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Sidney Blumenthal

Sidney Blumenthal was assistant and special advisor of former president Bill Clinton. He is the author of The Clinton Wars. He was an editorialist for the New Yorker, the Washington Post and the New Republic. Currently, he is an editorialist with the Guardian about matters related to US policies and correspondent in Washington for Salon.Com.

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“No more Watergates”
by Sidney Blumenthal
16 January 2006
At first, the Washington Post political journalists considered Watergate a minor issue, nothing serious. However, two journalists continued their work and followed the topic closely contributing to Nixon’s fall. Today, Bob Woodward, one of those journalists, is an example of integration into (…)
“Blinded by the Light at the End of the Tunnel”
by Sidney Blumenthal
30 June 2005
On June 21, 2005, the information networks repeated the Pentagon’s declarations about the death of 47 enemies west of Iraq. Last month, it was 125 persons who had been murdered in the Syrian border. These two announced “victories” are only the last vicissitudes of the Bush administration’s (…)
“Nixon’s Empire Strikes Back”
by Sidney Blumenthal
16 June 2005
The unveiling of the identity of “Deep Throat”, Mark Felt, former deputy director of the FBI, seems to confirm the version according to which the story of the Watergate case represents the victory of lone journalism and its mysterious source. In fact, the issue of knowing who was “Deep Throat” (…)

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“Nixon’s Empire Strikes Back”

“No more Watergates”

“Blinded by the Light at the End of the Tunnel”