You know as well as I do that there were only some flimsy grounds for the mock outrage cultivated and directed at Ms Clinton. To get any substantial momentum behind the criticisms, it took a lot of rabble-rousing and false insinuations to embellish the actual facts.

So it is hypocritical now to say this is categorically false, and doubly hypocritical to suggest any outrage at the release.

It is a fact that the report was compiled, was in circulation, was discussed by intelligence, and that the president and president-elect were briefed on it. It is also a fact that it is unsubstantiated, and nobody is claiming otherwise. 

There are no doubt many people who would like it to be true, but that is a separate issue.

So the release only addresses the question of what is in the unsubstantiated report? Should the public not be allowed to view this document? Who are you to censor what people should see or not?

To paraphrase Trump himself, "...are we in Nazi Germany?"