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Saturday, March 21, 2026

An Intro to ‘Joe Kent and the Company He Keeps’


John R. Houk, Blog Editor

© March 21, 2026

 

Yesterday I focused on Joe Kent the LIAR with the post: The Image of an Antisemite Classified Leaker & Hate-Israel Propagandist (Blogs HERE & HERE).

 

Today while going through my email subscriptions, I came across a Hugh Fitzgerald post at FrontPage Magazine that emphasizes Kent’s blatant Antisemitism. It’s entitled: Joe Kent and the Company He Keeps: Joe Kent the leaker of state secrets, Joe Kent the racist, Joe Kent the antisemite, is out of office.


Antisemitism is an insidious mental virus that has resurged in recent decades. This racist mental virus has infected far too many Conservatives even among the MAGA faithful. It is my opinion Antisemitism has fractured the MAGA movement between those who support Israel on a Biblical basis and Jew-Haters who even twist Scriptures to validate Jew-Hatred/Israel-Hatred.

 

It is apparent Joe Kent has succumbed to the latter while ignoring the Promises of God to return Jews (all Hebrew Tribes if can be found) to the Land Promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

 

A SAMPLING OF PROPHETIC PROMISES that Antisemites either disregard or twist:

 

Jeremiah 30: 3; Isaiah 11: 10-13; 43:5-6 (NKJV):

 

Jeremiah 30

For behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘that I will bring back from captivity My people Israel and Judah,’ says the Lord. ‘And I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.’ ”

 

Isaiah 11

10 “And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse,
Who shall stand as a banner to the people;
For the Gentiles shall seek Him,
And His resting place shall be glorious.”

11 It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time
To recover the remnant of His people who are left,
From Assyria and Egypt,
From Pathros and Cush,
From Elam and Shinar,
From Hamath and the [a]islands of the sea.

12 He will set up a banner for the nations,
And will [b]assemble the outcasts of Israel,
And gather together the dispersed of Judah
From the four [c]corners of the earth.
13 Also the envy of Ephraim shall depart,
And the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
And Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

 

Footnotes

a. Isaiah 11:11 Or coastlands

b. Isaiah 11:12 gather

c. Isaiah 11:12 Lit. wings

 

Isaiah 43

Fear not, for I am with you;
I will bring your descendants from the east,
And gather you from the west;
I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’
And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’
Bring My sons from afar,
And My daughters from the ends of the earth—  

 

JRH 3/21/26

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Joe Kent and the Company He Keeps

Joe Kent the leaker of state secrets, Joe Kent the racist, Joe Kent the antisemite, is out of office

Joe Kent Raging (FPM Photo via AI rendition)

 

By Hugh Fitzgerald

March 20, 2026

FrontPage Magazine

 

Joe Kent has been in the news, for this former soldier who was the Director of the National Terrorism Center suddenly resigned from his office on March 17, saying on Tuesday Iran posed no imminent threat to the US, a view experts say contradicts longstanding security warnings.

 

More on his attention-seeking letter of resignation can be found here.

 

The US counterterrorism chief’s resignation over the Iran war made waves in Washington, but his assertion that Tehran posed no imminent threat was swiftly challenged by officials and analysts.

 

In his resignation letter to President Trump Joe Kent wrote that “Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation” and accused the White House of going to war on behalf of Israel.

 

US officials pushed back quickly, with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying Trump had evidence to support his decision to strike and House Speaker Mike Johnson questioning Kent’s information.

 

“I don’t know where Joe Kent is getting this information, but he wasn’t in those briefings,” Johnson said. “Had the president waited, we would have had mass casualties. That proposition at the end is clearly wrong.”

 

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard also pushed back publicly, saying that the administration rejects the view that Iran posed no threat.

 

Kent resigned on Tuesday, saying he “cannot in good conscience” support the Trump administration’s war in Iran, and arguing the conflict had been driven by pressure from Israel and its supporters in the United States rather than an immediate security necessity.

 

President Trump dismissed him shortly afterward, calling it a “good thing” he stepped down and describing him as “very weak on security.”

 

Here’s what we know about Joe Kent. He served 11 tours of duty, some of them as a Green Beret. His wife Shannon, a cryptologist, was killed by an Islamic State (ISIS) bomb that exploded in Syria. He came away from her death convinced that any war in the Middle East was simply not worth the loss of American life. He lost the faculty — assuming he ever possessed it — of rationally weighing the threat that Iran posed not just to the United States and Israel, but to the entire Middle East and beyond.

 

Kent was known for tolerating, and even sharing, the views of antisemites and anti-black racists. He just barely received Senate approval, so disturbed were some senators about some of his reported remarks expressing these views. In office, he acquired a reputation as a “leaker” of state secrets, and so in recent months he was cut out of meetings where the most sensitive security matters concerning Iran were discussed; he was not privy, for example, to the latest intelligence information about Iran’s success in resurrecting its nuclear program after the Twelve-Day War, including the newest enrichment site at Isfahan, and so was in no position to judge whether the Iranian threat was “imminent” enough to warrant the unleashing of Operation Epic Fury.

 

After Kent’s resignation letter blaming Israel for supposedly pushing America into a war was made public, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who until 2025 was Senate Majority Leader and an ex officio member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, let loose with both barrels. He said here that “the virulent antisemitism of his [Kent’s] resignation letter makes it clear that Mr. Kent is incapable of upholding these pledges, and those who mistake its baseless and incendiary conspiracies for brave truth-telling are only fooling themselves,” McConnell wrote on social platform X.

 

“Isolationists and antisemites have no place in either party, and certainly do not deserve places of trust in our government,” he added.

 

“The longtime Kentucky senator said just a year ago the former aide to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified before Congress that Iran and its terror proxies threatened U.S. service members in the Middle East.

 

“He said it would be an honor to return to the fight against terrorism, and he pledged to lead with integrity and accountability,” McConnell continued.

 

“However, Kent said in his letter Tuesday that the war on Iran was of “no benefit.”

 

“As a veteran who deployed to combat 11 times and as a Gold Star husband who lost my beloved wife Shannon in a war manufactured by Israel, I cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people nor justifies the cost of American lives,” he wrote.

 

Comment: His wife was killed, Kent said, “in a war manufactured by Israel.” Ken’s wife Shannon was killed by a suicide bomber belonging to ISIS. How could anyone of sense hold Israel responsible for that killing carried out by the Islamist fanatics of ISIS?

 

“I pray that you will reflect upon what we are doing in Iran, and who we are doing it for. The time for bold action is now,” the intelligence official added.

 

Comment: Kent has championed Nick Fuentes, the pipsqueak antisemite who, at the age of 27, has become that unappetizing thing, an “influencer,” and used his hate to attract a large and moronic following on the Internet. Kent has said Fuentes should not have his on-in rants curtailed. He also gave an interview to the neo-Nazi Grayson Arnold, who has a long record of anti-black and antisemitic statements, including this: “Hitler was a complicated historical figure which many people misunderstand.” Kent saw nothing wrong, either then or now, with associating either with Fuentes or Arnold.

 

Now Joe Kent the leaker of state secrets, Joe Kent the racist, Joe Kent the antisemite, is out of office. How long will it take Al Jazeera, do you think, to offer him his own show?

 

Copyright © 2026 · frontpagemag.com

 

Friday, March 20, 2026

The Image of an Antisemite Classified Leaker & Hate-Israel Propagandist

John R. Houk, Blog Editor

© March 20, 2026

 

If anyone dares to connect the dots available, a Joe Kent picture emerges that connects to (so-called) Conservative Antisemites/Hate-Israel crowd. This is a crowd that exists lies, half-truths and sad Jew-Hatred.

Joe Kent Own X-Words Demonstrate LIAR (TGP Photo of screengrab – Original TGP Post 3/18/26)

 

Via The Gateway Pundit 3/18/26:

 

That single post directly contradicts Kent’s current claim. In 2020, Kent was calling for Trump to “wipe out” Iranian capabilities. Today, he claims Iran is “no threat.” What changed?

 

The Gateway Pundit dug through Joe Kent’s entire X history on Iran, and the flip-flopping is staggering.

 

On April 20, 2024, Kent warned that “Iran is poised to attack” and blamed the “DC war machine” for leaving US troops vulnerable.” …MORE TO READ AT TGP TITLE, President Trump Just ENDED Joe Kent’s Entire Career With One Brutal Screenshot of an Old Tweet

 

TGP examination of Joe Kent X-Tweet history for me is an illustration that at best Kent is liar and at worst was an anti-Israel (probably Antisemite) backstabbing mole for a crowd (so-called Conservative) Antisemites throwing hate-Israel mud on the wall hoping it will stick. Sadly, Tucker Carlson is emerging is a leader of this group of Antisemites. Carlson conducted a post-resignation interview with Kent which highlighter much of the lies and half-truths Carlson promotes these days. (My Mom used to tell me a half-truth is also a half-lie. Two halves that negate each other is unsupportable and therefore cancels out any positive.)

 

Joe Kent is being investigated as a Classified Leaker by the FBI even before his hypocritical resignation. One has to wonder if Carlson was fed/leaked some of that Classified information.

 

I have noticed the MSM that is infected with Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is promoting Kent’s lies as facts. So let’s look at some dots that paint a different picture. First from 3/18/26:

 

o   BREAKING: Joe Kent under FBI investigation for leaking classified information: report; By The Post Millennial Staff; The Post Millennial; 3/18/26

 

o   Joe Kent Under FBI Investigation For Leaking Classified Information: Semafor; By Cristina Laila; The Gateway Pundit; 3/18/26 8:20 pm

 

A couple of recent videos:

 

Bitchute VIDEO: Joe Kent - Latest Figure in the Toxic Anti-Trump Network

Posted by SlantRight2

Published March 20, 2026

 

I found this Laura Ingraham clip at Telegram CaptKyle Patriots (https://t.me/CaptKylePatriots). Posted there on 3/18/26 (https://t.me/CaptKylePatriots/282856).

 

CaptKyle Patriots Description:

 

“Joe Kent, the latest figure in the toxic anti-Trump network of Candace Owens, Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson, and their allies, is now under active FBI investigation for allegedly leaking CLASSIFIED INFORMATION as Resigned NCTC Director.💥

 

The probe was reportedly already underway before his sudden exit.

 

This crew has been working overtime to sabotage President Trump from day one, and now one of their own is caught red-handed undermining national security.

 

Let the chips fall where they may.”

 

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Bitchute VIDEO: Bongino Calls Out Joe Kent – A LIAR 

Posted by SlantRight2

Published March 20, 2026

 

I found this clip of Bongino saying he saw SAME Intel Kent saw and therefore KNOWS Kent is a LIAR. The excerpted clip is from Telegram The Right Side with Doug Billings (https://t.me/therightsidewithdougbillings). Posted there on 3/20/26 (https://t.me/therightsidewithdougbillings/4692).

 

The Right Side with Doug Billings Description:

 

“I can fully honor Joe Kent’s military service — and I do — while still calling out the straight-up lies and deliberate misinformation he put in his public resignation letter.

 

Dan Bongino exposed it.

 

Joe: For your service: Thank you. 

For the treachery: I condemn it.”

 

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I like the One America News post from 3/19/26. The dots connecting an image of a liar are there. If you are a Jew-Hater, I suspect the lead in your pencil will break and the dot-connecting will fail blinded by Antisemitic hate.

 

JRH 3/20/26

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Report: FBI investigating fmr Nat’l Counterterrorism Director Joe Kent, citing classified leaks prior to resignation

Joseph Kent, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), testifies during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing titled “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on December 11, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images) [OAN Photo]

 

By OAN Staff Katherine Mosack and Brooke Mallory

2:23 PM – Thursday, March 19, 2026

One American News

 

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reportedly been investigating former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent — who recently resigned “in protest” of the United States’ ongoing conflict with Iran — citing alleged leaks of classified information, according to multiple sources familiar with the case.

 

The FBI investigation into Kent predates his resignation. According to sources cited by Semafor and CBS News, the probe has been active for months, and it did not start as a sudden reaction to his resignation letter.

 

Administration officials told Axios that Kent had been labeled a “known leaker” well before his departure. This reputation was reportedly why he had already been barred from certain high-level presidential briefings and excluded from key discussions regarding Iran.

 

On Tuesday, Kent resigned as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), claiming that he stepped down in protest of the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran. Kent emphasized in his resignation letter that he “cannot in good conscience” support the conflict, suggesting that this was the reason for his departure.

 

He also boldly claimed that Iran poses “no imminent threat” while alleging that the U.S. was pressured by Israel into joining the military effort.

 

“After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today,” Kent wrote on X. “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran”

 

Trump administration officials have quickly dismissed Kent’s claim that the “imminent threat” from Iran was a manufactured fiction, maintaining that his allegations carry no weight since he was long excluded from high-level Iran intelligence briefings.

 

Nonetheless, Kent has countered that as the NCTC director, his agency should have been the primary body tracking the tactical details of any potential strike; and because his “analysts” found no such evidence, he concluded the conflict’s justification was merely a “misinformation campaign” fueled by Israeli influence and outside lobbyists. Kent also argues that his exclusion from these briefings was a calculated move to “freeze out” any possible dissenting voices.

 

However, the White House responded back by explaining that Kent was purposely kept in the dark solely due to an ongoing FBI investigation into his alleged government leaks, asserting that the intelligence was so sensitive it remained on a “need-to-know” basis that Kent — deemed untrustworthy and “weak on security” — no longer met.

 

Another source confirmed to NewsNation on Wednesday that the investigation into Kent was already well underway by the time he left his post. Officials reiterated that he had been “a known leaker” and was thus left out of briefings with the president. [Blog Editor Bold Text Emphasis.]

 

“He left quite an online paper trail, and he has been monitored for months,” a source familiar with the investigation told Axios. “He’s going to try to say this was in retaliation for his resignation, but it’s the other way around: He quit because he’s under investigation and he knew it.”

 

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also recently stated in a press briefing that Kent’s resignation letter had contained a slew of “false claims,” emphasizing that Kent’s theory that Trump was convinced by a foreign country to incite the conflict was both false, “insulting” and “laughable.”

 

 

Kent “was not involved in any of the discussions” before or during Operation Epic Fury, and had not had a role in drawing up the president’s intelligence briefings in “a while,” she told Fox News during an interview on Wednesday.

 

Later on Wednesday, Kent also appeared in a two-hour interview with podcaster Tucker Carlson, a fellow critic of the administration’s support for Israel who has since utilized his platform to attract the anti-Israel conservative base. During the sit-down, Kent pushed back against Leavitt’s assertions.

 

“I’m sure the administration will come out and say, ‘No, you just weren’t invited,’ but I’ve got a pretty good idea of how those meetings look, and even if I wasn’t invited, I at least would’ve known that they took place,” he confidently told Carlson.

 

However, as of now, Kent has not provided any direct physical evidence to substantiate his claims. Rather, his “evidence” consists of his own personal theories and a series of circumstantial “data points” that he shared during his recent interview with Carlson. In the discussion, Kent also claimed that Iran’s late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the initial strikes, had actually been “moderating” the nuclear program in order to avoid a full-scale war, Military.com reported.

 

“Joe Kent was right. Therefore, Joe Kent must be destroyed,” Carlson said rhetorically, attempting to position Kent as a sort of martyr. “And there is, of course, this ongoing effort to do that, to dismiss Joe Kent as a tool of the Islamists, or a leaker.”

 

Responding to the resignation, President Trump remarked that Kent’s departure actually turned out to be a positive development, noting, “When I read his statement, I realized it’s a good thing that he’s out, because he said Iran is not a threat.”

 

“Every country realized what a threat Iran was,” Trump added, referencing the numerous nations who have since come out in support of the United States and Israel’s military campaign to topple the Islamic regime.

 

While the United Kingdom (UK) and Spain initially withheld consent for the use of their bases, the UK reversed its stance following Iranian strikes on a British air base in Cyprus, granting the U.S. permission to use RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia to “destroy missiles at the source.”

 

Muslims make up approximately 6.7% of the total population of England, and London has the highest concentration, with approximately 15% of the city’s residents identifying as Muslim. According to some analysts, this demographic makeup likely made UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer initially cautious about supporting Operation Epic Fury.

 

Meanwhile, regionally, Jordan has also emerged as a vital operational hub amid the conflict, hosting U.S. F-16CJ fighter jets redeployed from Italy to conduct suppression of enemy air defense missions. Additionally, Gulf nations like the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain have focused on providing defensive participation, utilizing U.S.-integrated air defense systems to maintain high interception rates against Iranian drone and missile salvos.

 

Furthermore, logistical and intelligence support remains bolstered by the Five Eyes alliance and key European hubs like Ramstein Air Base in Germany.

 

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