To mark the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, it would be quite easy to write about the challenges of being a woman in the man's world of the CIA. Lots of hand-wringing on the inequalities faced by women in the CIA (not to mention how they are portrayed in...

For me, the most bittersweet moment watching the new movie Fair Game comes when it shows my clandestine CIA work involving nuclear counterproliferation. I remain passionate about the issue of preventing rogue states and terrorist organizations from ever procuring a nuclear weapon. Since resigning from the agency however, I realize...

On this fifth day of my book tour for Fair Game; My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House and my final book tour blog for the Huffington Post, I'm finding my stride. With the outing of my covert identity by conservative columnist Robert Novak in July...

Now on the fourth day of my book tour for Fair Game and I am delighted because I have been given abundant opportunity to discuss something I feel passionately about: the politicization of our intelligence services. There has been an increasing trend to allow politics to spill over into the...

On this third day that my book Fair Game has been available in stores, it occurs to me that there are striking similarities between what I learned from my CIA training at the "Farm" and a full-blown book tour. Pleasantly surprised to know that some of the hard-earned skills I...

Greetings, everyone. Thrilled that I survived the first day... with two appearances to discuss my book Fair Game on live TV which, believe me, concentrates the mind. A little voice in my head is saying that maybe this book tour business could actually be fun. Finally, after 4 ½...

What a whirlwind! After a short and fitful night's sleep, I started the book tour with the Today show, quickly followed by radio interviews for NPR's Fresh Air and All Things Considered, and then The Times of London for openers. I really enjoyed the longer format allowed by the radio...