User blog comment:Suparockr/List of Plotholes throughout the series/@comment-5020188-20120719202844/@comment-24174486-20120719203555

That's not a plot hole. It's made explicitly clear that the Council doesn't want to see the truth of the Reapers.

How in the world did you play ME2 without being told that when you met the Council? This isn't an obscure detail hidden deep in dialogue trees. This is outright told to you.