Behind-the-Scenes of Trump Admin Ahead of Iran War and Potential FBI Leak Investigation, w/ Joe Kent

Joe Kent resigned from his role as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center due to his belief that the US entered the Iran war based on flawed reasoning and external manipulation. He claims that Israeli interests and certain media figures created an 'echo chamber' around President Trump, pushing a narrative that Iran required military action by shifting the 'red line' from nuclear weapons to any nuclear enrichment.

Kent states, 'As a veteran who deployed to combat 11 times, and as a goldstar husband, who lost my beloved wife, Shannon in a war manufactured by Israel, I cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people, nor justifies the cost of American lives.' He further details how 'the Israelis and their advocates and their their lobbyists here in America were able to do that got us to the point we're at right now is they wanted to move the goalpost. They wanted to move President Trump's red line from saying Iran can't have a nuclear weapon to Iran can't have any nuclear enrichment.'

Kent dismisses reports of an FBI investigation into him for leaking classified information as a 'media game' and an attempt to intimidate him. He asserts that he did not leak any classified information and that the timing of the allegations coincides with his public criticism of the administration's war policy.

Kent states, 'As for the leak allegations, I'm not concerned because I know I did nothing wrong. Of course I am concerned because we've all seen, you know, the FBI and the full weight of the government come down on individuals who speak out.' He adds, 'I really think it's just a counternarrative. They're trying to say that, hey, obviously Kent's going on big platforms like yours, like Tucker, etc. So, at the same time, they'll kind of tease out different uh, you know, salacious details of a leak or an investigation. I think it's mostly a media game.'

Kent argues that Israel has historically influenced US foreign policy in the Middle East, citing the Iraq and Syria wars as precedents. He claims that Israeli lobbying, supported by neoconservatives and media figures, pushed the US into conflicts that ultimately served Israeli strategic objectives rather than American national interests, leading to significant US casualties.

Kent details, 'The Israeli stated goal is to take down the Ayatollah's regime at all costs... that is not the US foreign policy.' He connects this to the Iraq war, stating, 'Benjamin Netanyahu publicly even testified that Saddam Hussein was about to get a weapon of mass or actually already had a weapon of mass destruction... the full weight of the Israeli lobby uh supported the neoonservative lobby to get us into the war in Iraq.' He then links the Syria war to Israeli lobbying to counter Iranian influence, which led to the rise of ISIS and the death of his wife.

Kent reveals that the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) was prevented from fully investigating potential foreign involvement and other leads in the assassination of Charlie Kirk. He states that despite evidence of individuals having prior knowledge of Kirk's death and pro-Israeli donors pressuring Kirk over his anti-war stance, the FBI and DOJ effectively shut down further federal investigation, leaving critical questions unanswered.

Kent states, 'All I can really truly say is that there were additional leads that we needed to run down and fully investigate. And that's just simply was not done.' He notes, 'there was pro-Israeli donors who were heavily pressuring Charlie to not platform anyone who was critical of of of Israel.' He adds, 'the DOJ and the FBI was was instrumental in saying, 'Hey, we're done investigating Charlie Kirk.'

Kent warns that the Iran war, like previous Middle Eastern conflicts, significantly increases the risk of domestic terror attacks. He explains that individuals, both Muslim and non-Muslim, can be radicalized by events overseas and propaganda, leading to violence within the US. He also highlights that the war diverts critical resources and attention away from securing the US border, which he believes is a major vulnerability for national security.

Kent states, 'the potential of blowback terrorism or of uh the the war in Iran becoming part of the anti-Trump, anti-ICE, etc. protest movement inspiring more more violence. I I think at the time I've said that that was the most likely course of action for what we would see.' He adds, 'the more that we divert into these foreign adventures... that takes away the ability for us to focus here on the homeland and on our security.'