Sharyl Attkisson ✔ @SharylAttkisson
It's fair to say there's panic among some bad actors within our intel agencies who are now pulling out all the stops to try to spin Congress & the media & keep from getting inside. That kind of panic can lead to mistakes being made. 1/2
Sharyl Attkisson ✔ @SharylAttkisson
Interesting to see "open govt." groups & advocates pressing to keep "the memo" secret. This may be unprecedented. 2/2
She did follow up her tweets with an op-ed at The Hill in which she asked:
What happens when federal agencies accused of possible wrongdoing — also control the alleged evidence against them? What happens when they’re the ones in charge of who inside their agencies — or connected to them — ultimately gets investigated and possibly charged?
She then followed up with two very important issues to keep in mind during the investigation.
Those questions are moving to the forefront as the facts play out in the investigations into our intelligence agencies’ surveillance activities.
There are two overarching issues.
First, there’s the alleged improper use of politically-funded opposition research to justify secret warrants to spy on U.S. citizens for political purposes.
Second, if corruption is ultimately identified at high levels in our intel agencies, it would necessitate a re-examination of every case and issue the officials touched over the past decade — or two — under administrations of both parties.
This is why I think the concerns transcend typical party politics.
It touches everybody. It’s potentially monumental.
Of course, she pointed out that not only are there people in the Justice Department, as well as Congress, trying to stop the FISA memo from being presented to the public, but even media outlets and reporters are attempting to keep it secret.
She wrote, "Meantime, the Department of Justice has officially warned the House Intelligence Committee not to release its memo. It's like the possible defendant in a criminal trial threatening prosecutors for having the audacity to reveal alleged evidence to the judge and jury."

"This is the first time I can recall open government groups and many reporters joining in the argument to keep the information secret," she added.  "They are strangely uncurious about alleged improprieties with implications of the worst kind: Stasi-like tactics used against Americans. 'Don’t be irresponsible and reveal sources and methods,' they plead."
She then followed up with what everyone should agree on simply because we don't have two Constitutions, but one.

"As for me? I don’t care what political stripes the alleged offenders wear or whose side they’re on," she wrote.  "If their sources and methods are inappropriate, they should be fully exposed and stopped."
Indeed, and they should be prosecuted.  The why is important, but the simple violations of the law are enough that indictments and arrests should be taking place.