Did the CIA really intercept Tucker Carlson's text messages? Are they really preparing a criminal referral? There are only three plausible possibilities. None of them are good for Tucker.
Our tiny kitchen cabinet of political analytics warns that in standard totalitarian states, the persecution of former partners was carried out in a more cynical and pragmatic style.
The very idea of treason is highly productive for the subsequent persecution of the entire collective of DT partners—and likely their families as well.
From the perspective of an observer on the other side of the globe, the transition of party infighting into a bloody phase guarantees a fundamental renewal of the establishment.
Personally, I would prefer a lifelong sabbatical for Tucker Carlson, filled with fishing, grilling, and writing boring family prose in the style of late Hemingway. But that is most likely not going to happen.
There is some reason to believe Tucker on this, as I outlined. But my guess remains that he made this up to get clicks, which is straight out of the Candace Owens playbook.
Maybe that’s how it works in the US, but in other sandboxes, the rules are different. I can state without the slightest doubt that the interview with Putin itself is evidence that Carlson personally was studied in detail, profiled, understood, sufficiently motivated and corrupted. And turned into an agent. Active or passive—it doesn't matter. That is how it works. It’s a century-old principle. In the KGB, trust is built only this way, trust is a function of control.
Life is simpler and stupider. Dugin's father, Geliy Dugin, was a Lieutenant General of the First Main ( Pervoe Glavnoe Upravlenie) of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense, known in the US as the GRU ( military intelligence). Alexander Dugin was also the father of a Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) operative who died in '22. Yes, I am talking about Dasha Dugina.
Working for the special services isn't just about a uniform and a badge; almost always, it's about anything but a uniform and a badge
Q to Grok: Did Tucker Carlson's father work for the CIA?
Response (that it cites Wikipedia as an authoritative source gives pause):
No, Tucker Carlson's father, Richard Warner "Dick" Carlson (a journalist, former director of Voice of America from 1986–1991, U.S. Ambassador to the Seychelles, and president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting), did not work directly for the CIA as an employee or official agent, based on public records and credible sources.
Dick Carlson's career involved significant U.S. government roles during the Cold War era, particularly leading Voice of America (VOA), a federally funded international broadcaster often aligned with U.S. foreign policy and propaganda efforts. VOA operated under the U.S. Information Agency (USIA), which had historical ties and coordination with intelligence activities (including occasional overlap or collaboration with the CIA for information dissemination abroad). However, VOA itself was not a CIA entity, and no verified evidence shows Dick Carlson held a formal CIA position.
Tucker Carlson has addressed this in interviews (e.g., on the Shawn Ryan Show), acknowledging that his father "worked in conjunction" with the CIA at points during his government service. Tucker has described his own childhood surroundings with many former CIA officers nearby and noted his father's government work involved such connections, but he has pushed back against claims of direct CIA employment. In one instance, Tucker reacted strongly to a student accusing his father of being "in the CIA," and sources note he has said he learned more details (potentially about informal ties) after his father's death in March 2025.
Claims of full CIA membership often appear in online speculation, conspiracy discussions, or criticisms (e.g., from figures like Nick Fuentes), but mainstream biographies (including Wikipedia entries on both Tucker and Dick Carlson) and reporting consistently state there is no public evidence of official CIA employment.In summary: Close proximity and likely coordination through government roles? Yes. Formal CIA employment? No.
No, they aren't, but Tucker's comments through the years indicate pretty strongly that his father's relationship with the agency was closer than that suggests.
I believe him. Last time this happened to Tucker, a source read to Tucker what his own private text said, confirming the NSA had been reading them. Tucker asked the NSA, and the NSA confirmed they had been. Grok it (and dont use CHATGPT). Tucker is being threatened and gaslight for not being a Christian Zionist. I believe Tucker.
And yet the difference between then (which was clearly true) and now (which is a bit questionable) is the detail he stated: that the CIA is planning a criminal referral.
Well I don't believe him. But if he's telling the truth, there are only a handful of things that can be for, and the evidence has to be legally obtained or any judge is going to throw it out. So either he's Jussie Smollett or he said something he shouldn't have to someone he shouldn't have.
And there's really no getting around that, no matter how much you want to believe him. So he has a problem, largely of his own making. If he'd had any sense (and if this were real), he'd have taken it to his lawyers, not to his podcast audience. And that tells me he's Jussie.
I think it’s a federal hate crime charge. In many states, there are laws now on the books that is you say “the Jews killed Jesus”, this is now a hate crime. Tucker’s interview with Huckabee was very revealing on how Christians are expected to agree to think. Huckabee said the quiet part out loud on Israel expansionism.
No, what I am saying is that to say those words- is now, legally written into law as a hate crime in many states. Tucker stated his belief. But because those words are legal terms as a hate crime, that could have prompted the investigation.
No, it couldn't. First because those laws are state laws, they don't do what you say, and to the degree that any of them do they are and will be ruled to be unconstitutional. Tucker was explicit that the CIA had read his text messages and on that basis they were referring him for prosecution to the U.S., not some state, Department of Justice. They do not do that for state crimes. Sorry.
You know what else? They pretty much only do that for espionage. And that's because they can only legally read his text messages if they were in the Ayatollah's texts, or someone similar.
As I've already said, they can't substantiate a criminal referral without having legally obtained the evidence, so that's pretty much the only way this story is true.
The alternative, of course, is that he's Jussie Smollett. The (true) NSA story worked for him before, so why not make up one that smears Donald Trump and boosts his ratings?
But you're right: he might be telling the truth and passing information to the enemy. His buddy Joe Kent turns out to have been under investigation for leaking classified information -- possibly to Tucker Carlson -- for a good while before Kent found out and resigned yesterday (out of his newfound opposition to the Iraq War, after 25 years of calling for it). In that case, we're likely to find out in court.
But I think Kent is clearly guilty and Tucker is more likely to be Jussie Smollett. We'll see.
Our tiny kitchen cabinet of political analytics warns that in standard totalitarian states, the persecution of former partners was carried out in a more cynical and pragmatic style.
The very idea of treason is highly productive for the subsequent persecution of the entire collective of DT partners—and likely their families as well.
From the perspective of an observer on the other side of the globe, the transition of party infighting into a bloody phase guarantees a fundamental renewal of the establishment.
Personally, I would prefer a lifelong sabbatical for Tucker Carlson, filled with fishing, grilling, and writing boring family prose in the style of late Hemingway. But that is most likely not going to happen.
There is some reason to believe Tucker on this, as I outlined. But my guess remains that he made this up to get clicks, which is straight out of the Candace Owens playbook.
Maybe that’s how it works in the US, but in other sandboxes, the rules are different. I can state without the slightest doubt that the interview with Putin itself is evidence that Carlson personally was studied in detail, profiled, understood, sufficiently motivated and corrupted. And turned into an agent. Active or passive—it doesn't matter. That is how it works. It’s a century-old principle. In the KGB, trust is built only this way, trust is a function of control.
There's no question he's a fan of Alexander Dugin, which is kind of like being a fan of Satan.
Life is simpler and stupider. Dugin's father, Geliy Dugin, was a Lieutenant General of the First Main ( Pervoe Glavnoe Upravlenie) of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense, known in the US as the GRU ( military intelligence). Alexander Dugin was also the father of a Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) operative who died in '22. Yes, I am talking about Dasha Dugina.
Working for the special services isn't just about a uniform and a badge; almost always, it's about anything but a uniform and a badge
Indeed.
Q to Grok: Did Tucker Carlson's father work for the CIA?
Response (that it cites Wikipedia as an authoritative source gives pause):
No, Tucker Carlson's father, Richard Warner "Dick" Carlson (a journalist, former director of Voice of America from 1986–1991, U.S. Ambassador to the Seychelles, and president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting), did not work directly for the CIA as an employee or official agent, based on public records and credible sources.
Dick Carlson's career involved significant U.S. government roles during the Cold War era, particularly leading Voice of America (VOA), a federally funded international broadcaster often aligned with U.S. foreign policy and propaganda efforts. VOA operated under the U.S. Information Agency (USIA), which had historical ties and coordination with intelligence activities (including occasional overlap or collaboration with the CIA for information dissemination abroad). However, VOA itself was not a CIA entity, and no verified evidence shows Dick Carlson held a formal CIA position.
Tucker Carlson has addressed this in interviews (e.g., on the Shawn Ryan Show), acknowledging that his father "worked in conjunction" with the CIA at points during his government service. Tucker has described his own childhood surroundings with many former CIA officers nearby and noted his father's government work involved such connections, but he has pushed back against claims of direct CIA employment. In one instance, Tucker reacted strongly to a student accusing his father of being "in the CIA," and sources note he has said he learned more details (potentially about informal ties) after his father's death in March 2025.
Claims of full CIA membership often appear in online speculation, conspiracy discussions, or criticisms (e.g., from figures like Nick Fuentes), but mainstream biographies (including Wikipedia entries on both Tucker and Dick Carlson) and reporting consistently state there is no public evidence of official CIA employment.In summary: Close proximity and likely coordination through government roles? Yes. Formal CIA employment? No.
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VOA employees were not CIA employees in the same way that Air America pilots were not CIA pilots.
No, they aren't, but Tucker's comments through the years indicate pretty strongly that his father's relationship with the agency was closer than that suggests.
He isn’t owned by anyone, just inquisitive… so they want to take him out….. are you bought and paid for?
When did you stop beating your wife?
I believe him. Last time this happened to Tucker, a source read to Tucker what his own private text said, confirming the NSA had been reading them. Tucker asked the NSA, and the NSA confirmed they had been. Grok it (and dont use CHATGPT). Tucker is being threatened and gaslight for not being a Christian Zionist. I believe Tucker.
And yet the difference between then (which was clearly true) and now (which is a bit questionable) is the detail he stated: that the CIA is planning a criminal referral.
Well I don't believe him. But if he's telling the truth, there are only a handful of things that can be for, and the evidence has to be legally obtained or any judge is going to throw it out. So either he's Jussie Smollett or he said something he shouldn't have to someone he shouldn't have.
And there's really no getting around that, no matter how much you want to believe him. So he has a problem, largely of his own making. If he'd had any sense (and if this were real), he'd have taken it to his lawyers, not to his podcast audience. And that tells me he's Jussie.
I think it’s a federal hate crime charge. In many states, there are laws now on the books that is you say “the Jews killed Jesus”, this is now a hate crime. Tucker’s interview with Huckabee was very revealing on how Christians are expected to agree to think. Huckabee said the quiet part out loud on Israel expansionism.
So now you're the one saying Tucker lied about what's happening. Okay....
No, what I am saying is that to say those words- is now, legally written into law as a hate crime in many states. Tucker stated his belief. But because those words are legal terms as a hate crime, that could have prompted the investigation.
No, it couldn't. First because those laws are state laws, they don't do what you say, and to the degree that any of them do they are and will be ruled to be unconstitutional. Tucker was explicit that the CIA had read his text messages and on that basis they were referring him for prosecution to the U.S., not some state, Department of Justice. They do not do that for state crimes. Sorry.
You know what else? They pretty much only do that for espionage. And that's because they can only legally read his text messages if they were in the Ayatollah's texts, or someone similar.
As I've already said, they can't substantiate a criminal referral without having legally obtained the evidence, so that's pretty much the only way this story is true.
The alternative, of course, is that he's Jussie Smollett. The (true) NSA story worked for him before, so why not make up one that smears Donald Trump and boosts his ratings?
But you're right: he might be telling the truth and passing information to the enemy. His buddy Joe Kent turns out to have been under investigation for leaking classified information -- possibly to Tucker Carlson -- for a good while before Kent found out and resigned yesterday (out of his newfound opposition to the Iraq War, after 25 years of calling for it). In that case, we're likely to find out in court.
But I think Kent is clearly guilty and Tucker is more likely to be Jussie Smollett. We'll see.