i have privacy safeguards without being new roddick -- neurotic, you know, on my internet and on my phonei have nothing to hide and that is a good place to start. rost: let's go to anothe robert, calling from washington. robert, good morning. caller: good morning. how are you today? host: i'm good, go ahead. caller: i'd say for me, i would say the government needs to , but there are a few things that stick in my neck very bad. one thing, we have people in government who are in public office -- as far as i'm concerned, if you are in public office, you should open yourself up to every type of surveillance there is. you should be vetted before you and ilowed to be elected, believe it is very important that people are surveilled. host: you are saying people in public office should be vetted. can you tell me more about what you mean by that it? -- vetted? caller: i believe anyone elected should gooffice through the same things i had to go through to get work on an air force base. i believe there are certain background checks that should be made. robert, for you, what is the line between your p