What was Sidney Blumenthal hired to do for his $120,000 a
year full-time salary at the Clinton Foundation during the four years that
Hillary was Secretary of State? Was he hired to provide off-the-shelf
intelligence to Hillary? And to trash her critics and possible opponents? That's
what it looks like.
Blumenthal has always been Hillary's expert on the vast
right wing conspiracy and he is superb at stoking her paranoia and
investigating and attacking anyone who threatens the Clinton orbit. He's the
one that spread the groundless rumor, conceived by Hillary, that Monica
Lewinsky was an unwelcome and unstable stalker of an innocent president.
Anything for Hillary.
We know that Sidney sent 20 dense emails chock full of cloak
and dagger "intel" about Libya and Algeria to the Secretary of State.
We also know that Hillary took Sid's information and advice seriously and
circulated his emails to her top aides in the State Department (after scrubbing
Sid's name).
There's something else we know: Sidney had absolutely no
experience in foreign affairs and the source of his information was, in part, a
party with a financial interest in Libya.
What we didn't know was that shortly after the Obama
Administration refused to allow Hillary to hire Sidney, he landed on the
Clinton Foundation payroll -- as a full-time employee with a big salary and
benefits. After Hillary left the State Department, Sidney was demoted to a
consultant -- he kept his salary but the benefits were cut. It was only a few
months ago -- in March -- that he left the Clinton Foundation. Right about the
time that his emails surfaced.
At the same time that he worked full-time at the Foundation,
Sidney also worked for Media Matters -- the aggressive pro-Hillary group headed
by the wacky David Brock. In addition, Sidney was a consultant to a pro-Hillary
PAC. He was a busy man -- consumed with defending Hillary.
So Sidney was at Hillary's full disposal while she was
Secretary of State. Sidney's claims that he sent the emails as a "private
citizen" don't sound too good. He may have been a private citizen, but he
was paid by the Clintons.
So maybe his "unsolicited" advice on Libya wasn't
so unsolicited after all.
When Hillary was asked about Sidney's emails, she never
mentioned his employment at the Clinton Foundation. Here's what she said:
"We've been friends for a long time," said Clinton during an event in
Iowa. "He sent me emails I passed on in some instances. That's part of the
give and take...I'm going to keep talking to my old friends, whoever they
are."
Once again, Clinton is skirting the truth. Initially, when
Blumenthal's connection to the Clinton Foundation was made public, a spokesman
said that he helped with "research" and "planning a
commemorative event."
Now that we know that he was a full-time employee, the
Clinton Foundation is now saying that Sidney worked on President Clinton's
"legacy."
It's now obvious that Sidney was there to help Hillary in
her political work. That's not what the Clinton Foundation is supposed to be
doing.
Blumenthal has been subpoenaed by the Benghazi Committee.
Here's one question it should ask: Did Sidney Blumenthal do any work -- with
Media Matters, for example, -- to counter criticisms of Hillary's role in
Benghazi?
ONE MORE QUESTION: What other political activities were
funded by the Clinton Foundation?
Source: dickmorris.com
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