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Intel Chief Quits, Says Iran War Driven by Israeli Pressure
Joe Kent cited broken campaign promises and Israeli lobbying as reasons for resigning, sparking far-right divisions and prompting increased calls for conscientious objection among U.S. service members.
- Joe Kent, the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned on March 17 in protest over the ongoing war on Iran, citing Israeli pressure, and is a former Green Beret and CIA officer.
- Kent said in his resignation letter that he cannot support the war in Iran, arguing Iran posed no imminent threat and the conflict began due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.
- Media coverage showed that Joe Kent amplified his critique in a quickly arranged Tucker Carlson interview viewed more than 4 million times on YouTube and X, and made a brief stage appearance at the Catholics for Catholics gala broadcast by C‑Span.
- In response, the White House said the letter was brimming with 'false claims', and Karoline Leavitt, White House spokesperson, highlighted the FBI leak investigation linked to Kent.
- Kent's departure deepens splits within the MAGA right as advocates report nonstop calls from service members seeking conscientious‑objector status amid February 28, 2026 strikes and at least 200 fleeing to Canada.
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Netanyahu and his allies were able to convince the president that the operation would be carried out quickly and easily, claims Joe Kent, former head of the US National Counterterrorism Center.
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Donate to Democratic candidate Adam Frisch. Donate to Palmer Report. Dear Palmer Report readers: we're going for the win in the midterm elections. Click here now and donate $5 or $25A cultist rarely becomes a non-cultist in a single moment of clarity, and the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCC), Joe Kent, is no exception. But what they can sometimes do is recognize when their cult leader, their MAGA toad-god, has gone …
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