Why do presidential nominees get security briefings?
Why do presidential candidates need classified briefings?
Do former US presidents get NSC/CIA briefings? What might be some classified information of the US that even the President doesn't know? Can the President of the United States pass an  executive order declassifying all classified information by the CIA, or would it be too controversial? Do presidential candidates know the debate questions in advance? Can Trump get a National Security Clearance and if not will CIA Briefings still be given to him? How do presidents pick their VP's? Why are votes kept secret when a public listing could help establish whether elections have been carried out properly or not? How about using a lie detector on politicians before they give their nomination? Is President Obama aware of all the classified information of the government? Can Donald Trump refuse to take any questions from CNN in White house press meetings for the entire duration of his presidency? What does a presidential censure look like? Do former presidents receive intelligence updates? Aren't the Presidential debates teaching our whole country terrible communication skills and why is deliberate misrepresentation even allowed? Was Michael Flynn's mishandling of classified information worse than Hillary Clinton's email server use? At what point of his presidential campaign did Donald Trump qualify for Secret Service protection? What level of national security clearance if any did Trump have to pass to be briefed by the Government as a candidate for President? Questions are being raised about Donald Trump's sanity. Could the RNC remove him as a candidate for the presidency? What would happen next? Do Presidential candidates have FBI background checks? Why do most Clinton supporters seem to not care about the recent DNC email leaks, and would their opinions differ if the situations were reversed? Should Presidential candidates be required to release their tax returns? Why does the vice president not have secret service protection for life? Do the candidates know the debate questions in advance? Are national polls of the US presidential race pretty much meaningless? Why do Quora allow anonymous fake questions from American Republican supporters? If I think that Daniel Ellsberg did the right thing in giving the Pentagon Papers to the press, am I ineligible for a US security clearance? Has there ever been a U.S. president elected who, under normal circumstances, would be ineligible for security clearance? If so, what was done? Why are the presidential debates held at relatively unknown or less academically elite universities? Do sitting presidents campaign presidential candidates? Do candidates for president and vice president grant together? Concerning Hilary's email server and email content: why does Federal Government IT security allow classified information to make its way to the WWW?