Legal scholar Jonathan Turley weighs in on the NSA surveilling 'Tucker Carlson Tonight'
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Well, we have been
spied by the Biden
administration,
not a lot. You can do about it.
You can seem outraged, but you
dont have a lot of recourse.
You learn about your democracy.
When that happens,
can you file a freedom of
information ACT seeking any
calls or text messages they got
from you?
We did that
we have not heard back from the NSA.
They promptly responded to some stooge on a website
stooge on a website. He wrote on twitter this.
He wrote on Twitter this,
it crystallizes the
degradation
they are covering it up and
cheering it on.
What will you find in our
request find out what the NSA
is doing
that might occupy your time?
It doesnt occur.
They support it.
Justin is a law professor at
George Washington University, and
knows a lot about this subject. Thanks for coming on,
thanks for coming on,
I realize the request from the
intercept is easier.
It doesnt explain why they
filed. Why not get to the bottom of?
Why not get to the bottom of
what the NSA is doing?
Has that occurred to anyone
not from the people? You
expect to raise questions.
I just testified in the House
Judiciary Committee on the
surveillance of reporters.
It was one of the few times in
recent memory that there was
bipartisan agreement with all of
us who testified as exports.
All of the members in the room
agreed we needed to investigate
when journalists were
intercepted.
That hasnt been the response to
this story.
There are a couple of ways your
email would have been
intercepted that were lawful.
You could be corresponding with
someone subject to an NSA
surveillance,
but it doesnt explain the more
troubling questions of how that
information was circulated and
also how your name was not
masked.
You can unmask people in
surveillance documents of that
kind,
but it requires someone to ask
for unmasking.
There would be no legitimate
reason to do so here.
If reporters were given that
information, it would be even
more serious.
Even if your email itself was
know classified the intercept is
the intercept. Is
the NSA and Foiea material is
highly classified
takes years for me to get access
to an NSA surveillance document.
The mere fact that they engaged
in surveillance is classified.
It would be a serious federal
crime.
Well, yeah,
they intimidate people,
everyone is afraid of the NSA.
The last administration was
really afraid of them.
Thats true,
I know firsthand
a lot of people now are afraid
of them.
Do you want to live in a country
with people are afraid of your
intel agencys?
Why are we accepting this?
One of the interesting
aspects of this is people are
saying this would be ridiculous,
its not ridiculous.
I testified just about a week
ago in the judiciary,
there is almost regularity to
this
journalists investigated in the
Bush administration and the
Obama administration and the
Trump Administration and the
Biden administration
after every one of those
scandals, there is the requisite
apologies and promises of reform,
and everyone goes away, and then
the cycle continues
how about prison
time.
They tried to send Roger Stone
away for his life for
inconsistent testimony, but
these people get MSNBC contract.
Somebody needs to fix this. One
appreciate your efforts on this.
Transcript generated on 2021-07-17.