“I learned, that - and this is going to come out soon - that the NSA leaked the contents of my e-mail to journalists in an effort to discredit me.
Nakasone it’s not at all clear whether he authorized Carlson’s unmasking, however. government officials learned about Carlson’s efforts to secure the Putin interview,” the outlet noted.Ī few days later, Carlson confirmed that the agency had indeed read his emails and had unmasked - revealed his identity - to media outlets, which normally is against federal law unless the agency’s director authorizes it. “Tucker Carlson was talking to U.S.-based Kremlin intermediaries about setting up an interview with Vladimir Putin shortly before the Fox News host accused the National Security Agency of spying on him. However, before Carlson took to the airwaves to reveal his information, Axios reported it first. I learned from a whistleblower the NSA planned to leak the contents of those emails to media outlets,” he said. But the Biden administration found out anyway by reading my emails. I figured that any kind of publicity would rattle the Russians and make the interview less likely to happen. “But still, in this case, I decided to keep it quiet. I’m an American citizen I can interview anyone I want - and I plan to,” he added.
I wasn’t embarrassed about trying to interview Putin. “I told nobody I was doing this other than my executive producer, Justin Wells. “Late this spring, I contacted a couple of people I thought could help get us an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin,” Carlson said. Weeks ago, Carlson shocked viewers when he revealed that a whistleblower - presumably someone inside the agency itself - informed him that emails sent by him and known only to another member of his staff were intercepted by the NSA.Ĭarlson would go on to explain that he was attempting to land an interview with Russia’s leader, which he defended.
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