{"id":10868,"date":"2025-08-18T20:35:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=10868"},"modified":"2025-08-18T20:35:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:35:24","slug":"maga-ally-joins-trump-administration-will-work-for-dni-gabbard-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=10868","title":{"rendered":"MAGA Ally Joins Trump Administration, Will Work For DNI Gabbard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard<\/strong> announced the appointment of Joe Kent<\/strong> as the new Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)<\/strong>. A former U.S. Army Ranger and CIA paramilitary officer, Kent is a well-known figure in the MAGA movement and brings over two decades of counterterrorism experience to the role. His duties will include coordinating with multiple federal agencies to combat domestic terrorism and enforce President Trump\u2019s border security priorities.<\/p>\n

Gabbard shared a photo of Kent taking the oath of office and praised his long record of service, including 11 combat deployments. She described him as a patriot whose leadership would reinvigorate national counterterrorism and counternarcotics operations. Gabbard emphasized the importance of integrating federal, state, and local agencies under Kent\u2019s direction to ensure public safety.<\/p>\n

Kent, 45, served in Iraq and other hotspots before joining the CIA in 2018. His entry into politics followed the death of his wife, Shannon, a Navy cryptologist killed in Syria in 2019. In 2022, Kent ran as a Republican in Washington\u2019s 3rd congressional district but lost in a narrow and surprising defeat to Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.<\/p>\n