Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has slammed National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent’s claim that Iran posed “no imminent threat”. On Tuesday (17 March), Mr Kent said he could not “in good conscience” support Donald Trump’s decision to take the US to war with Iran and resigned from his post. Reacting to Mr Kent’s comments on Fox News, Mr Bongino said that the US president has a “bevy of material” that he believes proves otherwise. "I read probably a lot more intelligence than he did,” Mr Bongino claimed, before listing reasons he believes made Tehran a danger. "That's called evidence. In some limited circles, we call that a clue," he said.

"Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation," Kent wrote in his letter to President Donald Trump.

In an outraged and at times feverish letter, Joe Kent suggested the president was manipulated by Israel into going to war with Iran.

National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent says Trump "started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby".

In his resignation letter to Donald Trump, Joseph Kent said 'Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and…

Joe Kent resigned as national counter-terrorism center director, saying Iran posed no imminent threat to the US

"We started this war due to pressure from Israel," NCTC Director Joe Kent said in his resignation letter to President Donald Trump.Show Caption

Joe Kent resigns as National Counterterrorism Centre head, citing Iran poses no imminent threat amid war pressures from Israel.

Joe Kent, national counterterrorism director, resigned Tuesday in protest of the war with Iran. He said Iran posed "no threat" to the United States.

Kent, who advised Trump and national intelligence director on 'terror' threats, says Iran 'posed no imminent threat'.

WASHINGTON: Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, saying he “cannot in good conscience” back the Trump…

Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said he could not, ‘in good conscience,’ support Trump’s decision to take the U.S. to war with Iran

Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has slammed National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent’s claim that Iran posed “no imminent threat”. On Tuesday (17 March), Mr Kent…

Joe Kent resigned this week over the Iran war.

Reports of the investigation come one day after Kent resigned from his post over opposition to the war in Iran

The reported inquiry predates Joe Kent’s departure on Tuesday from his post as director of the national counter-terrorism center

The FBI is investigating Joe Kent, the counterterrorism director who resigned this week in protest over the war with Iran, on accusations of leaking classified information,…

Joseph Kent served as director of the National Counterterrorism Center until his resignation on Tuesday, writing to President Donald Trump that he could not 'in good conscience…

The former counter-terrorism head resigned on Tuesday over the war with Iran, saying the country posed "no imminent threat" to the US.