WASHINGTON, United States, March 19, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The FBI was investigating allegations of leaking classified information against an ex-senior US counterterrorism official who quit in protest of the Iran war, US media reported Wednesday. In an interview with right-wing broadcaster Tucker Carlson posted late Wednesday, 45-year-old Kent doubled down on his view that Iran was not an imminent threat to the United States. He said Israel "drove the decision" to go to war, with the United States knowing that the Iranians would retaliate. On Tuesday, the Republican president accused Kent of being "very weak on security" and said it's a "good thing that he's out." "As President Trump has clearly and explicitly stated, he had strong and compelling evidence that Iran was going to attack the United States first," Leavitt said.
