 Although U.S. law did not require charities, including presidential foundations, to disclose the identities of their contributors, critics said that the names of donors should be disclosed because Hillary Clinton was running to be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.Commentator Matthew Yglesias opined in a "Los Angeles Times" op-ed that the Clintons should make public the names of foundation donors to avoid any appearance
of impropriety.A lengthy donors list was then released by the Foundation in December 2008, which included several politically sensitive donors, such as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Blackwater Worldwide.