Now, why doesn't starting a statement with that phrase reassure me?
I'm not convinced the US even has an "intelligence community", and if we do, one that functions at an effective level. Remember, all of these agencies have been instructed to ignore Middle Easterners and Muslims as potential terrorists. And the Democrats have destroyed our human intelligence resources, thinking we can do everything with satellites and drones.
There is also good reason to be concerned that our agencies are becoming primarily tools for domestic surveillance of US citizens, not foreign provocateurs.
We have an intelligence community but still need to check everyones ID; make everyone take off their shoes, sweaters and coats; empty their pockets; and take the contents out from their luggage etc just so they can board a plane that has a reinforced steel door, vigilant passengers and likely and armed sky Marshall.
Doesn’t instill me with confidence in our ‘intelligence community”.