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[[Sidney Blumenthal]] is one of Hillary Clinton's closest advisors. It was Blumenthal who spread the smear on [[Monica Lewinsky]] that she was stalking President [[Bill Clinton]], a smear dutifully repeated by mainstream media sources.<ref>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/1999/05/christopher-hitchens-testifies-monica-lewinsky</ref> [[Cody Shearer]] is a longtime Clinton [[dirty tricks]]ter. It was Shearer who was identified by [[MSNBC]]'s [[Chris Matthews]] as the mysterious stranger who threatened Kathleen Willey and her children before testifying on behalf of [[Paula Jones]] in her sexual harassment suit against Bill Clinton.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Target-Caught-Crosshairs-Hillary-Clinton/dp/0974670162 Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton], Kathleen Willey, World Ahead Publishing, Nov 6, 2007  ISBN 978-0974670164 ISBN 0974670162</ref>  

[[Sidney Blumenthal]] is one of Hillary Clinton's closest advisors. It was Blumenthal who spread the smear on [[Monica Lewinsky]] that she was stalking President [[Bill Clinton]], a smear dutifully repeated by mainstream media sources.<ref>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/1999/05/christopher-hitchens-testifies-monica-lewinsky</ref> [[Cody Shearer]] is a longtime Clinton [[dirty tricks]]ter. It was Shearer who was identified by [[MSNBC]]'s [[Chris Matthews]] as the mysterious stranger who threatened Kathleen Willey and her children before testifying on behalf of [[Paula Jones]] in her sexual harassment suit against Bill Clinton.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Target-Caught-Crosshairs-Hillary-Clinton/dp/0974670162 Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton], Kathleen Willey, World Ahead Publishing, Nov 6, 2007  ISBN 978-0974670164 ISBN 0974670162</ref>  

Blumenthal was officially barred by the Obama White House from serving in the [[Obama administration]] because aides believed Blumenthal was the source of [[Islamophobic]] and [[racist]] attacks on [[Barack Obama]] on behalf of Hillary Clinton during the 2008 Democratic primaries.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/hillary-clinton-sidney-blumenthal-emails-benghazi-hearings-215083 Clinton's emails from Blumenthal spark tension], By Josh Gerstein, Politico, 10/22/15.  politico.com</ref><ref>[http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/14/476539/- HillaryClinton.com spreading Obama=Muslim smears and other racism], ''DailyKos'', Mar 14, 2008.  dailykos.com</ref>  

Blumenthal was officially barred by the Obama White House from serving in the [[Obama administration]] because aides believed Blumenthal was the source of [[Islamophobic]] and [[racist]] attacks on [[Barack Obama]] on behalf of Hillary Clinton during the 2008 Democratic primaries.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/hillary-clinton-sidney-blumenthal-emails-benghazi-hearings-215083 Clinton's emails from Blumenthal spark tension], By Josh Gerstein, Politico, 10/22/15.  politico.com</ref><ref>[http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/14/476539/- HillaryClinton.com spreading Obama=Muslim smears and other racism], ''[[DailyKos]]'', Mar 14, 2008.  dailykos.com</ref>  

On May 14, 2011 an email exchange between Sidney Blumenthal and Cody Shearer shows they are negotiating with Tyler Drumheller to contract with Gen. David Grange to send four operatives on a week-long mission to Tunis, [[Tunisia]], and to the border of [[Libya]] and back. Blumenthal joined a business partnership with Shearer, former CIA official Tyler Drumheller, and former Major General Grange in Grange's company Osprey Global Solutions. Osprey was trying to win a contract with the Libyan jihadis to train and assist them in the [[Libyan war]], needing Sec. Clinton's approval. Shearer writes, “Sid, do you think the general has to send four guys. He told us three guys yesterday, a translator and two other guys. I understand the difficulty of the mission and realize that K [a Libyan] will be repaid but I am going to need an itemized budget for these guys.”.<ref>https://www.propublica.org/article/private-emails-reveal-ex-clinton-aides-secret-spy-network</ref> An email from Drumheller to Blumenthal reveals that the trip will cost around $60,000 for four people, including someone named Khalifa al Sherif. This person is a secret source known as “K” in some of Blumenthal's other Libya-related emails to Clinton. (Gawker, 3/27/2015)<ref>http://www.thompsontimeline.com/tag/cody-shearer/</ref>

On May 14, 2011 an email exchange between Sidney Blumenthal and Cody Shearer shows they are negotiating with Tyler Drumheller to contract with Gen. David Grange to send four operatives on a week-long mission to Tunis, [[Tunisia]], and to the border of [[Libya]] and back. Blumenthal joined a business partnership with Shearer, former CIA official Tyler Drumheller, and former Major General Grange in Grange's company Osprey Global Solutions. Osprey was trying to win a contract with the Libyan jihadis to train and assist them in the [[Libyan war]], needing Sec. Clinton's approval. Shearer writes, “Sid, do you think the general has to send four guys. He told us three guys yesterday, a translator and two other guys. I understand the difficulty of the mission and realize that K [a Libyan] will be repaid but I am going to need an itemized budget for these guys.”.<ref>https://www.propublica.org/article/private-emails-reveal-ex-clinton-aides-secret-spy-network</ref> An email from Drumheller to Blumenthal reveals that the trip will cost around $60,000 for four people, including someone named Khalifa al Sherif. This person is a secret source known as “K” in some of Blumenthal's other Libya-related emails to Clinton. (Gawker, 3/27/2015)<ref>http://www.thompsontimeline.com/tag/cody-shearer/</ref>