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NSA Watchdog Says Will Review Alleged Targeting of US News Media

© AFP 2023 / CHIP SOMODEVILLAFox News host Tucker Carlson discusses 'Populism and the Right' during the National Review Institute's Ideas Summit at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel March 29, 2019 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - National Security Agency (NSA) Inspector General Robert Storch said on Tuesday his office is reviewing reports that the NSA targeted the communications of US news media after FOX News host Tucker Carlson announced that his private emails were spied on.
"The National Security Agency Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announced that it is conducting a review related to recent allegations that the NSA improperly targeted the communications of a member of the US news media," Storch said in a statement.
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The OIG is planning to examine NSA’s compliance with applicable legal authorities and policies regarding collection, analysis, reporting activities and whether such actions were based on improper considerations, the statement said.
There is a chance that OIG will also consider additional issues that may arise from the review, the statement added.
On 28 June, Carlson said he received information from a whistleblower that the NSA is monitoring his electronic communications and is planning to leak them in an attempt to take the Tucker Carlson Tonight show off the air.
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