Tucker Carlson says CIA read his texts to build foreign agent case

Peloni:  David Wurmser comments on the Carlson claimed CIA sting below the video.

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One thing right off: the CIA does not do Signals Intelligence. The NSA does.

But I would not assume Carlson cares about that detail. Accusing the CIA makes the point more poignantly.

But the question is valid: is it true even in that inaccurate form?

Second, if it is, and that remains a big “if”, that would be a very guarded investigation. Few would know of it, and how Tucker would have been informed about his own investigation is a serious, warranted question of compromise by some officials.

Senior U.S. elected officials generally do NOT have access to the identity of the U.S. person captured in such intercepts and the record is erased. If the activity captured in signal intelligence warrants criminal pursuit, then it is referred to the professional bureaus, not the political echelon. In some very unique circumstances, there are mechanisms then also for unveiling higher up to senior staffers and even the President , but really none exist to release or share info with the target.

On balance then:
1. This can be another of Carlson’s fevered delusions to nourish his martyrdom complex. There is no solid evidence such a tap occurred. But Carlson’s nervousness tells us less about whether such an investigation exists, than that it implies he had questionable conversations, but not necessarily illegal, with foreign elements.
2. If such an investigation or sting exists, it would be closely protected , and if Carlson found out, then this and any leak would be a grave security violation and act of obstruction of justice.
3. The political echelon would be among the last to know of such an investigation and in my view unlikely to be the source of a leak.

March 16, 2026 | Comments »

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