Carlson sought “to sow distrust, which is so anti-American,” declared MSNBC analyst Andrew Weissman, formerly the chief prosecutor for Special Counsel Robert Mueller. National security officials under Trump routinely used the unmasking process themselves as part of their work.Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s charge that the National Security Agency illegally spied on him and leaked his emails is enraging prominent liberals. While there is nothing illegal about the unmasking process, former President Donald Trump repeatedly assailed the unmasking of his associates prior to his inauguration by officials in the Obama administration. More than 9,000 people’s identities were “unmasked” in 2020, according to an intelligence review published earlier this year. It's not clear whether that reported outreach led Carlson's communications to be captured by U.S. Axios has reported that Carlson was seeking an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin and speaking to U.S. NSA last month notified the House and Senate intelligence committees that Carlson’s name was mentioned by unknown third parties and unmasked at the request of an official, The Record and CNN reported. officials with proper clearance and a good reason ask for their names to be revealed, a process known as “unmasking.” citizens only in rare instances.Īmericans mentioned in collected intelligence must have their identities withheld unless U.S. The NSA collects signals intelligence - emails, text messages, and other electronic communications - on foreign targets for a range of purposes including counterterrorism and cybersecurity. "They’re badly hurting our intelligence community with outright lies.”
“People like Tucker Carlson can’t help themselves," Himes said. Jim Himes, a Connecticut Democrat and member of the House Intelligence Committee, criticized the furor over Carlson's allegations as the “latest right-wing attempt to damage our security services.” It is important that this review is as transparent as possible so it doesn’t fuel further public suspicion and distrust.” In a statement Tuesday, Rubio said the inspector general's review "is an important step toward ensuring public confidence. Marco Rubio, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, criticized the statement for side-stepping the question of whether the NSA had intercepted Carlson's communications whether or not he was a target of an investigation. "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," the agency said.
That prompted a rare statement from the normally reclusive NSA denying his claims.
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