Persons who run for office in local, state, or federal government lose their right to privacy, or waive it, in the interests of public scrutiny so that terrorists are not allowed to infiltrate governing bodies.

Further, American citizens have a right to insight and scrutiny of who they are electing in government bodies to assure themselves that the persons are trustworthy, and loyal.

How can this be done without public scrutiny, and investigation? All Presidents have been similarly situated, and in fact, this right of the American people has been used too little, not too much.

Ignoring this right opens Americans to electing posers who have criminal records, close associations with foreign nations, or corporations that may not have the best interests of America at heart.

To suggest that America doesn't have this right would be to ignore America's right to self protection and self preservation, the privilege to elect someone who is permitted to take them captive by associations that America is unaware of, and prevented from finding out.

Blind trusts are definitely not good enough for government - since government is where the money and the power to wield it is.

Having public elections confers the rights of Americans to thoroughly scrutinze those persons as candidates, or elections are little more than rubber-stamping proposed candidates by hidden powers of the privileged.