US EditionEx-counterterrorism official says he wasn’t allowed to share concerns about Iran war with Trump
Christopher Kent said Trump ignored internal warnings and relied on a small group of advisers and Israeli lobbying despite no intelligence of an Iranian nuclear threat.
- Joe Kent, the former National Counterterrorism Center head, resigned this week after criticizing President Donald Trump's Feb. 28 decision to strike Iran, alleging the administration ignored intelligence concerns and blocked dissenting officials.
- Kent claimed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an "Israeli lobby" pressured Trump to initiate the war, contending there was no intelligence indicating Iran was developing nuclear weapons.
- Senior officials "were not allowed" to share doubts about the strikes with the president, Kent said on Wednesday, while Trump rejected the criticism on Tuesday, labeling Kent "weak on security."
- Kent's framing of an "Israeli lobby" drew criticism from Jewish groups alleging antisemitism, as Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe testified Wednesday before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
- These revelations expose potential risks to U.S. interests and threaten to divide the president's political base, as the unfolding dispute creates friction regarding the integrity of the administration's decision-making process.
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Joe Kent, the former anti-terrorism director who resigned this week because of his concerns about the war with Iran, said today that he and other senior officials were "not allowed" to directly raise their concerns with U.S. President Donald Trump about a military campaign. During an interview on Tucker Carlson's program, Kent claimed that the President relied on the recommendation of a small circle of advisers to make the decision to attack Ira…
U.S. officials 'not allowed' to tell Trump Iran war concerns, former counterterrorism director claims
Joe Kent, the former U.S. counterterrorism director who resigned this week over concerns about the Iran war, said Wednesday during an appearance on Tucker Carlson's podcast that he and other senior officials "were not allowed" to share doubts about the U.S. airstrikes with President Donald Trump.
Joe Kent, the former director of the United States National Counter-Terrorism Centre who resigned this week because of his concerns about the war against Iran, said on Wednesday that he and other senior officials with doubts about the airstrikes "had not been allowed" to inform President Donald Trump.
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Ex-counterterrorism official says he wasn't allowed to share concerns about Iran war with Trump
A former senior counterterrorism official who resigned over the Iran war says he and other national security officials with concerns about U.S. strikes on Iran were not allowed to express those concerns to President Donald Trump.
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