Tucker Carlson: “The NSA was the primary agency responsible for monitoring…”

“Even now, the NSA's terrorism archives still have no never been thoroughly reviewed by outside investigators. If someone ever did go through those files, they'd likely find a treasure trove of previously undisclosed warnings about the 911 attacks. The NSA was the primary agency responsible for monitoring the switchboard through which Al Qaeda operatives communicated with each other. It's certainly an absurdity for what the American people pay for signals intelligence to be collected, translated and supplied to the intelligence community to have the British, the Saudis, the …” (20:45–20:53)

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