The FBI is investigating whether Joe Kent, who resigned his position as a top US counterterrorism official this week in protest of the Iran war, improperly shared classified information, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
The investigation precedes Kent’s resignation on Tuesday from his role as director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing FBI inquiry.
Additional details about what the investigation, which was first reported by the Semafor news Web site, is examining were not immediately available.
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Kent on Tuesday wrote on X that his departure from the agency was over concerns about the justification for US military strikes in Iran.
He said that he “cannot in good conscience” back the war against 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,” he wrote.
US President Donald Trump later told reporters that he always thought Kent was “weak on security” and if someone in his administration did not believe Iran was a threat, “we don’t want those people.”
Other Trump administration officials, including CIA Director John Ratcliffe, have since sought to distance themselves from Kent and his assessment of the reasons for the war.
A telephone message was left on Wednesday night for Kent, who previously ran unsuccessfully for the US Congress, with a former campaign manager.
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