Why would former officials have any intelligence to pass on?
Well it might be what their pals still in are ILLEGALLY leaking to non-cleared former employees. Shite like how they are closing in on their financial crimes (as in the biden crime family and known TRACKED wire transfers, to Latvia and US banks and direct to Hunter who gave 10% to the big moron).
That kind of intelligence.... the intel equivalent of guido on the corner telling a mark that his a@@ is grass and the Boss has ordered a hit on him.