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

from AngelaJMaher

An interesting insight into the Iraq war, and the inaccurate reasons for starting it, from someone who ended up being betrayed by her own country. Although it is interesting, I also found it hard to read more than small sections at a time. It can be quite "dry" in places, and is, where permitted,...

from bunwat

As others have said, Plame is better at writing reports than at constructing a novel. The dry factual tone doesn't really help readers connect to the story and the CIA redactions don't do anyone any favors either. That said, it is still an interesting and important story, even if not all that wel...

from Alexsmom717

I have to start by saying this -could- be a good book...but there are entire pages blocked out by the CIA so it makes for really hard reading. It blocks out a lot of key descriptions so it leaves you confused. It's to bad because it was probably good when she wrote it-we just can't read it?!

from markindetroit

I listened to the audiobook and the redacted text in the book was replaces by a beep. It was tough to listen to at first due to the amount of information edited out by the CIA. There is an afterward provided by the author that fills in those blanks with public domain information. It is explained ...

from Lettypearl

A really interesting account of the story behind the lie that was used to justify the war in Iraq, the outing of an undercover CIA operative by senior government officials, the agent's betrayal by her agency, and her attempts to tell her story once her career was ruined by these events. At first ...