Article snippet: The contents of the controversial Republican memo alleging abuses of government surveillance powers at the FBI and Justice Department have been hotly debated, and now the American public is now be able to read them in detail. The document, authored by the Republican staff of the House Intelligence Committee, was released Friday after President Donald Trump declassified it and approved its release without redactions by that committee. The memo was made public despite "grave concerns" expressed by the FBI. So why is the memo so controversial and what is in it? Here is the latest ABC News reporting on the document capturing the attention of Washington. The GOP memo is a classified document drafted by the staff of House Intelligence Committee Chairman was released on Friday. The memo had been kept in a classified setting, and only recently been made available to all House members. The underlying intelligence that the memo draws from had only been reviewed by a select few members of the House and Senate prior to its release. The memo alleged that the FBI inappropriately relied on information obtained from a former British spy - working on a project funded in part by the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign - to obtain a surveillance warrant in October 2016 on former Trump campaign official Carter Page, who had been suspected of being a Russian agent. It argues that the Justice Department, in its warrant application at the time, ... Link to the full article to read more