For the IC, having your oversight committee formally declare to the world that a major cross-agency finding was just plain wrong, is really a big deal. 1/
Just in general it's a huge credibility and morale hit, while acknowledging sometimes agencies probably deserve to be criticized (the point of oversight). 2/
That House Intel is making such a transparently political judgement, not only to clear Trump of involvement but to clear _Russia_ of doing it, puts the IC and a heck of a bind. 3/
It's a strong signal to the intel professionals that their political masters would rather not know the truth if it is highly damaging politically -- and we risk the IC responding to that signal 4/
Or if you believe your Constitutional oath requires acting despite wishes of political leaders who are aiding foreign adversaries, as a primary or collateral goal, the ways IC might do that are of course highly problematic and also bad to encourage 5/
There's really no good answer, and it's why Congressional intel oversight has been reasonably bipartisan over the years. Things get bad fast otherwise. As we will see. 6/6
