He was an employee of the DoS?
This is the odd part of the story. After Obama won in November 2008...Hillary sent a list of folks that she was to hire around Thanksgiving to the Obama team. Blumenthal was on the list. The Obama team said “NO”. They knew something about the guy, and felt this was not wise.
A month passed. Hillary passed another list of contractor folks to hire (not government employees). Sid was on that list. The White House team said “NO”.
What happened in mid-January is that Sid was hired by the Clinton Foundation. I’ve never seen what they paid him but would assume it’s in the $150k or more salary per year.
The one odd aspect is that it’s been said by some that Sid was one of the people given full access to the bathroom server and her email account. So Sid read all the classified (if true).
What I think occurred is that Hillary has no background for this kind of work, and she needs a ‘mentor’ or expert to guide her.