I would make them come into my office at 0700 every morning and verbally deliver their report.
That way I could corner them with questions in the moment and discern if anyone is jerking me around.
And no junior officers either.
Head of NSC, JCS, CIA, NSA, FBI.
0700 every stinkin’ mornin’. They will leave their written report when we’re done.
Somewhere along the line, our mentors must have crossed paths. A certain FA Colonel...?