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@BBCWorld @Shayan86 1).
„Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center [...] resigned from his position on Tuesday in protest of the war in Iran.

@BBCWorld @Shayan86 2).
– »I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran« – Kent wrote in a resignation letter posted to X [1]. – »Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby».

@BBCWorld @Shayan86 3).
@realDonaldTrump responded to the news of Kent’s resignation at a White House St Patrick’s Day reception, saying he had read Kent’s resignation statement and claiming he »didn’t know him well« [2].”

@BBCWorld @Shayan86 @realDonaldTrump 4).
Kent, is „a 45-year-old special forces vet with 20 years of military service [3] and troubling ties to right-wing extremists [3] [4] [5]”, „promoter of far-right conspiracy theories” [2] [5] [6].

@BBCWorld @Shayan86 @realDonaldTrump 5).
„In May of 2025, the NYT reported [7] that Kent had pushed intelligence analysts to alter an assessment of the Venezuelan government’s ties to Tren de Aragua,

@BBCWorld @Shayan86 @realDonaldTrump 6)
which contradicted Trump’s claims that the criminal organisation was acting in direct coordination with Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and his top officials [8] [9].”

March 17 , 2026

[1] @joekent16jan19 x.com/i/status/20338…

[2] @GuardianUS theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…

@BBCWorld @Shayan86 @realDonaldTrump @joekent16jan19 @GuardianUS 7).
[3] „Kent has extensive experience in counterterrorism and the military — he served 11 combat tours over a 20-year career in the Army before retiring to become a @CIA officer — and has personal experience as a Gold Star spouse.

@BBCWorld @Shayan86 @realDonaldTrump @joekent16jan19 @GuardianUS @CIA 8).
His first wife, Shannon, was killed in a 2019 suicide bombing in Syria while serving as a Navy cryptologist.”

@CNN @CNN edition.cnn.com/2026/03/17/pol…

[4] @DeutscheWelle dw.com/en/us-countert…

[5] @CNBC cnbc.com/2026/03/17/joe…

[6] @PBS pbs.org/newshour/polit…

@BBCWorld @Shayan86 @realDonaldTrump @joekent16jan19 @GuardianUS @CIA @CNN @DeutscheWelle @CNBC @PBS 9).
[7] 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕹𝖊𝖜 𝖄𝖔𝖗𝖐 𝕿𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖘 (@nytimes) archive.is/20250521025137…

[8] @AJEnglish aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/17…

[9] @NBCNews nbcnews.com/politics/natio…

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