US intel community agreed before war 'Iran wasn't developing a nuclear weapon': ex-counterterrorism chief
Kent said the intelligence community had agreed Iran was not building a nuclear weapon before the war, as the FBI reviews his handling of classified information.
- On Thursday, former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent posted that the U.S. intelligence community, including the CIA, assessed Iran was not developing a nuclear weapon before the war began.
- Kent resigned in March, claiming the war was "manufactured" by Israel and that President Donald Trump was "deceived" into believing Iran posed a threat, comparing the tactic to the Iraq war.
- Trump denied Israeli influence, writing "Israel never talked me into the war with Iran, the results of Oct. 7th, added to my lifelong opinion that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, did."
- The FBI is reportedly investigating Kent for potentially sharing classified information, while the White House declined to comment on Friday regarding his assertions.
- Kent, a veteran deployed 11 times and former political candidate in Washington, now faces scrutiny as his public comments on intelligence assessments raise security concerns amid the ongoing investigation.
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US intel community agreed before war 'Iran wasn't developing a nuclear weapon': ex-counterterrorism chief
Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent asserted in a post on X that the American intelligence community agreed before the war that Iran was not developing a nuclear weapon.
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