Sidney Blumenthal — American Journalist born on November 06, 1948,

Sidney Stone Blumenthal is an American journalist, activist, writer and former political aide. He is a former aide to President Bill Clinton; a long-time confidant to Hillary Clinton; and a journalist, especially on American politics and foreign policy. He was editor of several departments and wrote for several publications including The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker. After 2000, he published several essays critical of the administration of President George W. Bush... (wikipedia)

As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think that you can stand up for them.
Every decision that they take has enormous consequences, and ripple out from the White House.
Bill Clinton was in the line of great progressive presidents who faced the realities in his own time and applied innovative solutions to problems.
Clinton was a president who used his office, in creative ways, to try to reinvigorate the federal government to benefit the majority.
Dick Clarke, who was head of counter-terrorism in the National Security Council, pushed constantly for the Principals Committee, which is the key national security group of top officials to take up the issue of terrorism.