State Department won't release Hillary Clinton's emails until January 2016

[Sancho]

43. Yes...I think that most Presidential communication should be secret until years out of office.

I also think that requiring every communication (and likewise every video, audio, and paper trail) be public on the spot is an invasion of privacy and detrimental to being a good President. A President will have staff, counsel, and other elected officials reviewing and discussing (even in secret) almost everything they do. That's fine with me. Generally if they are off the rails, it will eventually be revealed (Watergate, Iran-contra, etc.), even though we all know sometimes they don't get caught.

Personal stuff should be private - the same right should apply to all US citizens. Unless accused of a crime, a person should be trusted to do their job and keep private stuff to themselves. If they aren't sure, they can ask staff or lawyers what is personal - and those opinions are all they need to keep things private day-to-day. Our lives depend on personal choices and freedom from persecution without merit.

A government track record should be maintained, and only available if there is specific evidence of a crime or many years after leaving office when there is no chance of an impact on current deals and relations. The burden of proof that something personal should be revealed is on the accuser. Otherwise, if I say it's private then it's private.

Government officials have a right to privacy outside of the fishbowl. They are watched enough as it is.

I'm not an HRC supporter per se, because I would say the same about any candidate or elected official. I will vote for the Democratic candidate.