Looks like Tucker Carlson’s claims of being spied on by Joe Biden’s NSA is finally getting some traction and will be investigated:
THE BLAZE – The National Security Agency’s top internal watchdog announced Tuesday that he would begin reviewing claims that agents working at the top intelligence agency unmasked Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s identity.
NSA Inspector General Robert Storch announced Tuesday that his office is “conducting a review related to recent allegations that the NSA improperly targeted the communications of a member of the U.S. news media,” a reference to Carlson.
The statement explained:
The [Office of Inspector General] is examining NSA’s compliance with applicable legal authorities and Agency policies and procedures regarding collection, analysis, reporting, and dissemination activities, including unmasking procedures, and whether any such actions were based upon improper considerations. If circumstances warrant, the OIG will consider other issues that may arise during the review.
The development is significant considering the NSA publicly denied Carlson’s accusations.
In a statement released the day after Carlson aired his claim, the NSA called it “untrue.” The spy agency said Carlson “has never been an intelligence target” of the NSA. However, the NSA did not deny potentially intercepting Carlson’s communications in otherwise legal operations.
In fact, Axios reported last month that Carlson had been “talking to U.S.-based Kremlin intermediaries about setting up an interview with [Russian President] Vladimir Putin” shortly before he aired allegations that the NSA had spied on him. The context is important for this story because Carlson’s alleged communications could have been inadvertently collected if he was communicating with someone on whom the NSA was gathering intelligence.
Under such circumstances, the NSA is obligated to “mask” the identity of the American citizen. However, under special circumstances, especially those related to criminal activity or national security, the identity can be “unmasked” without the consent of the American citizen. Fewer than two dozen officials within the NSA have the authority to approve “unmasking,” and, if approved, the identity of the unmasked American is only made available to the person who required it to carry out their job duty.
I’d say this is a significant development, but I hold no hope that justice will be done even if officials in the agency are found to have spied on Carlson. Maybe I’m cynical – even jaded, but it seems to me that Democrat officials always find a way to skate when it comes to justice, as we’ve seen time and time and time again.
Speaking of investigations, where in the world is John Durham’s report on the Obama administration’s spying on Trump? Has Biden’s hack AG killed it yet? There’s no doubt if he did the garbage media would celebrate it, and I fully expect that to happen because he knows he can get away with it.