乔·肯特周二辞去国家反恐中心主任职务，称其反对伊朗战争
作者：亚历克斯·尼茨伯格
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年3月18日 美国东部时间上午9:22
国家情报总监塔尔西·加巴德周二在X平台（原推特）发文指出，总统唐纳德·特朗普针对伊朗采取行动，是基于他认定伊朗政权”构成迫在眉睫的威胁”。
她发表这篇推文之际，正值乔·肯特因反对特朗普两周多前与以色列联合对伊朗发动的战争而辞去国家反恐中心主任职务。
加巴德在推文中表示：”唐纳德·特朗普以压倒性优势当选美国总统兼总司令。作为我们的总司令，他负责判断何为以及何为非迫在眉睫的威胁，并决定是否采取他认为必要的行动，以保护我们的军队、美国人民和国家的安全。”
[白宫在反恐高级官员辞职后表示，特朗普拥有”确凿”证据表明伊朗将袭击美国]
（国家情报总监塔尔西·加巴德于2025年12月2日在白宫内阁会议上。尤里·格里帕斯/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images）
她补充道：”国家情报总监办公室负责协助协调和整合所有情报，为总统兼总司令提供做出决策所需的最佳信息。”
加巴德写道：”在仔细审查了他面前的所有信息后，特朗普总统认定伊朗这个恐怖主义伊斯兰政权构成迫在眉睫的威胁，并据此采取了行动。”
[特朗普送别因伊朗战争辞职的情报官员：”他离开是件好事”]
（总统唐纳德·特朗普于2026年3月17日离开美国国会大厦的爱尔兰之友午宴。内森·波斯纳/Anadolu via Getty Images）
肯特周二公开分享了他的辞职信，称伊朗并未对美国构成迫在眉睫的威胁。
他在辞职信中写道：”我不能良心不安地支持正在进行的伊朗战争。”
他断言：”伊朗并未对我国构成迫在眉睫的威胁，很明显，我们发动这场战争是由于以色列及其强大的美国游说团体的压力。”
[反恐高级官员因抗议美国对伊朗战争而辞职]
（国家反恐中心主任乔·肯特于2025年12月11日在众议院国土安全委员会听证会上宣誓就职。汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images）
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特朗普周二予以回击，称”他离开是件好事，因为他说伊朗不是威胁。伊朗是个威胁。每个国家都意识到伊朗是个威胁。问题在于他们是否想采取行动。”
亚历克斯·尼茨伯格是福克斯新闻数字版撰稿人。
DNI Tulsi Gabbard says Trump acted because he concluded the Iranian regime ‘posed an imminent threat’
Joe Kent resigned from his role as National Counterterrorism Center director on Tuesday, citing his opposition to the Iran war
By Alex Nitzberg
Fox News
Published March 18, 2026 9:22am EDT
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Tuesday issued a post on X in which she noted that President Donald Trump targeted Iran based on his conclusion that the regime “posed an imminent threat.”
She issued the post in the wake of Joe Kent’s resignation from his role as National Counterterrorism Center director over his opposition to the Iran war that Trump launched more than two weeks ago in conjunction with Israel.
“Donald Trump was overwhelmingly elected by the American people to be our President and Commander in Chief. As our Commander in Chief, he is responsible for determining what is and is not an imminent threat, and whether or not to take action he deems necessary to protect the safety and security of our troops, the American people and our country,” Gabbard noted in her post.
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Tulsi Gabbard, director of National Intelligence, during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Dec. 2, 2025.(Yuri Gripas/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is responsible for helping coordinate and integrate all intelligence to provide the President and Commander in Chief with the best information available to inform his decisions,” she added.
“After carefully reviewing all the information before him, President Trump concluded that the terrorist Islamist regime in Iran posed an imminent threat and he took action based on that conclusion,” Gabbard wrote.
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President Donald Trump departs a Friends of Ireland luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on March 17, 2026.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Kent publicly shared his resignation letter on Tuesday, asserting that Iran did not pose an imminent threat to the U.S.
“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran,” Kent wrote.
“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,” he asserted in the resignation letter.
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Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, is sworn in to a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Dec. 11, 2025.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Trump pushed back on Tuesday, saying that “it’s a good thing that he’s out because he said that Iran was not a threat. Iran was a threat. Every country realized what a threat Iran was. The question is whether or not they wanted to do something about it.”
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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