The pity is that what starts out to be something useful and important to security, sometimes is abused and used for purposes it was not intended.
In this case, the accusation is, that security measure was used to subvert the election process in the last Presidential election. If that is so, than the Democratic Party will face the same repugnant view that Republicans faced after Watergate.
You are making an assumption without knowing all the facts. Some of which have already been revealed.
You might try asking Flynn.