FBI Probes Former Counterterror Chief Joe Kent in Leak Inquiry

The FBI has opened an investigation into former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent over alleged unauthorized disclosures of classified information, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The inquiry has been underway for months and continued after Kent announced his resignation on Tuesday in protest over the US war with Iran, the person said.

Kent announced his resignation in a letter posted on X, saying he could not support “sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people.” He argued that Iran did not pose an imminent ...