In this Just the News article, Kevin Killough reports that departing intelligence official Amaryllis Fox Kennedy sharply rejected a Washington Post claim that she was leaving her Trump administration role over foreign policy disagreements.
- Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a former CIA undercover officer and departing deputy to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, called the Washington Post report “hogwash.”
- The Post had cited an anonymous source claiming Kennedy’s departure was partly tied to disagreement with President Trump’s military involvement in Iran.
- Kennedy said publicly that she “stand[s] with the President EVERY STEP OF THE WAY” and will continue serving on the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board and Intelligence Oversight Board.
- She said her real reason for returning to the private sector is financial, citing the need to keep her family “on track” with one child entering college and two younger children still to educate.
- Just the News notes that Kennedy’s explanation aligns with an email she reportedly sent colleagues, which said she was leaving for family and private-sector reasons while praising Trump.
- Kennedy accused the Washington Post of speculating falsely and criticized the outlet’s posture toward past U.S. wars.
- She also defended Trump’s Iran policy, saying stable peace is impossible if Iran is allowed to enrich uranium.
- Kennedy praised Trump’s handling of the Strait of Hormuz situation, contrasting it with the Iraq War under previous administrations.
- The dispute highlights yet another example of anonymous-source media narratives being directly contradicted by a named official at the center of the story.
Read the full story: https://justthenews.com/accountability/media/departing-intelligence-official-blasts-washington-post-article-hogwash-says
