In an interview with the influential right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson the day after his resignation, Kent said US intelligence agencies were not allowed to give Trump a “sanity check” about the wisdom of attacking Iran and the advice of those like himself urging restraint was “squashed”. • Fact check: what is the truth behind Joe Kent’s claims on Iran war? “In the lead up to this last iteration, a good deal of key decision makers were not allowed to come and express their opinion to the president,” he said. “They had that discussion, you know, behind closed doors, and there...