The Hillary e-mails vs. Best Defense
So it turns out that Sidney Blumenthal wrote the following to Secretary of State Clinton about an item in this blog.
So it turns out that Sidney Blumenthal wrote the following to Secretary of State Clinton about an item in this blog:
UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439
From: sbwhoeop
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 11:42 AM To:
Subject: fyi: The military strikes back. Sid
A riposte from Tom Ricks, reliable mouthpiece of Petraeus et al, assailing Biden, surrogate for Obama, with a leak that Biden sleeps through briefings and an appeal to McDonough et al to shut up Biden (and by implication shut up the president). Nice.
So it turns out that Sidney Blumenthal wrote the following to Secretary of State Clinton about an item in this blog:
UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439
From: sbwhoeop
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 11:42 AM To:
Subject: fyi: The military strikes back. SidA riposte from Tom Ricks, reliable mouthpiece of Petraeus et al, assailing Biden, surrogate for Obama, with a leak that Biden sleeps through briefings and an appeal to McDonough et al to shut up Biden (and by implication shut up the president). Nice.
Cheers, Sid
My thought: How’s that embrace of Maliki working out, Sid?
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