A resignation letter from a top counterterrorism official just torched the administration's justification for war with Iran right before spy chiefs face Congress.
Kent's exit letter shook things up
Kent's exit letter shook things up
- Joe Kent quit while blasting the Iran war publicly.
- His letter argued Iran posed no imminent U.S. threat.
- Kent served as a deputy under Tulsi Gabbard.
- Both chambers will grill officials about his claims.
- Gabbard, Ratcliffe, and Kash Patel all testify together.
- NSA and Defense Intelligence Agency brass join them.
- Annual threat-assessment hearings carry extra weight this time.
- Storms bumped the House session to Thursday instead.
- Jim Himes says zero evidence of an imminent attack existed.
- He also disputes any proof that Iran neared a nuclear weapon.
- Himes plans to ask questions about an FBI raid in Georgia.
- Recent domestic terror-attack upticks are on his list.
- Trump told his own spy bosses to revisit the school in 2019.
- Gabbard's Iran assessment reading drew presidential criticism last year.
- Shifting war explanations leave intel leaders in a bind.
- Contradicting the president feels practically guaranteed for them.
