Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Resigns

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.

I 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… pic.twitter.com/prtu86DpEr

— Joe Kent (@joekent16jan19) March 17, 2026

… war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.

It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.


Laura Loomer

Notorious leaker Joe Kent just resigned from his role as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center. Kent reports to Tulsi Gabbard.

I have been warning you all about Joe Kent for a long time now.

I predict Tulsi Gabbard will resign next.

As I said in my post yesterday, Kent is another Tucker Carlson acolyte who undermines President Trump every chance he gets. His wife Heather Kaiser works for Trump hater and rabid Jew hater Max Blumenthal who is married to a radical Muslim woman.

You’ll recall several months ago Kent suggested I was a Mossad spy with zero evidence at all.

He was caught leaking President Trump’s private meeting with Mark Levin to Tucker Carlson a couple months ago and he was told by White House advisors that if he got caught leaking again, he would be fired. Kent even admitted to leaking to Tucker.

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On background from ODNI --

It's true, KENT was not involved in briefings on Iran.
However, GABBARD was never asked to fire him, or else she would have.
GABBARD has been touch with the WH since KENT's resignation (today).

Meanwhile - a second senior U.S. Official tells FOX the… https://t.co/jasMRFA2TW

— Aishah Hasnie (@aishahhasnie) March 17, 2026

… White House complained to GABBARD about KENT several times before. But they are under the impression that the WH never directly told Gabbard explicitly to fire Kent or she would have.

I’ve said this a few times before:

As a political appointee, if you disagree with the President, you have a duty to vigorously argue your point in private. Once the Commander in Chief makes his decision, salute and move out. If you cannot execute the decision, you must…

— Ezra A. Cohen (@EzraACohen) March 17, 2026

… resign—and do so silently. Respect the weight of the President’s responsibility, which was given to him by the people. Do not undermine his ability to carry out his responsibility as CiC.

.@POTUS: "I always thought he was a nice guy, but I always thought he was weak on security... When I read his statement, I realized that it's a good thing that he's out because he said that Iran was not a threat... Iran was a tremendous threat." https://t.co/atnLqkUsde pic.twitter.com/d8t8DZEUfu

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 17, 2026

"I always thought he was a nice guy, but I always thought he was weak on security… When I read his statement, I realized that it's a good thing that he's out because he said that Iran was not a threat… Iran was a tremendous threat."

The Iranian theocracy was an imminent threat.
They were committed to our destruction and anyone telling you otherwise is misleading you.
Between their lethal plotting against US targets, their continued efforts to shield their attempt to reconstitute their nuclear program using…

— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) March 17, 2026

… ballistic missiles, their global terror support, and their destructive drone program, there’s zero doubt about the threat level. Zero.


DNI Tulsi Gabbard

Donald Trump was overwhelmingly elected by the American people to be our President and Commander in Chief. As our Commander in Chief, he is responsible for determining what is and is not an imminent threat, and whether or not to take action he deems necessary to protect the safety and security of our troops, the American people and our country.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is responsible for helping coordinate and integrate all intelligence to provide the President and Commander in Chief with the best information available to inform his decisions.

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.