The right wing National Review is twisting itself into a pretzel..
>This seems like a significant leak. It’s exceedingly unlikely, of course, that the NSA targeted Tucker directly. It is conceivable that he was caught up in surveillance. And, as Axios notes, even if foreign nationals were on American soil, the NSA could monitor their communications – and Carlson’s. The NSA has regularly overcollected domestic transmissions of American citizens. There is basically no oversight. Even when law enforcement is caught in corruption, no one is held responsible.
But, it seems to me that in any scenario in which Carlson’s texts and emails are absorbed in surveillance, his identity would have to be unmasked by a Biden administration official, which is only legal if it allows them to better understand the underlying intelligence. What intelligence value could a television host looking for an interview possibly have? NBC News’ Keir Simmons interviewed Putin only a month ago. Surely that interaction was set up through intermediaries as well. Were his emails and texts collected? Was he unmasked?
Again, we don’t know if Carlson’s claims are valid yet. (The leaking would be a criminal offense.) But American law-enforcement agencies have been spying on journalists for decades, so we have every reason to be suspicious.
Of course, if something of this nature had happened to a well-known liberal personality during the Trump years, we’d be at DEFCON 2 of a Watergate-level meltdown tonight. Yet, even if Carlson’s claims turn out to be true — and we may never know definitively — I suspect those who dismissed them will rationalize the spying, either because the host was speaking to Russians or because they don’t like his political positions. We’re almost surely going to be plunged into another preposterous semantic debate over the word “spying.” But the fact is that a Left that once led the charge against domestic-spying abuses now seems pretty comfortable with the idea — if the target is right.
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did he slip and admit it?
did he slip and admit it?
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he claims NSA listened to his
he claims NSA listened to his calls with Kremlin associates.
given that the NSA's job is to,listen to Kremlin associates, he just might be correct.
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Exactly, the NSA were doing
Exactly, the NSA were doing their jobs. Have to wonder if it was someone at the NSA who alerted Tucker, or if the Russians did..
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We are at war with Russia
We are at war with Russia because they rigged the 2016 election and inserted Russian agents into our government.
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He says he was trying to get
He says he was trying to get an interview with Putin
Job Interview?
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Considering he tried to get
Considering he tried to get out ahead of this I'd say he's in deep cacadooey and desperately doing damage control.
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The right wing National
The right wing National Review is twisting itself into a pretzel..
>This seems like a significant leak. It’s exceedingly unlikely, of course, that the NSA targeted Tucker directly. It is conceivable that he was caught up in surveillance. And, as Axios notes, even if foreign nationals were on American soil, the NSA could monitor their communications – and Carlson’s. The NSA has regularly overcollected domestic transmissions of American citizens. There is basically no oversight. Even when law enforcement is caught in corruption, no one is held responsible.
But, it seems to me that in any scenario in which Carlson’s texts and emails are absorbed in surveillance, his identity would have to be unmasked by a Biden administration official, which is only legal if it allows them to better understand the underlying intelligence. What intelligence value could a television host looking for an interview possibly have? NBC News’ Keir Simmons interviewed Putin only a month ago. Surely that interaction was set up through intermediaries as well. Were his emails and texts collected? Was he unmasked?
Again, we don’t know if Carlson’s claims are valid yet. (The leaking would be a criminal offense.) But American law-enforcement agencies have been spying on journalists for decades, so we have every reason to be suspicious.
Of course, if something of this nature had happened to a well-known liberal personality during the Trump years, we’d be at DEFCON 2 of a Watergate-level meltdown tonight. Yet, even if Carlson’s claims turn out to be true — and we may never know definitively — I suspect those who dismissed them will rationalize the spying, either because the host was speaking to Russians or because they don’t like his political positions. We’re almost surely going to be plunged into another preposterous semantic debate over the word “spying.” But the fact is that a Left that once led the charge against domestic-spying abuses now seems pretty comfortable with the idea — if the target is right.
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How many US bitches can Putin
How many US bitches can Putin have?
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hate communists/ism, collude
hate communists/ism, collude with russia...
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I thought we didn't like cops
I thought we didn't like cops anymore?
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Well damn, this'll sell
Well damn, this'll sell news entertainment commercial time.
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this one was good ~ Tuckums
this one was good ~ Tuckums
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFRLWGRtM3g&ab_channel=MSNBC
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<< hate communists/ism,
<< hate communists
Ruprecht Murdoch
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Trump is Putin's lackey
Trump is Putin's lackey
Trump supporters must be communists
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Trump is Putin's lackey
Trump is Putin's lackey
Trump supporters must be communists. Worth saying twice!
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Putin's not a communist
Putin's not a communist anymore. He's an autocrat.
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Trump, Carlson and Hannity
Trump, Carlson and Hannity need to be booted out of this country they hate and flown to Russia, in coach.
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If Dise is on to something,
If Dise is on to something, please please please let Ron Johnson be in on it.
He just claimed that FBI/NSA/CIA are a bunch of liberal democrats.
https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1413655864360136706