Blumenthal, a former Bill Clinton White House aide, was infamously blocked from taking a job at the State Department under Clinton because of his anti-Obama campaigning in the 2008 Democratic primaries. Instead, he got a job at the Clinton Foundation and frequently sent his friend Hillary intelligence reports with information gleaned from his vast network of sources in working for foreign governments and in the private intelligence business.
The State Department has already released dozens of Blumenthal emails that contained highly sensitive information. But all of those emails had at least some portions that were viewable. That is not the case with four records released on Friday.
On June 23, 2009, Blumenthal sent an email to Clinton with the subject line N. Ireland/Shaun, an apparent reference to Shaun Woodward, who then served as the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
The email is redacted in full, save for the names Hillary and Sid. The emails are classified as confidential and redacted in full because they contain foreign government information and information related to foreign relations and foreign activities.
A June 20, 2011, email entitled memo hrc Bahrain/Iran is also classified as confidential and redacted in full because it contains information related to foreign activities.
Likewise with a June 28, 2012, email with the subject line some intel on internal german/euro maneuvering.
Another email from Blumenthal to Clinton, sent Aug. 3, 2012, is nearly completely redacted save for statement that the email contained information from sources with access to the highest levels of the Governments and institutions.