all these people and their families should come under public scrutiny. All their financial records, their communications, their online search histories, should be in the public domain.
Imagine living under 24/7 surveillance just because you are unlucky enough to be some politician's family member or a close friend.
It might be controversial, but: privacy should exist for everyone. No matter who you are, journalist, politician, activist or just a normal guy — anyone's privacy should be valued the same way. We need to push privacy in the masses, not vice versa.