Fox News: “Completely unacceptable” for “NSA to unmask Tucker Carlson”

Fox News responded to a report on Friday saying the National Security Agency (NSA) discovered the host Tucker carlsonBanks of Tucker CarlsonGOP polishes the brand with his veto Pelosi Tucker Carlson calls out a black officer attacked on January 6 an “angry left-wing political activist” Biden mocks the Fox hosts: they had an “altar call” on them PLUS vaccinesthe name of in third party communications by “unmasking”, calling the reported movement “completely unacceptable.

The NSA had completed a review of Carlson’s accusations that the agency had spied on him in an attempt to take him off the airwaves and had found no evidence to support that claim, cybersecurity newspaper The Record, citing two people familiar with the matter.

The NSA had previously denied Carlson’s request, and the examination also reportedly found that the TV personality’s communications had not been intercepted through “incidental collection,” in which the government can obtain information. communications from a US citizen who is in talks with a foreign actor under surveillance.

Carlson claimed earlier this month that he tried to schedule an interview with the Russian president Vladimir PoutineVladimir Vladimirovich Putin Kaseya Gets Key to Decrypting Systems Weeks After Ransomware Attack Withdrawal from Afghanistan Happened Too Quickly and Will Have Consequences US and Germany Reach Agreement on Controversial Russian Pipeline before publicly bringing his charge against the NSA.

However, people who spoke to The Record on condition of anonymity said that Carlson was mentioned in communications between third parties and was eventually revealed through “unmasking” or when government officials requested that the names of U.S. citizens be named. be revealed to help understand specific documents.

Fox responded to the report in a statement which was shared with The Record and later read on air by conservative writer Mark Steyn, who replaced “Tucker Carlson Tonight” host on Friday.

“For the NSA, exposing Tucker Carlson or any journalist attempting to secure a newsworthy interview is completely unacceptable and raises serious questions about their activities as well as their initial denial, which was extremely misleading,” said the network.

The NSA now admits to “unmasking” Tucker’s identity after intelligence interception. Plus: Facebook bullies confirm they censored this show. pic.twitter.com/AeYbQzNWLI

– Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) July 24, 2021

Carlson did not appear live on Friday’s show to comment directly on the matter.

The NSA declined to comment when contacted by The Hill.

The day after Carlson first filed a complaint against the NSA late last month, the agency released a statement stating: “Tucker Carlson was never a target of Agency intelligence, and the NSA never intended to try to get its program off the air.”

“The NSA has a foreign intelligence mission,” the statement continued. “We are targeting foreign powers to generate information about foreign activities that could harm the United States.”

“With a few exceptions (eg in an emergency), the NSA cannot target a US citizen without a court order that explicitly authorizes targeting,” he added.

Despite this denial, Carlson continued to defend his claims, later alleging that the NSA leaked his private emails to reporters “in an attempt to discredit him,” a claim on which the NSA had previously declined to comment.