>>The notes Comey wrote were not classified.

But leaking them was illegal and for the third time: classification is controlled by POTUS. Not by Comey, not by Jake Tapper and not by you.

FBI policy clearly states that if in doubt, documents should be treated as classified. For Comey or anybody else to issue a contrary declaration, they must rely on delegated authority from POTUS.

Your version requires that Comey believed he had delegated authority from POTUS to betray POTUS.

After that absurdity, your version then has to ignore the FBI requirement for seeking disclosure approval 30 days in advance- a provision designed to prevent precisely this sort of scenario. Not even Jake Tapper can pretend Comey would have gotten approval.

So Comey broke the law hoping to damage his boss and while you or I may perceive that the material he leaked wasn't classified, the only person who can say for sure is his target.

Unfortunately for the MSM, you can't fool all the people all the time and people are seeing through the crafty attempt to focus on classification as a proxy for legality so the misbehavior can be celebrated. In latest surveys, a majority of Americans no longer trust the MSM.

Earlier you said that 30% of voters are idiots who believe anything Trump says; in fact it's the other way around, with those 30% idiots still uncritically hoovering down everything Fake News says.

As for classification: I don't know or care whether the leaked information was classified, it was certainly leaked illegally by a disgruntled ex-employee hoping to damage his boss. So not just illegal, but unprofessional and nasty and a shocking precedent if you like living in a civilized democracy. Apply the Rule of Ryan (what if everybody did it) to confirm the collapse of government if all civil servants began leaking and exhibiting bias.