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Former CIA agent Jim Marcinkowski explains how outing an agent threatens national security. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker recounts the real message of The Color Purple.
Jim Marcinkowski
Jim Marcinkowski
Jim Marcinkowski has special insight into Valerie Plame's outing. A retired CIA Operations Officer, he trained with her in the art of espionage. After serving in the Navy and then earning his J.D., Marcinkowski joined the CIA. He was an undercover case officer posted with the agency's Central American Task Force as the Iran-Contra scandal unfolded. Now a deputy city attorney in Royal Oak, MI, he has testified before a closed session of the Senate Intelligence Committee on the concept of 'plausible deniability.'
Alice Walker
Alice Walker
With a varied body of work, including poetry and short stories, Alice Walker is one of the leading voices among African American women writers. Her most famous work is the Pulitzer-winning novel, The Color Purple, which was made into a successful film and a Broadway play. Her books have been translated into more than two dozen languages, and she's won countless awards and honors. Walker was a civil rights activist in her native Georgia. She also worked as a social worker, teacher and an editor at Ms magazine.