It turns out that Sidney Blumenthal, denied an official position at the State Department by the Obama administration, played a much larger role as a top aide to the secretary of state for much longer than has been realized.  The expression “secret government” comes to mind, and it is not wholly inappropriate.  There is also disturbing evidence of him operating as a political fixer, off the books and hidden from the public as well as the president. Blumenthal’s role goes back to at least 2009, the first year of Hillary Clinton’s term as SecState.  Fox News reports: … in an email dated November 5, 2009, Blumenthal sent Clinton an email titled “Agenda with Merkel,” encouraging Clinton to develop the Transatlantic Economic Council, which he said “now languishes.” Noting that it was German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s major initiative when Germany held the EU presidency in 2007, Blumenthal advised that...(Read Full Post)