The memo is released bombshell information according to Fox News. Not sure what it reveals.

So. Can someone please tell me what all the fuss is about? What am I missing?

Just some light treason

Your post ignores the key part of this, that the dossier they used to get a warrant to spy on Page was financed by the Clinton campaign and "salacious and unverified" according to Comey's later testimony. The FBI used a dossier they knew was unverified so they could spy on Trump

Here's my question (from my blog post this morning):

I’m trying to summarize this memo that has the GOP all a-twitter. Let’s see if I got it straight.

Our intelligence agents knew Carter Page was in deep with the Russians, had given speeches in Russia about how great Russia was, and was suspected to be a Russian agent.

They knew he was also working with the Trump campaign and was probably involved with deals between the campaign and Russia. They had already been following him and had a legitimate warrant to do so.

Their job is to gather information from whatever sources they can. They got a hold of a document that had information first gathered by Republicans trying to stop Trump and then Democrats trying to stop Trump. They used that information to obtain a second legitimate warrant. And then a third.

I think that’s it.

The GOP claims that the investigators looking into this and suspecting Trump of being a part of this were “biased” and therefore the investigation into this conspiracy should be suspended because it’s all made up (despite the fact that we already have people who have pled guilty).

Nowhere do I see any claim that the information in the document was incorrect or that the warrant wasn’t justified.

As for bias, allow me to say that I work with police officers every day, and when they have a suspect, yes, they tend to be “biased” against them. That’s kind of their job.

So. Can someone please tell me what all the fuss is about? What am I missing?

How, in the name of all logic, can one be so upset over this memo in the name of "treason" etc but NOT be substantially more upset about Donald Trump Jr Russia meeting? Have we become so used to Trump breaking rules that we are numb to it? I really mean that as an honest question. It's so bizarre seeing some Republicans getting worked up about this memo after not caring about DTJ meeting and subsequent cover up lies.

Enough with this nonsensical cherry picking on all sides.

Donald Trump was under investigation due to multiple associates having confirmed direct ties to Russia. Not just the one mentioned in the memo but Papadopolous and others. We have direct evidence from the man himself that Donald Trump Jr - at worst - tried to collude with Russian lawyers. DTJ lied to public (though possibly not government) by saying it was about adoption and Kushner didn't know details. We then saw direct emails saying exactly what it was and know that Kushner was copied.

Even if you are a republican, what are you missing? What more do you need? if you're not outraged by this, the only conclusion can be that you do not think this type of behavior is that bad, because Trump Jr is as guilty as it gets of at least trying to collude. Politics has always been a game of posturing and spinning, but Trump and his supporters ability to fully believe their own bullshit is at a totally different than it has ever been before. The guy somehow gets a pass for doing something much worse than he is in turn accusing others of doing. So bizarre,

It was sad to watch people who swore that Obama would be a huge failure begrudgingly admit his presidency wasn't a disaster. Now many of these people who swore Trump would improve things are now trying to justify the near complete loss of faith in American government systems. Astounding.

Yes, I care more about the FBI and DOJ trying to sabotage one of the candidates in an election

and likely the Clinton campaign trying to rig the election and Obama trying to sabotage Trump's presidency, than I do the president's Fredo son meeting with a Russian lawyer

"It was sad to watch people who swore that Obama would be a huge success begrudgingly admit his presidency was a disappointment. Now many of these people who swore Trump would wreck America are now trying to justify the near complete abuse of power in American government systems. Astounding"

You can't sabotage a candidate if it's true, Shack.

If the police get reliable information that someone is selling drugs, and they follow up and find out that yes, someone is indeed selling drugs, have they sabotaged that person?

The FBI got reliable, clear information ... what were they supposed to do, say "Nope, sorry, even though we are dedicated to fighting crime and routing out enemies of America, by golly, this information came from a source with a bias! Sure, it seems to be true, but it's better to let the bad guys go, right?"

Sheesh. The ways Trump supporters will bend over backwards to excuse the guy in a way you know they'd never do if it was a Democrat in there. Jesus, Clinton couldn't even get a blow job (which is NOT illegal) and they impeached him. We've already had a couple of guilty pleas in this particular conspiracy as well as a few other indictments and they still pretend there's nothing there.

If the police get reliable information that someone is selling drugs, and they follow up and find out that yes, someone is indeed selling drugs, have they sabotaged that person?

The FBI got reliable, clear information ... what were they supposed to do, say "Nope, sorry, even though we are dedicated to fighting crime and routing out enemies of America, by golly, this information came from a source with a bias! Sure, it seems to be true, but it's better to let the bad guys go, right?"

The entire key of this is that the FBI DIDN'T have reliable, clear information. The dossier appears to be trash. It's the one that says Trump is into golden showers. It's by a guy who desperately wanted him to lose and paid for by the opposition. There's no way it should be used as trustworthy and they knew it hence hiding information about it from the court.

The analogy "If the police get reliable information that someone is selling drugs, and they follow up and find out that yes, someone is indeed selling drugs, have they sabotaged that person?" also implies they have actually found the guilt they were looking for in Russiagate, when really, they've come out with nothing of substance. Russiagate so far looks like one step above Obama birtherism at this point, a desperate conspiracy theory by the salty losing party to drag their political opponent's reputation.

"To the extent the memo deals with the dossier and the FISA process, the dossier has nothing to do with the meeting at Trump Tower," Gowdy said. "The dossier has nothing to do with an email sent by Cambridge Analytica. The dossier really has nothing to do with George Papadopoulos' meeting in Great Britain. It also doesn't have anything to do with obstruction of justice."