NSA denies leaking scheme to take Tucker Carlson off the air

Published June 30, 2021 1:05am ET



The National Security Agency insisted Tucker Carlson “has never been an intelligence target” after the Fox News host claimed the Biden administration spied on him.

The NSA has a “foreign intelligence mission,” a spokesperson said Tuesday in response to Carlson’s claims the night before that a government whistleblower told his team the agency was spying on their communications and”planning to leak them in an attempt to take this show off the air.”

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