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2026-03-15 Fifth Column
Tucker Carlson claims CIA read his texts with Iran, is ‘framing' him as foreign agent
[NY Post] If the Foo Shits
Tucker Carlson has claimed the CIA read his text messages leading up to the war with Iran in an effort to frame him as a foreign agent.

The conservative pundit, 56,
…that’s “conservative”, as he postures for clicks and Qatari money…
said the Department of Justice is preparing to charge him with being an unregistered foreign agent for the Iranian regime on the CIA’s recommendation, during a video posted on X Saturday night.
"and certified antisemitic attention whore"
"The CIA is preparing some kind of criminal referral against me, a crime report to the Department of Justice, on the basis of a supposed crime I committed," the former Fox News host said in the video released Saturday.

"What’s that crime? Well, talking to people in Iran before the war," Carlson added. "They [the CIA] read my texts."
The NSC collects them, no doubt, just like all internet traffic, but you’re just a talkmeister, dood. None of your details matter.

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Posted by Frank G 2026-03-15 10:34|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1838 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran Proxies 

1 An unregistered foreign agent. Foreign agents are legal and many exist. But you must register so everyone knows who you are and can avoid you.
Posted by Omans Slath8956 2026-03-15 11:10||   2026-03-15 11:10|| Front Page Top

2 ...unless you are a Congresscritter.
Posted by Procopius2k 2026-03-15 11:25||   2026-03-15 11:25|| Front Page Top

3 FCC's Carr warns broadcasters while reposting Trump comments on Iran reports
Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-15 11:49||   2026-03-15 11:49|| Front Page Top

4 What's the likelihood that the Trump admin used Carlson as a vector to feed disinformation to the Mullahs that ultimately got Khamenei et al killed?

Trump should preemptively pardon Carlson and maybe even award him a medal for his contribution.
Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2026-03-15 11:51||   2026-03-15 11:51|| Front Page Top

5 /\ An interesting theory indeed
Posted by Besoeker 2026-03-15 11:59||   2026-03-15 11:59|| Front Page Top

6 ^I've a simpler approach: spread a rumor that Tucker's maternal grandmother was Jewish.
Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-03-15 12:16||   2026-03-15 12:16|| Front Page Top

7 ^^Use Candace Owens to spread that rumor.
Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-03-15 12:17||   2026-03-15 12:17|| Front Page Top

8 ^ Or Tucker has just gone insane. I figure the odds be 50-50.

Personally, I suspect the Juice had more to do with the Ayatollah getting waxed than Carlson. Tricksy as hobbits, they are!
(yeah, I know 'antisemitism'. At least I didn't say 'Soros')
Posted by SteveS 2026-03-15 12:19||   2026-03-15 12:19|| Front Page Top

9 Ref #5
So the rapid movement of Tucker's point of view towards Mecca is actually reflective of his establishment as an dis-information conduit as well as an intel asset? Framing him as such may well make it so even if it's not. Perception is easily reality in the Wilderness of Mirrors!
Posted by NoMoreBS 2026-03-15 14:02||   2026-03-15 14:02|| Front Page Top

10 Tucker the wannabe spook. Just sayin'.
Posted by DooDahMan 2026-03-15 14:40||   2026-03-15 14:40|| Front Page Top

11 Ah yes... good 'ol Tuck boy spouting shit again.
Posted by DarthVader 2026-03-15 15:49||   2026-03-15 15:49|| Front Page Top

12 The comment I saw at AoS... when Iran started attacks on Qatar, "Who gets Tucker in the divorce?"
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2026-03-15 18:17||   2026-03-15 18:17|| Front Page Top

13 charge him w violation of FACA

then pardon him be effectively being a useful idiot
Posted by Lord Garth 2026-03-15 18:17||   2026-03-15 18:17|| Front Page Top

14 And does he realize that his paymasters will despise him for not changing sides as ordered fast enough now that the time has come?
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2026-03-15 18:20||   2026-03-15 18:20|| Front Page Top

15 Facebook Reel: Syrian-Jewish immigrant American lawyer suggests that the CIA would not admit to targetting Mr. Carlson because that is illegal, and therefore it’s logical to assume his texts were picked up by the CIA because he was contacting a target of their legitimate investigation in Iran, during which he said something he should not have, perhaps something mentioned by his son, who works for VP JD Vance.

Also, the Syrian-Jewish, etc. gentleman is really funny.
Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-15 18:42||   2026-03-15 18:42|| Front Page Top

16 I'm scared to look. It might be Eddie Antar in groucho glasses.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2026-03-15 19:26||   2026-03-15 19:26|| Front Page Top

17 LOL
Posted by Frank G 2026-03-15 19:32||   2026-03-15 19:32|| Front Page Top

18  It might be Eddie Antar in groucho glasses.

He isn’t. Nor does he shout.
Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-15 20:46||   2026-03-15 20:46|| Front Page Top

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