NSA review finds that Tucker Carlson's communications were not targeted
https://therecord.media/nsa-review-finds-that-tucker-carlsons-communications-were-not-targeted/
The NSA has found no evidence to support Tucker Carlsons accusations that the agency had been spying on him in an effort to knock his show off the air, two people familiar with the matter told The Record.
An examination by the spy agency, prompted by congressional inquiries, found that the Fox News hosts communications were not targeted as the NSA has previously stated publicly nor intercepted through so-called incidental collection, where the U.S. government sometimes obtains the emails or phone calls of Americans in contact with a foreign target under surveillance, according to these people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Correspondence between intelligence agencies and oversight authorities are conducted through classified means.
Instead, the nations top electronic spy agency found that Carlson was mentioned in communications between third parties and his name was subsequently revealed through unmasking, a process in which relevant government officials can request the identities of American citizens in intelligence reports to be divulged provided there is an official reason, such as helping them make sense of the intelligence documents they are reviewing.
The NSA obscures the names of Americans mentioned in its finished products in an effort to protect their privacy.
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