vanessa pearson meeting her asset in vienna that would happen. >> a big part of what happens today. you had issues with the cia vetting it and not wanting you to write certain thing. book? >> when you join the cia you are obligated to stein secrecy document, to protect sources which i support, and with blow-back, happily they recognized it was fictional, i wasn't revealing sources or methods. so unlike fair game which had quite a bit redacted this one there are no black marks. >> oh, good. going back to what happened to you in 2013 you were outed as a covert agent, you had to resign a couple of years later, you can could go nowhere at the yay, you came from a secret agent to being a household name. how was that for you? >> it was difficult. it took me several years to come to terms with it. i was a very private person, secrecy is paramount. you don't do the job without -- >> that must have made it harder. >> it was really difficult both my husband joe wilson and i went through the wringer. and it took me a while to realize that at least if i'm going to be a public person, i can use

vanessa pearson meeting her asset in vienna - absolutely that would happen. >> you had issues with the c.i.a. vetting your original book and not wanting you to write about certain things. did you have trouble with this book? >> when you join the c.i.a. you sign the secrecy agreement to protect methods. i completely support that. everything i write needs to be run by the c.i.a. with globack and happily they recognise it was fictional. unlike fair game, which had a bit redact, this one, there are no black marks. >> going back to what happened to you as twi. you were outed as a covert agents and you had to resign. you could go nowhere. so you went from being a secret person that couldn't tell people what you did to becoming a household name. how hard was that massive transition? it was difficult. it took me, honestly, a couple of years to come to terms with it because i had gone from being a private person where obviously secrecy and discretion is paramount. you don't do the job with hope or desire of public recognition, and overnight i was a public person, and enmeshed in this very parti