What Joe Kent's resignation says about U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism efforts

To discuss Kent's comments about Iran and what his resignation says about the intelligence community, I'm joined by Nick Rasmussen, who under the Obama administration directed the National Counterterrorism Center, the same center from which Kent resigned today. But I will say that most national security professionals I know of on all political sides very much want to see the Iranian capability to carry out terrorist activity around the world, to act aggressively against neighbors, to threaten the West, want to see that capability degraded and diminished. For example, when you're thinking about the homegrown violent extremist threat here in the United States, it's just as important, I would argue, that NCTC, along with FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and CIA and our other intel community partners, support the state and local apparatus around the country as they try to worry and deal with potential homegrown threats.

Author: Nick Schifrin, Doug Adams

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