Pentagon correspondent Jen Griffin instead opts to ask about an actual thing that&#39;s happening: if Pentagon leaders will mark the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Afghanistan</a> war in any public way. &quot;Yes,&quot; Kirby says, they plan to.
&mdash; Kevin Baron (@DefenseBaron) <a href="https://twitter.com/DefenseBaron/status/1409951003810668544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The NSA responds to Tucker Carlson’s (baseless) claims that he was being spied on.
“This allegation is untrue. 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.”
¯_(ツ)_/¯ <a href="https://t.co/OjU4tAyCCs">https://t.co/OjU4tAyCCs</a>
&mdash; Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) <a href="https://twitter.com/VeraMBergen/status/1410028668341178368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Long past time all agencies -especially the military- hold ass-clowns to account for their lies. Well done, <a href="https://twitter.com/NSAGov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NSAGov</a> <a href="https://t.co/tNlb1SV2A9">https://t.co/tNlb1SV2A9</a>
&mdash; Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHertling/status/1410052156670021634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Settle down, Tucker. <a href="https://t.co/lDYP5dLpyo">https://t.co/lDYP5dLpyo</a>
&mdash; Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/ericswalwell/status/1410036753499508740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Tucker Carlson is a disgrace. <a href="https://t.co/58MHe2Lxad">https://t.co/58MHe2Lxad</a>
&mdash; Jimmy Wales (@jimmy_wales) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/1410029099242958858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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As if any sane person needed an actual statement but good for NSA putting Tucker in his place. 
Let&#39;s see contrary proof Tucker. Your move. <a href="https://t.co/4SCCSNK3Vi">https://t.co/4SCCSNK3Vi</a>
&mdash; Mark S. Zaid (@MarkSZaidEsq) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkSZaidEsq/status/1410054865779372035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Kudos to the <a href="https://twitter.com/NSAGov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NSAGov</a>. This is how you address disinfo head on. Lay out the underlying facts of how the system works. The authorities, the controls, the focus.
Let’s put this in simple terms: if Tucker and Fox believe something so egregious as claimed happened, then lawyer up. <a href="https://t.co/4hC1ete2Wr">https://t.co/4hC1ete2Wr</a>
&mdash; Chris Krebs (@C_C_Krebs) <a href="https://twitter.com/C_C_Krebs/status/1410113845474086913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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