Finally, there’s this from Rick Wilson, a founder of that discredited band of grifters known as the Lincoln Project.

Tucker's fauxrage over the idea the NSA is monitoring his show to take him off the air is one stop short of his dog telling him to murder people.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 29, 2021

“Blue checked,” my ass.

Now I don’t know how credible Tucker Carlson’s claim is. He does have a tendency to sensationalize, since, after all, he is a TV host. And successful TV hosts pitch the stuff that gets eyeballs on their programs.

In May, for example, Carlson posited that VAERS, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, was not accurately reporting the correct number of people who had harmful reactions to Covid vaccines. However, radiologist and conservative writer Pradheep Shanker showed how Carlson had misrepresented the data he was citing. Typically Carlson will invite challengers to his program to debate. In this case, he did not. It also appears that he has dropped his attack on the VAERS data.

My piece today in @NRO on Tucker Carlson’s Faulty Complaint about Coronavirus Vaccines https://t.co/cQqrPfPyGs

— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) May 7, 2021

Plus, there’s his longtime obsession with UFO’s, or UAP’s, or whatever they’re called now. He also interviews guests who promote extraterrestrial visitation, but never skeptics or debunkers. But it all makes for good TV, doesn’t it?

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As for the Biden administration spying on Tucker Carlson? The Blue Checks can sneer at that all they want, but there are precedents. And they come from the vaunted Obama administration, too.

Remember what happened to journalist James Rosen? The Obama administration spied on him in 2013, according to court documents. In 2009, Rosen had obtained classified information about North Korea from a source. Rosen refused to name the source, and the FBI turned on him, calling him a “criminal co-conspirator,” even though Rosen hadn’t been charged with any crime. Agents combed through his personal emails and cell phone logs.

And who employed Rosen at the time? The hated Fox News Channel.

And then there’s the story of Sharyl Attkisson.

In 2012, Attkisson, then a CBS reporter, found that her computer had been hacked by an “external party” for two years. She spent several years filing lawsuits against the Justice Department and the Postal Service, but they always failed. However, one judge observed that Attkisson’s suits failed because the Justice Department purposefully ran out the clock.

And who was president during those years? Barack Obama.

Plus, the Biden administration no doubt holds a grudge against Carlson. Who else has been so relentless in reporting the corruption of Hunter Biden and the “Big Guy,” papa Joe? Who interviewed Tony Bobulinksi, Hunter Biden’s former business partner? Bobulinski spilled the beans on shady deals between the Biden family and the Chinese.

Again, that would be Tucker Carlson.

Plus, Carlson recently claimed that government agents may have helped to organize the Capitol riot on January 6, too.

The things that make you go Hmmmm.

So while no one can prove that the government is spying on Carlson, it shouldn’t be a shocker if his allegations are true. After all, Joe Biden’s boss Obama spied on other journalists during his presidency. And Joe Biden would’ve learned this trick at the feet of the master.

UPDATE: The NSA has responded to Carlson’s claims, and Glenn Greenwald has thoughts.

First, it's bizarre that @NSAGov allow no replies.

Second, NSA has used this same deceit for years: they can spy on US citizens' communications without "targeting" the American.

Third, NSA has extremely broad authorities to collect communications without "targeting" a person. https://t.co/vAgaSS0x1k

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 30, 2021

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