{"id":73222,"date":"2026-05-08T05:55:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/us-intel-community-agreed-before-war-iran-wasnt-developing-a-nuclear-weapon-ex-counterterrorism-chief\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T05:55:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:55:04","slug":"us-intel-community-agreed-before-war-iran-wasnt-developing-a-nuclear-weapon-ex-counterterrorism-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/us-intel-community-agreed-before-war-iran-wasnt-developing-a-nuclear-weapon-ex-counterterrorism-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"US intel community agreed before war ‘Iran wasn’t developing a nuclear weapon’: ex-counterterrorism chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent asserted in a post on X that prior to the start of the Iran<\/a> war, the U.S. intelligence community agreed that the Islamic Republic was not developing a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n

“One of the many tragedies of this war is that before the war began the U.S. Intel Community, including CIA, was in agreement that Iran wasn’t developing a nuclear weapon & that Iran would target U.S. bases in the region & shut down the Strait of Hormuz if they were attacked by Israel & the U.S.,” Kent wrote in a post<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

“The IC also properly assessed that targeting the Iranian leadership would strengthen the regime and embolden the hardliners. Despite the professionalism & accuracy of the IC, the narrative & agenda spun by a foreign government- Israel, won the argument & forced us into this war,” he continued.<\/p>\n

EX-COUNTERTERRORISM CHIEF SAYS TRUMP MUST RESTRAIN ISRAEL BEFORE HE CAN DECLARE VICTORY IN IRAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“We need to understand exactly how this happened to ensure we are never put in this position again,” he concluded.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House<\/a> on Friday for a response to Kent’s comments.<\/p>\n

Kent resigned from the National Counterterrorism Center director role back in March.<\/p>\n

WHAT ISRAEL WANTS FROM AN IRAN PEACE DEAL: NO ENRICHMENT, MISSILE LIMITS AND STRICT ENFORCEMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran,” he wrote in his resignation letter<\/a>. “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.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

In an April Truth Social post, President Donald Trump<\/a> slapped down the notion that Israel convinced him to enter the war against Iran.<\/p>\n

TRUMP PUSHES BACK AGAINST PUNDITS, SAYS ISRAEL DID NOT TALK HIM INTO THE IRAN WAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Israel never talked me into the war with Iran, the results of Oct. 7th, added to my lifelong opinion that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, did,” the president wrote in part of the post<\/a>, referring to the heinous Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack perpetrated against Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent asserted in a post on X that prior to the start of the Iran war, the U.S. intelligence community agreed that the Islamic Republic was not developing a nuclear weapon. “One of the many tragedies of this war is that before the war began the U.S. Intel Community, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}