{"id":104473,"date":"2026-03-17T23:44:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=104473"},"modified":"2026-03-17T23:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:44:29","slug":"director-of-the-national-counterterrorism-center-us-resigns-from-his-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/director-of-the-national-counterterrorism-center-us-resigns-from-his-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Director of the National Counterterrorism Center US resigns from his post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C:In a shocking move, the <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/security-forces-kill-five-terrorists-in-lakki-marwat-during-intelligence-based-operation\/\">NCTC<\/a>) of the United States, Joe Kent, has resigned from his position.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Joe Kent announced his resignation by posting on his official X (formerly Twitter) account, stating that after thorough consideration, he has decided to resign as <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Director of the National Counterterrorism Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today, he added in his post\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/prtu86DpEr\">pic.twitter.com\/prtu86DpEr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Kent (@joekent16jan19) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joekent16jan19\/status\/2033897242986209689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">He further stated that &#8216;I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in 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. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">While thanking America and his team members for giving him the opportunity, he added that it has been an honor serving under <\/span>and leading the professionals at NCTC.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C:In a shocking move, the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) of the United States, Joe Kent, has resigned from his position. Joe Kent announced his resignation by posting on his official X (formerly Twitter) account, stating that after thorough consideration, he has decided to resign as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":104474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[38130],"class_list":["post-104473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-world","tag-national-counterterrorism-center-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104475,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104473\/revisions\/104475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}