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25min ago
FBI investigating if top counterterrrorism official who resigned leaked classified info
By AP
FILE - Joe Kent, then-director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, speaks during a congressional debate at KATU studios, October 7, 2024, in Portland, Oregon. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
FILE - Joe Kent, then-director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, speaks during a congressional debate at KATU studios, October 7, 2024, in Portland, Oregon. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
WASHINGTON — The FBI is investigating whether Joe Kent, who resigned his position as a top counterterrorism official this week in protest of the Iran war, improperly shared classified information, a person familiar with the matter says.
The investigation precedes Kent’s resignation Tuesday from his role as director of the US government’s National Counterterrorism Center, says the person, who speaks on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing FBI inquiry.
But it comes as the Justice Department has undertaken multiple investigations over the last year into political foes of US President Donald Trump, including former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Prosecutors have repeatedly struggled to make charges stick amid rejections from judges or to secure indictments in the first place.
Additional details about what the investigation, which was first reported by Semafor, is examining aren’t immediately available.
Kent disclosed his departure from the administration in a statement on X in which he cited his concerns about the justification for military strikes in Iran and said he “cannot in good conscience” back the war against Iran.
“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,” Kent wrote.
Trump later told reporters that he always thought Kent was “weak on security” and if someone in his administration did not believe Iran was a threat, “we don’t want those people.” Other Trump administration officials, including CIA Director John Ratcliffe, have since sought to distance themselves from Kent and his assessment.
41min ago
Qatar’s state energy firm reports ‘extensive’ damage at main LNG hub after latest strikes
By AFP
Qatar’s state-run energy firm says new strikes on the Gulf nation’s main gas hub caused “extensive” damage.
QatarEnergy says in a statement that early Thursday, “several of its liquefied natural gas facilities were the subject of missile attacks, causing sizable fires and extensive further damage” after a previous attack.
The company notes that the earlier attack on the Ras Laffan Industrial City on Wednesday had already caused extensive damage to a gas-to-liquids facility.
44min ago
Sirens sound in Nahariya, numerous other northern communities amid Iran's missile attack
After the IDF detects another Iranian ballistic missile attack, warning sirens are activated in the coastal city of Nahariya and numerous other northern communities.
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48min ago
Trump: Israel won’t again strike Iran gas field but US will if Qatar energy sites attacked
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump waves after arriving on Air Force One, March 18, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, after attending the casualty return at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, for the six crew members of an Air Force refueling aircraft who died when their plane crashed in western Iraq while supporting operations against Iran. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
US President Donald Trump waves after arriving on Air Force One, March 18, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, after attending the casualty return at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, for the six crew members of an Air Force refuelling aircraft who died when their plane crashed in western Iraq while supporting operations against Iran. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
US President Donald Trump says he will not allow another Israeli attack on Iran’s South Pars natural gas field, after the IDF struck the key energy site on Wednesday.
Trump writes on Truth Social that Israel “violently lashed out” at South Pars “out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East,” while insisting that only “a relatively small section” of the oil field has been hit.
The US president claims that the US “knew nothing about this particular attack.”
However, US and Israeli officials briefing reporters earlier Wednesday said that Jerusalem did in fact coordinate the strike with Washington, after the latter fumed over an uncoordinated IDF strike on a Tehran fuel facility earlier in the war.
Trump notes that while Qatar was also not involved in the Israeli attack, Iran “unjustifiably and unfairly attacked a portion” of Qatar’s Ras Laffan liquified natural gas production facility.
“NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL pertaining to this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field unless Iran unwisely decides to attack a very innocent — in this case — Qatar,” Trump writes.
If such an Iranian attack takes place, the US — “with or without the help or consent of Israel, will massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars gas field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before,” Trump adds.
“I do not want to authorize this level of violence and destruction because of the long term implications that it will have on the future of Iran, but if Qatar’s LNG is again attacked, I will not hesitate to do so,” he says.
1hr ago
Rocket warning sirens sound in Kiryat Shmona and neighboring towns
Rocket warning sirens are activated in the northern city of Kiryat Shmona and several neighboring communities, amid an apparent Hezbollah rocket attack from next-door Lebanon.
2hr ago
Ship ablaze off UAE coast after being struck by projectile
By AP
An attack set a ship ablaze early Thursday off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, authorities say.
The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center says “a vessel has been hit by an unknown projectile, which has resulted in a fire onboard.”
It says the vessel is just off the coast of Khor Fakkan in the UAE, near the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas typically flows.
Over 20 vessels have
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FBI investigating if top counterterrrorism official who resigned leaked classified info
By AP
FILE - Joe Kent, then-director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, speaks during a congressional debate at KATU studios, October 7, 2024, in Portland, Oregon. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
FILE - Joe Kent, then-director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, speaks during a congressional debate at KATU studios, October 7, 2024, in Portland, Oregon. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
WASHINGTON — The FBI is investigating whether Joe Kent, who resigned his position as a top counterterrorism official this week in protest of the Iran war, improperly shared classified information, a person familiar with the matter says.
The investigation precedes Kent’s resignation Tuesday from his role as director of the US government’s National Counterterrorism Center, says the person, who speaks on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing FBI inquiry.
But it comes as the Justice Department has undertaken multiple investigations over the last year into political foes of US President Donald Trump, including former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Prosecutors have repeatedly struggled to make charges stick amid rejections from judges or to secure indictments in the first place.
Additional details about what the investigation, which was first reported by Semafor, is examining aren’t immediately available.
Kent disclosed his departure from the administration in a statement on X in which he cited his concerns about the justification for military strikes in Iran and said he “cannot in good conscience” back the war against Iran.
“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,” Kent wrote.
Trump later told reporters that he always thought Kent was “weak on security” and if someone in his administration did not believe Iran was a threat, “we don’t want those people.” Other Trump administration officials, including CIA Director John Ratcliffe, have since sought to distance themselves from Kent and his assessment.
41min ago
Qatar’s state energy firm reports ‘extensive’ damage at main LNG hub after latest strikes
By AFP
Qatar’s state-run energy firm says new strikes on the Gulf nation’s main gas hub caused “extensive” damage.
QatarEnergy says in a statement that early Thursday, “several of its liquefied natural gas facilities were the subject of missile attacks, causing sizable fires and extensive further damage” after a previous attack.
The company notes that the earlier attack on the Ras Laffan Industrial City on Wednesday had already caused extensive damage to a gas-to-liquids facility.
44min ago
Sirens sound in Nahariya, numerous other northern communities amid Iran's missile attack
After the IDF detects another Iranian ballistic missile attack, warning sirens are activated in the coastal city of Nahariya and numerous other northern communities.
Advertisement
48min ago
Trump: Israel won’t again strike Iran gas field but US will if Qatar energy sites attacked
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump waves after arriving on Air Force One, March 18, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, after attending the casualty return at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, for the six crew members of an Air Force refueling aircraft who died when their plane crashed in western Iraq while supporting operations against Iran. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
US President Donald Trump waves after arriving on Air Force One, March 18, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, after attending the casualty return at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, for the six crew members of an Air Force refuelling aircraft who died when their plane crashed in western Iraq while supporting operations against Iran. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
US President Donald Trump says he will not allow another Israeli attack on Iran’s South Pars natural gas field, after the IDF struck the key energy site on Wednesday.
Trump writes on Truth Social that Israel “violently lashed out” at South Pars “out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East,” while insisting that only “a relatively small section” of the oil field has been hit.
The US president claims that the US “knew nothing about this particular attack.”
However, US and Israeli officials briefing reporters earlier Wednesday said that Jerusalem did in fact coordinate the strike with Washington, after the latter fumed over an uncoordinated IDF strike on a Tehran fuel facility earlier in the war.
Trump notes that while Qatar was also not involved in the Israeli attack, Iran “unjustifiably and unfairly attacked a portion” of Qatar’s Ras Laffan liquified natural gas production facility.
“NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL pertaining to this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field unless Iran unwisely decides to attack a very innocent — in this case — Qatar,” Trump writes.
If such an Iranian attack takes place, the US — “with or without the help or consent of Israel, will massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars gas field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before,” Trump adds.
“I do not want to authorize this level of violence and destruction because of the long term implications that it will have on the future of Iran, but if Qatar’s LNG is again attacked, I will not hesitate to do so,” he says.
1hr ago
Rocket warning sirens sound in Kiryat Shmona and neighboring towns
Rocket warning sirens are activated in the northern city of Kiryat Shmona and several neighboring communities, amid an apparent Hezbollah rocket attack from next-door Lebanon.
2hr ago
Ship ablaze off UAE coast after being struck by projectile
By AP
An attack set a ship ablaze early Thursday off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, authorities say.
The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center says “a vessel has been hit by an unknown projectile, which has resulted in a fire onboard.”
It says the vessel is just off the coast of Khor Fakkan in the UAE, near the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas typically flows.
Over 20 vessels have
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