the memo and the highly class y classified information and i asked him about the danger of releasing it publicly. >> let's be clear about this. the memo was derived from information that the department gave us. it's not like there's new information. everything in the memo they already have. what they don't know specifically is what are their complaints. i'm fine to share them with them but you can't say a memo is reckless if you haven't read it. >> they're not allowing them to read it. they're not allowing them to review it. they're not letting them read it. obviously that's pretty circular logic. gowdy doesn't think the public should see the information this is based on. the justice department doesn't know what's spin or take on all that information, that real source data the republicans took. democratic new york congressman told me the memo is this. a list of republican talking points designed to discredit the fbi and the russia