The Trump administration's spy chiefs will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on national security threats facing the U.S.
Joe Kent, who led the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned Tuesday, saying he 'cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran.' '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,' Kent wrote in his resignation letter to Mr.
Trump. Kent accused high-ranking Israeli officials and some in the media of waging a 'misinformation campaign' that was 'used to deceive you into believing that Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States, and that should you strike now, there was a clear path to a swift victory.' 'This was a lie,' he said, urging Mr. Trump to 'reflect upon what we are doing in Iran, and who we are doing it for.' In a post on X, Gabbard appeared to respond to Kent's letter, saying the president 'is responsible for determining what is and is not an imminent threat.' 'After carefully reviewing all the information before him, President Trump concluded that the terrorist Islamist regime in Iran posed an imminent threat and he took action based on that conclusion,' she said.
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