Individuals seeking employment with the federal government in sensitive security positions are required to submit to a security background investigation. The investigation begins with filling out an SF86 form in which the applicant is required to disclose in detail their finances and income sources to include any bankruptcies, outstanding loans and pending litigation, if any. They are also required to disclose any travel outside the United States, any connections to foreign nationals and other pertinent information that may detect security risks, such as the possibility of blackmail.
The American people should expect no less of their president and members of Congress and the Supreme Court. If employment of federal officers, some members of the military and other positions of trust is predicated on passing such an investigation, it seems unthinkable that those in the highest positions of our government do not have to do the same.
Kathryn Jones, Bountiful
