> Should all high-ranking employees in the USA be vetted for appropriate (leftwing?) political views before being hired? That doesn't seem right.

That's a sly way of phrasing it, Dolimiter. Those crazy leftwingers are enforcing their minority morality on everyone! I'm a little sad you've taken it there, and in the top comment, because the original article was incredibly sensitive to the issue and by no means was calling for this. Nor do I think the commenters are. Mozilla is a special organization to a lot of people, for reasons intertwined with the idea of a free and open society, and that's one reason why this is a big deal.