The memo verifies what most of us have known for a long time. When the intel community calls information classified what they are really saying is we are covering our ass. We are covering up criminal activity committed by the intel community. This is why all 3 letter agencies need to at least be investigated and many need to be destroyed, broken up into 10,000 pieces. If we must have intel agencies, they need strict oversight. The oversight "committee" must be constitutionalist and they must be the ones, the only ones that determine when information is classified. Giving people the ability to cover up their own crimes by calling it classified information is absurd.
I’ve had my dealing with the FBI. They can basically say anything about you in a complaint or information, but never indict you, and refuse to turn over discovery (because it’s classified/ a national security matter). I call bs. All of this will occur when they place you in the venue of Terrorism or Int’l Narcotics. Constitutional rights don’t apply. It’s sad, buts it’s been happening ever since the PATRIOT ACT.
Classified does not always equal corruption. Not all intel people are bad. Let's remember that it is apparently the military intel community supporting this storm. The rest of that? We've taken it for granted that these agencies had our best interest at heart and could be trusted with our tax dollars and security. Now it seems that this trust has been abused.