Joe Kent Resigns, Accuses US of Ignoring Iran Intel

0:00On March 19th, Joe Kent stepped down Tuesday as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center after opposing U.S. air strikes on Iran back on February 28th. Now reports from Semaphore and CBS News say the FBI has been investigating him for possibly leaking classified information, and that probe started. Before his resignation, in his first interview since leaving, Kent told Tucker Carlson that top decision-makers blocked open debate on the strikes and ignored officials' like. Some who questioned the intelligence, he claimed there was no sign of an imminent Iranian threat and pointed to heavy pressure from Israeli leaders as the real driver. Kent's remarks sparked quick backlash with some calling them echoes of old anti-Israel stereotypes. A former Green Beret with 11 combat deployments, he lost his first wife, a Navy cryptologist, to a suicide bomber in Syria in 2019, and he's raised two young sons since remaring. The White House hit back hard, with President Trump labeling Kent weak on security and insisting

1:04Iran poses a huge danger that doubters just don't. Get. His boss at the intelligence directorate, Tulsi Gabbard, said the threat call belongs solely to Trump. Meanwhile, Kent's exit marks the first high-level resignation over the Iran action, exposing rifts in how the administration handles these tough calls.