

In late June, Carlson said on his nightly prime-time program that a whistleblower had contacted his show and told him that President Biden’s administration was “spying” on him in an effort to “take this show off the air.” If circumstances warrant, the OIG will consider other issues that may arise during the review.” The inspector general said in a statement Tuesday that it was “examining NSA’s compliance with applicable legal authorities and Agency policies and procedures regarding collection, analysis, reporting, and dissemination activities, including unmasking procedures, and whether any such actions were based upon improper considerations. The National Security Agency’s Inspector General will open an investigation into what it described as an “alleged targeting” of a U.S. member of the media after Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed the agency spied on him earlier this year.
