Trusted adviser shows up often in Clinton e-mails
WASHINGTON — As secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton had access to the latest information and analysis from the nation’s premier intelligence agencies, from a corps of seasoned diplomats reporting back from every corner of the world, from a range of foreign policy experts in and out of government.
A former journalist, White House official and longtime confidant of Clinton’s, Blumenthal became a frequent correspondent and tipster during her time in President Obama’s Cabinet, passing along news articles, inside information, political gossip, election polls, geopolitical advice and sheer speculation in a steady drumbeat of e-mails, according to documents released by the State Department.