WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino pushed back against former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent's claim that Iran posed no imminent threat to the U.S. Kent resigned as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center on Tuesday in protest of the war with Iran.

"I don't know at what point you thought this wasn't an imminent threat after you've read a lot of the stuff I read, and by the way, that's just the open store stuff we can talk about on the air," said Dan Bongino. "The president, I promise you, has a bevy of material that, if he told you right now, you would come to the imminent threat conclusion in a snap."

Bongino cited Iran's anti-ship ballistic missiles, drone program, enriched nuclear material and 'death to America' chants as evidence of a threat to the U.S. "That's called evidence. In some limited circles, we call that a clue," said Dan Bongino.

"I believed the U.S. started the conflict due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby," wrote Joe Kent on X. "I could not support the effort in good conscience," wrote Joe Kent on X. Kent cited the potential loss of life as a factor behind his opposition to the current war in his resignation.

"I read probably a lot more intelligence than he did, because they don't have a law enforcement function at the National Counterterrorism Center," said Dan Bongino. "However, I had access to just about everything, and how you could come to the conclusion that the Israelis did it and there was no imminent threat here… really?" said Dan Bongino.

"Iran was a tremendous threat, and virtually every NATO nation agreed," said President Donald Trump. Kent is a retired Green Beret who served in the Middle East.