Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Top counterterrorism official resigns in protest of US war against Iran

 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-counterterrorism-official-resigns-protest-us-war-iran

In a pointed letter to President Donald Trump that he posted publicly on X, Kent said the war marked a departure from the administration’s earlier approach to avoiding prolonged conflicts in the Middle East.

"Until June of 2025, you understood that the wars in the Middle East were a trap that robbed America of the precious lives of our patriots and depleted the wealth and prosperity of our nation," he said, seemingly referring to Operation Midnight Hammer, a series of U.S. strikes in June 2025 on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

The National Counterterrorism Center director reports directly to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and is a top five intelligence community post in any administration. 

A senior administration official told Fox News Kent was a "known leaker" who "was cut out of (Trump's) intelligence briefings months ago."

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