US counterterrorism chief quits, says Israel ‘trapped’ Trump into joining Iran war

2026-03-17 - 15:13

A senior US counterterrorism official resigned on Tuesday to protest the US-Israeli war against Iran and said the Islamic Republic posed no imminent threat to the United States. “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran,” Joseph Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Centre, said in his resignation letter to President Donald Trump. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation Joseph Kent in his resignation letter Kent – a former member of the Green Beret special...