"As the sitting director of the National Counterterrorism Center with access to the full classified intelligence picture, Kent said there was no intelligence indicating Iran was planning an attack on the United States, no intelligence indicating they were actively building a nuclear weapon, and no one in the intelligence community who told him it exists, you just haven't seen it."
"Iran has had a religious ruling—a fatwa—against developing nuclear weapons since 2004, Kent said, and there was nothing in the classified record suggesting that fatwa was being violated or was about to be lifted."
"The administration knew Israel was about to attack, knew Iranian retaliation against American forces would follow, and decided to strike preemptively to reduce casualties. Kent's read: Rubio just described an imminent threat from Israeli action, not Iranian aggression."
Joe Kent, who spent 20 years combating Iranian proxies and served as director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned from the Trump administration and disclosed that no classified intelligence indicated Iran was planning an attack on the United States or actively developing nuclear weapons. Kent stated that Iran has maintained a religious ruling against nuclear weapons development since 2004, with nothing in classified records suggesting violation. He further noted that Secretary of State Marco Rubio's public explanation for U.S. military strikes revealed the administration struck preemptively based on anticipated Israeli action and expected Iranian retaliation against American forces, not on evidence of Iranian aggression. Kent's credentials include 11 combat deployments and highest-level intelligence clearances.
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