Fox News star Tucker Carlson has accused the NSA of espionage on his show. The aim is to prevent the broadcast of Carlson’s program.
New York – The American presenter Tucker Carlson reported on Monday (June 28th, 2021) in his broadcast on the US broadcaster Fox-News that a whistleblower from the American secret service organization NSA had informed him that the US government was allegedly spying on him . This was reported by the US news portal The Daily Beast. Carlson stressed that he would normally be skeptical of such a “shocking” accusation – after all, the US is not a “developing country”. In this case, however, the moderator was sure that the Democratic government under US President Joe Biden was actually spying on him.
In support of this, the news moderator, especially popular with far-right Republicans, said of the former favorite station of ex-President Donald Trump: “The whistleblower, who works in a corresponding position at the NSA, has sent us information that only comes directly from my SMS -Messages and emails can come from. There is no other possible source. Point. They did that for political reasons. The Biden government is spying on us. We now know for sure. ”Thereupon, reports Carlson, he made an official request, the so-called Freedom of Information Act, to find out what information the US government had collected about him and his broadcast.
NSA responds to accusation from Tucker Carlson and explains their role on Twitter
The NSA, which rarely reacts to allegations of this kind, tweeted a statement on Tuesday referring to Carlson’s allegations, stating: “The NSA is a foreign intelligence agency. As such, we are investigating clues to foreign activities that could threaten the US, “said the agency on the short message service Twitter. “The NSA does not have the right to intercept a US citizen without a court order,” the service also clarified, stressing that Carlson was never a target of the NSA investigators.
This explanation could not reassure the Fox News presenter, who describes the explanation as “a whole paragraph of lies”, but not: “In our show yesterday we made a very clear statement. The NSA read my private email without my permission. Period. “That’s what Carlson said on his Tuesday broadcast and went on to say,” That was our testimony. And the NSA’s statement doesn’t deny that. It reads: ‘Tucker Carlson was never a target of NSA investigators’. That’s all well and good, but the question remains: Has the Biden government read my personal emails? “
Successful opinion show: Tucker Carlson relies on stereotypes and unbelievable theories
The show “Tucker Carlson Tonight” is considered the most successful political opinion show in the country in the American media landscape. In it, Carlson regularly spreads racist and anti-Semitic stereotypes, repeatedly gave polarizing characters such as the former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani a platform and for weeks has repeatedly explained a theory that the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 was in truth by the American security authorities FBI would have been orchestrated. (ska)
