Tucker Carlson NSA allegations spark calls for agency funding and investigation

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Tucker Carlson’s claims that he is being spied on by the NSA have prompted a wave of numbers calling for the agency to be investigated and funded.

Fox News host made explosive statements on Monday night’s Tucker Carlson Tonight that a “whistleblower in the US government” said the National Security Agency (NSA) had been spying on him .

Carlson said he became convinced his private information was being investigated by agency staff when the so-called whistleblower allegedly revealed which story his team was working on.

The Fox News host said: “[That information] could only come directly from my texts and emails. There is no other possible source for this information, period. “

“The NSA captured this information without our knowledge and did it for political reasons. The Biden administration is spying on us. We have confirmed it.”

His explosive allegations of espionage have prompted conservative and libertarian figures and organizations to attack the NSA and the FBI.

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform should immediately and thoroughly investigate @TuckerCarlsons who claims the NSA is spying on him.

If this is indeed true, criminal proceedings should be brought against those who have violated the rights of private citizens.

– Representative Lauren Boebert (@RepBoebert) June 29, 2021

Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CL) said in a tweet: “The House Committee on Oversight and Reform should immediately and thoroughly investigate Tucker Carlson’s claim that the NSA is spying on him.

“If this is indeed true, criminal proceedings should be brought against those who violated the rights of this private citizen.”

The Texas Libertarian Party called for the agency’s funding to stop and simply said on the social media platform, “Defund the NSA. “

The Republican candidate for the House of Representatives Virginia Jarome Bell added, “Define the FBI NSA CIA. “

Spend the NSA.

– Texas Libertarian Party (@LPTexas) June 29, 2021

Newsweek has contacted Fox News and the NSA for comment.

Carlson also received support from the founder of the file-sharing site Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, who claimed that every reporter was being spied on.

In a tweet he said: “Someone please ask Tucker Carlson to send me a DM. I will explain to him how the NSA is spying on him and every journalist / US citizen by circumventing US laws. . “

He continued, “I don’t intend to be on his show but happy to give him the background he needs to understand how it works.”

The entrepreneur is now facing an extradition battle from New Zealand, where he has a residence permit after a court ruled he could be extradited to the United States where he faces up to to 20 years in prison if convicted of copyright infringement, money laundering, wire fraud and racketeering.

The charges were originally brought against him by the United States Department of Justice in 2012 on its website, Megaupload.

Tucker Carlson discusses “Populism and the Right” during the National Review Institute’s Summit of Ideas at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on March 29, 2019 in Washington, DC The Fox News host claimed he was being spied on.

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