The government has more advanced tech than the public. What we normally consider v-tubing is only a fraction of what's possible.
Metaphysic demonstrates their technology on America's Got Talent:
Other demonstrations of this technology:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QA_mfhLvq0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr8yEgu7sHU
After seeing that, I question whether or not the person who recently gave an address from the Oval Office was actually Joe Biden:
The AI scene is still pretty intense. What people are talking about about was able to be done about a year ago, and fully trained 6 months ago.
The US Government might have more power, but that doesn't mean they have the skills or abilities they claim. Tom Clancy wrote about satellites able to read books in Russia, while the truth was grainy black and white. Heck, the MK Ultra guys were getting better accuracy at the time, and no one knows how that worked.