FBI probing counterterror chief who quit over Iran war, reports say

FBI probing counterterror chief who quit over Iran war, reports say The FBI has opened an investigation into a senior US counterterrorism official who quit in protest of the Iran war for allegedly leaking classified information, US media reported Wednesday. Joseph Kent served as director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) until his resignation on Tuesday, writing to president Donald Trump that he could not "in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran." "Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation

Localisation: Tehran, Iran, Middle East
Source: Middle East Eye
Categorie: politics
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:31:24 +0000