Sidney Blumenthal was born in Chicago in 1948 and educated at Brandeis University. He is widely-published journalist, especially on American politics and foreign policy. He is currently Washington bureau chief for Salon.com.

He started his career in Boston, then wrote for The New Republic, The Washington Post, and The New Yorker. He served as assistant and senior adviser to Bill Clinton from August 1997 until January 2001. He subsequently wrote a book, The Clinton Wars. Other books include The Permanent Campaign, The Rise of the Counter-Establishment, and Pledging Allegiance: The Last Campaign of the Cold War.

He once sued Matt Drudge for $30 million for claiming that he beat his wife. The case was settled before trial.

He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and two sons.

External links

• New York Review of Books on Clinton Wars
• Brief biographical information