Tucker Carlson maintained that the NSA has read his emails, which even the NSA explained would require a warrant. To get a warrant, there would have to be evidence of a crime committed. So, it brings up a lot of questions about Carlson's allegations, and now folks are asking for the proof.
The Fox host said that he spoke to the NSA on the phone ahead of his show, and at no point did they deny that they had read his emails. Instead they maintained that he has never been an intelligence target by the NSA.
As the NSA explained, they typically deal with foreign activities. That would mean that Carlson would have had to be involved with someone who was a target of an intelligence investigation. That could be anyone affiliated with the Trump administration, including Rudy Giuliani, who was raided by the FBI and his electronic devices seized. Carlson's email exchanges with Giuliani could have been on the devices.
The Justice Department also investigated several reporters from the New York Times, Washington Post and CNN as part of a leak investigation. Even Trump's own White House counsel Don McGahn was monitored at one point. But Carlson isn't a reporter, as his own network's lawyers made clear in court, no one should take anything Carlson says seriously.
Thus, people flocked to Twitter demanding that Carlson produce the proof to back up his claims. Carlson's biggest problem is that he's made so many absurd and outlandish claims about President Joe Biden, about the coronavirus, about the vaccine to the coronavirus and a slew of other issues, that even if he was telling the truth, he might be ignored for crying wolf too many times.
See the comments below:
Tucker Carlson is not well.— Chris Hahn (@Chris Hahn) 1625015950
I'm gonna disagree with this. I don't think Carlson really believes the NSA is spying on him. I think he's preemptively executing a massive bullshit strike to head off something later, so that when something bad comes out he can say "Well of course, I was spied on."https://twitter.com/JohnDeVore/status/1410076883795034114\u00a0\u2026— Tom Nichols (@Tom Nichols) 1625023572
Fox must know by now that he's unhinged. But they obviously don't care.https://twitter.com/tuckercarlson/status/1410046544884215813\u00a0\u2026— George Conway (@George Conway) 1625018312
As I said, @TuckerCarlson, @FoxNews, and Rupert Murdoch routinely manufacture incendiary lies to hold onto their market share of racist nitwitted Americans. \n\nIn short, they\u2019re getting rich, destroying America\u2019s democracy. \n\nDestroy their business via boycotting advertisers. https://twitter.com/chrisalbertolaw/status/1409682149922336772\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/Sx5FxlPQbK— Christopher Constantine, Esq. (@Christopher Constantine, Esq.) 1625018194
The NSA basically never comments publicly on identities of surveillance targets. Ever.\n\nThat they did so here shows how much they\u2019re not going to let @TuckerCarlson play this game.— Bradley P. Moss (@Bradley P. Moss) 1625012140
Someone tell Tucker Carlson that the NSA is just not that into him.— Kate \ud83e\udd0d\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Kate \ud83e\udd0d\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1625015489
Thoughts:\n\n1. Tucker Carlson is a moron.\n2. Being a moron does not, however, stop one from being on *incidental* collection if one is playing footsie with foreign intel services.https://twitter.com/NSAGov/status/1410025399032193027\u00a0\u2026— Eric Garland (@Eric Garland) 1625011966
They are an Intelligence Agency\nWhich automatically disqualifies @TuckerCarlson @FoxNews \nNothing to investigate— LilFrogsGma (@LilFrogsGma) 1625017801
Keith to always have the best--and sometimes oddest--takes on any given situation— George Haag (@George Haag) 1625017800
What the NSA should\u2019ve said is there\u2019s no evidence of any intelligence on the @TuckerCarlson show. @NSAGov @maddow @chrislhayes @Lawrencehttps://twitter.com/nsagov/status/1410025399032193027\u00a0\u2026— Robin Dolgin (@Robin Dolgin) 1625017800
It\u2019s hard to know who I trust more, you a known liar, or an agency who is built on secrecy. In this case I don\u2019t trust either of you but I\u2019m sure you made this up as well.— Andrew Armstrong (@Andrew Armstrong) 1625017792
Someone tell Tucker Carlson that nobody gives a crap about him and that includes the NSA— RustyWaterSheep (@RustyWaterSheep) 1625017793
In a nutshell..@TuckerCarlson isn't worthy.pic.twitter.com/lpFosytnUQ— Jennifer ~LFG~ Wilson (@Jennifer ~LFG~ Wilson) 1625017797
Whistleblower\u2026. Is it you, to yourself? Hannity? Bring forth the whistleblower, so we can get to the truth!— ASukkert (@ASukkert) 1625017789
@TuckerCarlson tsk tskhttps://twitter.com/DrGJackBrown/status/1410037037290328076\u00a0\u2026— Beth #AmericaIsComingBack #ShutUpAndWearADamnMask (@Beth #AmericaIsComingBack #ShutUpAndWearADamnMask) 1625017787
