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"Why do we need the FBI doing background checks on presidential appointments? Are FBI agents determining whether China, Russia, or Cuba have planted communists among the people selected by the president? Or is this simply an excuse to pry into the private lives of the citizenry? Why aren't the president, who does the appointing, and the Senate, which does the confirming, trusted to make the right choices? After all, does our national police force also do background checks on the president and members of Congress before they're permitted to serve in office?"