Search - Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House

I greatly enjoyed this book. Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband Joe Wilson as two of my heroes. They gave this country years of courageous and valiant service and were betrayed by the Bush Administration in a despicable fashion. It's a story every American should know.

Some have criticized this book because of the many redactions by the CIA. Much of the information left out is already in the public domain and is included in the afterword by Laura Rozen. Before reading this book, I read a review that suggested reading the afterword first. I did so and it made the redactions less distracting because I already knew much of what was left out.

I'll admit it - I bought this book because I was curious about the redactions and their effects on the book as a whole. That curiosity lasted about three chapters. An interesting story, but just another memoir/auto-biography from someone who was told, "Hey you! You should write a book!" By reading between the lines (literally) you get a small idea of what the career of a CIA agent entails and what V.P.W. went through with her public "outing." Personally, I couldn't get past her writing style. But to each his own.

I recommend reading the Afterword before reading each chapter. That way you'll have an idea of what's going on and won't get (too) frustrated by trying to fill in the blanks.