Joe Kent Resignation & Iran War: Intelligence Officials Shouldn’t Be Conspiracy Theorists

There are many qualities you look for in a director of the National Counterterrorism Center, but an active imagination isn’t one of them.

Joe Kent, though, has shown since his high-profile resignation that he has one, and not the kind of imagination that makes for a great Elizabethan poet or a compelling noir novelist but the sort of fevered fancy that fuels the Candace Owens podcast.

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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There are many qualities you look for in a director of the National Counterterrorism Center, but an active imagination isn’t one of them.

Joe Kent, though, has shown since his high-profile resignation that he has one, and not the kind of imagination that makes for a great Elizabethan poet or a compelling noir novelist but the sort of fevered fancy that fuels the Candace Owens podcast.