I agree about our government appearing to be behind the curve on this kind of intelligence, but maybe they just want it to look that way? Why I'm not sure, but I suspect Machiavellian politics may be at work.
I do suspect that the highest levels of government are well-informed and are just keeping mum for now. The media people have, at least in theory, access to the same information we can get, so I'm not sure what their excuse is...