FREE FAIR GAME: HOW A TOP SPY WAS BETRAYED BY HER OWN GOVERNMENT PDF Valerie Plame Wilson | 412 pages | 10 Jun 2008 | SIMON & SCHUSTER | 9781416537625 | English | New York, NY, United States Fair Game : How a Top CIA Agent Was Betrayed by Her Own Government, Paperback | eBay Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Laura Rozen Afterword. Get A Copy. More Details Edition Language. Other Editions 1. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Fair Gameplease sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. The book itself is well done and a worthy read. However, I gave the book five stars due to its importance both when it was Fair Game: How a Top Spy Was Betrayed by Her Own Government and now The behavior of the George W. Bush administration with regard to Iraq was shameful at many levels, clearly illegal, and undoubtedly immoral. Among other things this Fair Game: How a Top Spy Was Betrayed by Her Own Government helps the reader to realize, Fair Game: How a Top Spy Was Betrayed by Her Own Government total lie about the WMD that Iraq was alleged to have. Further, the same administration would cause the knowledge of one of its own covert of The book itself is well done and a worthy read. Further, the same administration would cause the knowledge of one of its own covert officers to become known as such. If you want to have a deeper understanding about how we as a country came to the level of political dysfunction we are at now, this book may help give you some background. Apr 25, Sklape rated it really liked it. This book sat on my shelf unread until the recent pardon of Scooter Libby by Trump. I saw Plame interviewed recently as a result this pardon and decided to read this memoir. So much of the text was redacted by the CIA, making the read frustrating at times. I read the Afterword by Laura Rosen in conjunction with Plame's book which filled in some of the holes in Plame's narrative due to redactions. The book is highly relevant today as Plame discusses the importance of unbiased intelligence. Her wa This book sat on my shelf unread until the recent pardon of Scooter Libby by Fair Game: How a Top Spy Was Betrayed by Her Own Government. Her warnings about the need for career professionals in the government to operate free of politics is a critical to the functioning of our democracy. Jan 23, Cassey rated it it was amazing. Well I definitely saw Valerie Plame's commercial for running for senate in New Mexico, and then right after she was on Sophia Bush's Work in Progress Podcast so naturally I immediately bought the book on kindle to get the full story. I had not heard of this story previously and it was very interesting. To have to go through an experience like being outed as a spy by your own government because of political motives is quite awful. This is something I have had to come to terms with, when the overa Well I definitely saw Valerie Plame's commercial for running for senate in New Mexico, and then right after she was on Sophia Bush's Work in Progress Podcast so naturally I immediately bought the book on kindle to get the full story. This is something I have had to come to terms with, when the overall organization you have been committed to for years let's you down in a big way how do you keep the motivation and your loyalties to said organization? I am not a resident of New Mexcio but I will be following her closely come election time. Sep 25, Cheeno rated it really liked it. I bought this autobiographical book because I was looking for a story whose main character was dealing with lots of stress and probably despair. The review says it's about how she handles the fact that her own government she'd served had betrayed her. I was not familiar with the Plame affair, as the media called it. That whole deal about Joe's op-ed and the Bush's administration response to it is unbelievable. This would add new perspective to the very devisive war in the middle East most especia I bought this autobiographical book because I was looking for a story whose main character was dealing with lots of stress and probably despair. May 30, Theresa rated it really liked it. What the second Bush administration did to this family is despicable! Jun 07, Brenda Fronsee rated it it was amazing. Must read. Feb 21, Brent Forkner rated it really liked it. Fascinating remembering this chapter in the heinous previous presidency. Seeing the seeds of distrust in the intelligence community, the absolute power wielded by the presidency, the lies--all paving the way for our current chaotic dysfunction. The pettiness of all the little bleeps by the redactors increases the value of what remains, and the value of the book itself. Currently listening to John Le Carre's spy memoir, and it resonates! Also see where the TV show "Homeland" comes from. This is r Fascinating remembering this chapter in the heinous previous presidency. This is really worth the time to listen Fair Game: How a Top Spy Was Betrayed by Her Own Government. Feb 21, Libby Walker rated it liked it. It was interesting to read about a former CIA operative but a little boring and tedious at times. Feb 21, Maliamoana rated it it was amazing. I admire Valerie Plame and all of the federal workers who work so diligently to keep us safe. I am completely disgusted by the Bush administration's attempt to smear her and her husband's reputation and put the United States at risk by exposing her covert status, effectively destroying years worth of work to keep REAL weapons out of the hands of our enemies. Dick Cheney is a horrible human being and a menace to all of humanity. And Karl Rove will rot in hell. Apr 03, Patrick Riley added it. The redactions were too annoying - had to bail. 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Fair Game: How a Top CIA Agent Was Betrayed by Her Own Government by Valerie Plame Wilson The public disclosure of that secret information spurred a federal investigation and led to the trial and conviction of Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Scooter Libby, and the Wilsons' civil suit against top officials of the Bush administration. Much has been written about the "Valerie Plame" story, but Valerie herself has been silent, until now. Some of what has been reported about her has been frighteningly accurate, serving as a pungent reminder to the Wilsons that their lives are no longer private. And some has been completely false -- distorted characterizations of Valerie and her husband and their shared integrity. Valerie Wilson retired from the CIA in Januaryand now, not only as a citizen but as a wife and mother, the daughter of an Air Force colonel, and the sister of a U. As readers will see, the CIA still deems much of the detail of Valerie's story to be classified. As a service to readers, an afterword by national security reporter Laura Rozen provides a context for Valerie's own story. Fair Game is the historic and unvarnished account of the personal and international consequences of speaking truth to power. Her career in the CIA included extensive work in counterproliferation operations, working to ensure that enemies of the United States could not threaten America with weapons of mass destruction. She and her husband, Ambassador Joe Wilson, are the parents of seven-year-old twins. Wilson and her family live in New Mexico. All employees of the Central Intelligence Agency must sign a confidentiality agreement that requires that they submit their writings to the CIA for prepublication review. Valerie Plame Wilson, whose work for the CIA entailed covert operations, of course abided by this agreement, and her manuscript was reviewed by the CIA and returned to her with numerous redactions -- cuts -- that the CIA determined were necessary.