Ex-CTC chief Joe Kent: dissent stifled before Iran war, challenging Trump-era policy

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Ex-CTC chief Joe Kent: dissent stifled before Iran war, challenging Trump-era policy
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Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent, in an extensive Tucker Carlson interview, says senior decision-makers were barred from expressing dissent ahead of the Iran war, that intelligence briefings lacked robust dissent, and that there was no concrete intelligence of an imminent Iranian attack; he criticizes Israeli influence on U.S. policy, discusses his resignation from the Trump administration, and mentions investigations related to the Kirk assassination case and Kennedy-era declassification concerns.

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