Tucker Carlson Tried To Join The CIA 😳
Tucker Carlson reveals he applied to the CIA during his senior year of college, hoping to work in operations. He was rejected due to recent drug use, and despite his family's ties to the agency, he now considers himself a sworn enemy of the CIA.
Summary
In this brief clip, Tucker Carlson discusses his youthful attempt to join the Central Intelligence Agency. As a college senior, he applied for an operations role, admitting he had little real understanding of what the CIA actually did. He contextualizes his motivation within the Cold War era, describing it as a binary choice between supporting the US or the Soviet Union — a choice he found straightforward.
Carlson also addresses criticism he has received, including from Vladimir Putin, regarding his family's connections to the CIA. He openly acknowledges that his father worked in conjunction with the agency, framing this as a matter of public record he does not attempt to hide.
Despite this background, Carlson declares that he is now a 'sworn enemy' of the CIA. He reveals that his application was rejected because he had used certain drugs within the 12-month window prior to applying, which disqualified him under the rules at the time.
Key Insights
- Carlson applied to the CIA's operations division as a college senior, admitting he had no real understanding of what the agency actually did.
- Carlson frames his motivation to join the CIA through a Cold War binary lens — supporting the US versus the Soviet Union — which he says made the decision to apply feel obvious.
- Carlson openly acknowledges his father worked 'in conjunction with CIA,' responding directly to criticism from Putin about his family's intelligence ties.
- Despite his family's historical ties to the CIA, Carlson declares himself a 'sworn enemy' of the agency at this point in his life.
- Carlson was rejected from the CIA because he had used certain drugs within the prior 12 months, which was a disqualifying condition under the agency's rules at the time.
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Transcript
[0:00] You were trying to get into CIA. Yeah, I applied to CIA when I was a senior [music] in college. >> What did you want to do for the CIA? >> Operations. I I had no idea what the CIA was. I never thought any of it was bad. And the people who did think it was bad were like these fervid left-wing America haters. And I was like, those people. And the Cold War was going on. So, it was really a binary. It was like, are you for the US or the Soviet Union? Well, that was not a hard one for us. And I've taken a lot of crap, including from Putin, like, "Oh, you're from…
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