福克斯新闻 – 2026年3月19日 美国东部时间下午4:42发布
美国国家情报总监图尔西·加巴德（Tulsi Gabbard）在其辞职前，并未意识到前国家反恐中心主任乔·肯特（Joe Kent）正因涉嫌泄露机密信息而受到联邦调查局（FBI）调查，一位高级情报官员周四向福克斯新闻数字频道透露。
肯特周二辞职，此前他公开反对唐纳德·特朗普总统在伊朗问题上的立场，在辞职信中称德黑兰对美国”没有迫在眉睫的威胁”。
两名知情人士告诉福克斯新闻，联邦调查局对肯特的调查在他离职前已进行数周。
联邦调查局的泄密调查在早期阶段通常严格保密，以避免打草惊蛇。但对肯特的调查在他辞职前已进行数周这一事实，以及国家情报总监对此毫不知情，引发了关于为何未能告知美国最高情报官员的疑问。
这种不知情还引发了关于在肯特辞职前几周，如何管理其接触敏感信息的决策问题，正如政府官员所言，他已被排除在与当前伊朗行动（代号”史诗怒涛”）相关的规划会议以及总统每日简报之外。
一名高级政府官员称肯特是”已知泄密者”，并表示加巴德曾被要求解雇肯特，但她未执行。
另一位官员表示，白宫曾向加巴德抱怨肯特，但未要求她解雇他。
美国国家情报总监办公室（ODNI）的一名官员表示，如果总统要求解雇肯特，加巴德本会照办。
作为国家反恐中心主任，肯特通常负责监督与恐怖主义威胁相关的情报整合与分析，这一职位通常涉及接触政府最敏感信息。
在最近的一系列国会听证会上，加巴德被追问肯特的言论。
在与纽约州共和党众议员伊莉斯·斯特凡尼克的交流中，斯特凡尼克宣读了肯特辞职信的部分内容并询问加巴德是否同意其辞职声明。”他在信中说了很多话，”加巴德回应道，并补充称总统”根据可获得的信息自行做决定”。
当被问及肯特的言论是否影响到她时，她给出了一个词的回答：”是的。”
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系加巴德、肯特和联邦调查局请求置评。
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White House complained about ‘known leaker’ but Gabbard never fired him, official says | Fox News
Fox News – Published March 19, 2026 4:42pm EDT
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was not aware that former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent was under FBI investigation for allegedly leaking classified information prior to his resignation, a senior intelligence official told Fox News Digital Thursday.
Kent stepped down Tuesday after publicly breaking with President Donald Trump over the war in Iran, writing in his resignation letter that Tehran posed “no imminent threat” to the United States.
Two sources briefed on the matter told Fox News that the FBI investigation into Kent had been underway for weeks before his departure.
FBI leak investigations are often tightly held in the early stages to avoid tipping off the subject. But the fact that the probe into Kent had been underway for weeks before his resignation — and that the director of national intelligence was not aware of it — raises questions about why the nation’s top intelligence official was not informed.
The lack of awareness also raises questions about how decisions regarding Kent’s access to sensitive information were managed in the weeks leading up to his resignation, as administration officials have said he had been cut out of planning meetings related to the current Iran mission, known as Operation Epic Fury, as well as the president’s daily briefings.
One senior administration official described Kent as a “known leaker” and said Gabbard had been asked to fire Kent and had not done so.
Another official said the White House had complained to Gabbard about Kent, but had not asked her to fire him.
An official at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) said the president never asked Gabbard to fire Kent, or she would have done so.
As director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Kent typically would oversee the integration and analysis of intelligence related to terrorist threats, a role that typically involves access to some of the government’s most sensitive information.
During a series of recent congressional hearings, Gabbard has been pressed on Kent’s claims.
In a recent exchange with Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Gabbard was asked whether she agreed with Kent’s resignation statement after Stefanik read portions of it aloud. “He said a lot of things in that letter,” Gabbard responded, adding that the president “makes his own decisions based on the information that’s available to him.”
When pressed on whether Kent’s comments concerned her, she gave a one-word answer: “Yes.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Gabbard, Kent and the FBI for comment.
Fox News’ David Spunt contributed to this report.
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