Tucker Carlson: “In 2007, the National Security Agency created the PRISM…”

“We knew that the Patriot act, fisa warrants, they're not needed because we already had all the information we needed before 911 to stop the attacks. In 2007, the National Security Agency created the PRISM program that conducted warrantless surveillance of your phone calls, your emails and your Internet activity. Much of this surveillance was conducted on American citizens who'd done nothing wrong. My name is John Kiriakou. K I r I a k o u I'm a former CIA counterterrorism officer, former chief of counterintelligence in Alex Station.” (02:24–02:34)

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