[blackdog]

I don't get the whole concept of personally written memorandum as being something of evidence? People at all levels in an organization write memos all the time. Most are just posturing crap.

When I get a memo I read three things before I read the content. Who wrote it? Who is copied on it? And the subject?

Why are memos so important to everyone? They are more like "Dear Diary".

[Svartalfiar]

I don't get the whole concept of personally written memorandum as being something of evidence? People at all levels in an organization write memos all the time. Most are just posturing crap.

When I get a memo I read three things before I read the content. Who wrote it? Who is copied on it? And the subject?

Why are memos so important to everyone? They are more like "Dear Diary".

Because when you send out a memo, it is to certain people and states certain Things. It is not at all a 'dear diary' entry, it's an official, if informal, communication to people other than yourself. And as an FBI agent, he is required to maintain such records. He is trying to claim the memos weren't memos, but just diary notes to himself. In which case he wouldn't be required to maintain records. BUT, the wording of them clearly show them to be official communication that he was supposed to keep as an official FBI record.