3/20/26: Saagar X Joe Kent: RESIGNATION, Israeli NUKES, Epstein, Charlie Kirk, Mike Huckabee
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We need your help to build the future of independent news media and we hope to see you Hello, everybody. We are about to record an interview with Joe Kent. He's the former NCTC director, the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned in protest over the Iran war. Many of the questions that we pulled were from our premium subscribers. So I just want to say at the top, thank you all very, very much. You submitted over 500. They were so helpful. I actually paraphrase many of them into many of the ones that I have that are prepared. So with all of that, let's get to it. Joining us now is Joe Kent, the former NCTC director. He resigned in protest over the Iran war from the Trump administration. We have a lot of questions for him and we thank him very much for his time and his heroism.
Joe, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for having me. I really appreciate it. Oh, absolutely.
How does Joe Kent describe the influence of Israeli policy on U.S. decisions?
Well, it's a very interesting time. I did, of course, want to give you at the very beginning an opportunity to respond. Mac, if we can go and put this up here on the screen. Multiple stories now coming out from the Trump administration alleging that you leaked classified information specifically to multiple media outlets and to Tucker Carlson. And so just at the very beginning, did you ever leak classified information of any kind? Nope. So do you believe that this is political retribution against you? I do, if it's even true. I mean, they're saying I'm being investigated, which would be a leak onto itself. So I think this is more of a media campaign than anything else. So I don't even think it's necessarily retribution.
They released all this at the same time my interview of Tucker was coming out. So I think they're just trying to kind of capture the narrative.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:50
2
What motivated Joe Kent to resign from the Trump administration?
0:50–3:05
3
How does Joe Kent describe the influence of Israeli policy on U.S. decisions?
3:05–5:39
4
What are the implications of a potential ground invasion of Iran?
5:39–7:36
5
How does Joe Kent assess the threat of Iranian nuclear capabilities?
7:36–9:00
6
What role did Jeffrey Epstein play in U.S. intelligence discussions?
9:00–10:22
7
How does Joe Kent view the relationship between U.S. and Israeli intelligence?
10:22–11:35
8
What concerns does Joe Kent have about the current U.S. military strategy?
11:35–1:03:48
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