Sidney Blumenthal is the former assistant and senior adviser to President Bill Clinton, and senior adviser to Hillary Clinton. He has been a national staff reporter for"The Washington Post", Washington editor and staff writer for"The New Yorker", senior writer for"The New Republic", and contributed to numerous additional publications. His books include the bestselling"The Clinton Wars, The Rise of the Counter-Establishment"and"The Permanent Campaign". Among his films, he was the executive producer of the Academy Award- and Emmy-winning"Taxi to the Dark Side".