Maybe it’s the same intelligence team that is advising obama and biden on the status of Iran’s nuclear program, Syrian WMD, Chinese nuclear, cyberwar and space weapon development,and Russian compliance with its strategic arms treaties
Not to worry, they got a handle on things
At some point, under Clinton’s administration...the only “intelligence” that the White House was getting...was from a State Department team that came in a couple of times a week. I suspect that if you dug into this....it’s again mostly State Department guys briefing the President.