whilst ignoring more sinister illegal surveillance that he was likely aware of (i.e. Darpa > Facebook > Lifelog).
Seems like Tucker Carlson might have taken the bait and prematurely cast blame on patriots in the NSA when it was probably the Clowns that were spying on him.
I dont know now about the NSA...
I grew up around those spooks. My dad was an Episcopal clergyman presiding over a parish in MD whose congregation included a great number of NSA families. They just seemed like "people" whose Dads (and sometimes Moms) worked at the spook place at Fort Meade, and there were jokes about them and the funny lies they told when asked by kids what they did. I remember one lady who told us that she camouflaged carrier pigeons, or that she worked in the "coat room." That lady was the Comptroller for the entire NSA. Now I just think back and wonder if they were good or bad...
NSA isn't spooks per say like the CeyeA they just can't talk about what they do. If you had good feelings about the ones you met then I would trust your gut. God gave us intuition for a reason.