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All non-essential personnel have been ordered to immediately depart Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst in New Jersey and the base has been raised to Force Protection Condition (FPCON): Charlie; following reports that “multiple suspicious packages” has been found on base, with a major police response underway.

His position on Ukraine I disagree with but his assessment of the pay of play relationships are spot on.

Senior officials in the Trump Administration tell Fox News that Joe Kent was “a known leaker” - and was cut out of intelligence briefings with President Trump months ago. Adding that he had not been part of any Iran planning discussions or briefings at all. An official says the White House also told the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that she should fire Kent for suspected leaks, but she never had him removed as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC).

Joe Kent is a heavily decorated combat veteran who served with the 75th Ranger Regiment and U.S. Special Forces. He served eleven combat tours, primarily in Iraq, and retired in 2018, becoming a paramilitary officer with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). His wife, Senior Chief Shannon M. Kent, was killed by a suicide bomber in Syria in 2019. I very much doubt that he was leaking anything, and I think it’s disgusting that members of the Trump Administration would attempt to circulate something like that without providing any kind of evidence, all because he decided to resign in protest of yet another war - which he has seen plenty of - in the Middle East.