Hacker Begins Distributing Confidential Memos Sent To Hillary Clinton On Libya, Benghazi Attack

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http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/sidney-blumenthal/hacker-distributes-memos-784091

The Smoking Gun
March 18, 2013

Armed with confidential memos to Hillary Clinton that were stolen from the 
e-mail account of a former White House aide, a hacker has distributed some of 
the documents to a wide array of congressional aides, political figures, and 
journalists worldwide.

In a series of weekend e-mail blasts, the hacker known as “Guccifer” 
disseminated four recent memos to Clinton from Sidney Blumenthal, a longtime 
confidant of the former Secretary of State.

The 64-year-old Blumenthal, who worked as a senior White House adviser to 
President Bill Clinton, had his AOL e-mail account hacked last week by 
“Guccifer,” who has conducted similar illegal assaults against a growing list 
of public figures, including Colin Powell, relatives and friends of the Bush 
family, and a top United Nations official.

The hacker’s e-mails went to hundreds of recipients, though the distribution 
lists were dotted with addresses for aides to Senate and House members who are 
no longer in office. But many of the addresses to which the Blumenthal memos 
were sent are good (though it is unclear whether karl () rove com is a solid 
address for the Republican mastermind).

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