By Monica Crowley Illustration on Hillary Clinton, Sidney Blumenthal and Tyler Drumheller’s secret foreign policy operations by Linas Garsys\/The Washington Times<\/p><\/div>\n The Benghazi Select Committee, chaired by Rep. Trey Gowdy, has formally requested that Hillary Clinton<\/a> turn over the private server she used to keep under her control all of her communications while secretary of state. That assumes that the server hasn\u2019t been reduced to subatomic particles by now.<\/p>\n Thankfully, the server isn\u2019t the only route to getting to the central reasons why Mrs. Clinton<\/a> kept total control of all of her communications. Mr. Gowdy may also subpoena actual human beings to testify under oath, including two shadowy figures who may, in fact, hold a key to the story.<\/p>\n Last week this column asked, \u201cWas Hillary Clinton<\/a> running her own rogue intelligence operation?\u201d It suggested that while secretary, Mrs. Clinton<\/a> may have been given highly sensitive national security information by the Clintons\u2019 longtime political hatchet man, Sidney Blumenthal<\/a>. In 2013, the Romanian hacker Guccifer had allegedly breached Mr. Blumenthal<\/a>\u2019s email account, revealing what Guccifer claimed was a series of emails from Mr. Blumenthal<\/a> to Mrs. Clinton<\/a>\u2019s private account concerning global hot spots.<\/p>\n Some of Mr. Blumenthal<\/a>\u2019s emails to her, assuming they\u2019re authentic, included all-cap warnings such as, \u201cTHE FOLLOWING INFORMATION COMES FROM EXTREMELY SENSITIVE SOURCES \u2026 .\u201d Many carried a note on the sources of intelligence included in the email. For example, one email identified \u201cSources with access to the highest levels of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, the leadership of the Armed Forces, and Western Intelligence, diplomatic, and security services.\u201d Another on \u201cLibya internal government discussion\u201d indicated \u201cSources with direct access to the Libyan National Government.\u201d<\/p>\n The hacked information is silent on whether the intelligence allegedly gathered by Mr. Blumenthal<\/a> was done at Mrs. Clinton<\/a>\u2019s request, and it does not show any responses from Mrs. Clinton<\/a>.<\/p>\n If the hacked information is real, why and how was Mr. Blumenthal<\/a> so deeply involved in high-level security matters?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n The answer may involve Tyler Drumheller<\/a>.<\/p>\n In 2001 and 2002, Mr. Drumheller<\/a> served as European Division chief at the CIA\u2019s Directorate of Operations, where he was a highly controversial figure whose disinformation campaigns often landed him in hot water. As investigative journalist Kenneth Timmerman has pointed out, Mr. Drumheller<\/a> was at the center of the Niger uranium story later used by the left and the press to claim that President George W. Bush had \u201clied\u201d about Saddam Hussein\u2019s possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). \u201cOn three separate occasions,\u201d Mr. Timmerman wrote, \u201che passed the Niger information up the food chain as validated intelligence, when the CIA<\/a> had been warned that it was not.\u201d<\/p>\n On Sept. 6, 2007, Mr. Blumenthal<\/a> published a column at Salon.com in which he cited an April 2006 \u201c60 Minutes\u201d interview with Mr. Drumheller<\/a>, who claimed that the CIA<\/a> had received \u201cdocumentary intelligence\u201d from Saddam\u2019s foreign minister that he did not have WMD. In his column, Mr. Blumenthal<\/a> stated \u201ctwo former senior CIA<\/a> officers have confirmed Drumheller<\/a>\u2019s account to me,\u201d leading Mr. Blumenthal<\/a> to accuse Mr. Bush of \u201clying.\u201d<\/p>\n It appears that Mr. Drumheller<\/a> and Mr. Blumenthal<\/a> were simpatico, at least regarding criticism of pre-war intelligence. Was that, in fact, the start of a mutually beneficial relationship? After leaving the CIA<\/a>, Mr. Drumheller<\/a> advised John Kerry\u2019s 2004 presidential campaign; three years later, he and Mr. Blumenthal<\/a>worked on Hillary Clinton<\/a>\u2019s presidential campaign.<\/p>\n In the days before she was sworn in as secretary, Mrs. Clinton<\/a> told the White House she wanted Mr. Blumenthal<\/a> in a top official State Department role. President Obama specifically denied her request.<\/p>\n In light of that, the Blumenthal-Drumheller<\/a> connection raises a new set of unanswered questions:<\/p>\n Did Mr. Blumenthal<\/a> then team up with Mr. Drumheller<\/a> to create their own intelligence-gathering operation? Mr. Drumheller<\/a> has been known to claim he has a global intelligence network of sources and operatives. Does he? And if so, is Mr. Blumenthal<\/a> in business with him?<\/p>\n If such a partnership exists, was Mrs. Clinton<\/a> a client? With what countries and sources did they deal? Given Mr. Drumheller<\/a>\u2019s sketchy reputation, was he properly vetted? Was the intelligence being passed to her \u2014 if any was being passed \u2014 reliable? Or might she have been a victim of disinformation, perhaps on Benghazi and other matters? If he did pass intelligence to her, did she then share it with the CIA<\/a> and others?<\/p>\n If this rogue operation were in effect, was it on Mrs. Clinton<\/a>\u2019s orders? Or perhaps was it at Mr. Obama\u2019s behest, to get them both maximum intelligence they could not get through standard channels? The alleged involvement of Mr. Blumenthal<\/a> might make that unlikely, but no one really knows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Read more: http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2015\/mar\/25\/monica-crowley-was-tyler-drumheller-part-of-hillar\/#ixzz3VhdZIx24<\/a> Another murky mystery surrounding Hillary\u2019s private email Was a CIA disinformation expert part of a rogue intelligence operation? By Monica Crowley The Washington Times The Benghazi Select Committee, chaired by Rep. Trey Gowdy, has formally requested that Hillary Clinton turn … Continue reading
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