“No imminent threat”: U.S. Counterterrorism Center head resigns over Iran war

(Dave Lawler – Axios) Joe Kent, who led the National Counterterrorism Center and was a top aide to intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard, became the first senior Trump administration official to resign over the war in Iran. Kent’s stinging rebuke — that Trump launched the war under pressure from Israel despite Iran posing “no imminent threat” to the U.S. — underscores the discomfort many in the “America First” camp feel about the war. “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 war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.” – Top Trump intel official resigns over Iran war: “No imminent threat”