Joseph Faces FBI Leak Probe After Resigning Over Iran War

The FBI has opened an investigation into a senior US counterterrorism official who quit in protest of the Iran war for allegedly leaking classified information, US media reported Wednesday. 

Joseph Kent served as director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) until his resignation on Tuesday,



writing to President Donald Trump that he could not "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," said Kent, a 45-year-old former special forces member.