I read your husband's book several weeks ago. He was totally in love with you and had nothing other than respect for you and good things to say about you. He had a knack for marrying strong women.
He was obviously a patriot and an intelligent person who achieved a lot. I don't dispute anything that he wrote about his career, your career or the events that led to the loss of your covert identity.
Until yesterday, I didn't know that you had run for Congress. I also hadn't heard about your Twitter mistake.
Although I was very surprised, I'm not angry. I probably would be angry if I hadn't read your husband's book and been introduced to your life by someone who humanized you. There is probably something to be taken from that in terms of treating everyone as a person and not as a symbol, an icon or a caricature, either for good or bad.
Almost every sentence of the article to which you Tweeted a link was shockingly anti-Semitic. It was a diatribe of stereotypes that predate the United States by centuries. Nobody could skim the article and not recognize those stereotypes for what they are, unless the person had never received education or professional training to counteract them.
Does the CIA not provide training in stereotype recognition? If not, then it should. I'm sure that you can understand how much less effective people are, and how much more danger they and others are in, when there are ways in which they do not accurately perceive the world and other people.
How do other government agencies function? Do they also not train people to recognize stereotypes or their impact on interpersonal dynamics and systemic decisions?
It was also shocking to read how much formal education the author of the article has; his Twitter profile has that information. It speaks to a deeply rooted anti-Semitism in our country and our culture.
Congratulations on finding out that you have some Jewish heritage and joining a synagogue. I think you'll like it, although there are bad Jews just like there are bad people everywhere.
Why don't you research historical and institutional anti-Semitism and apply your knowledge of the government to address lapses in how government employees are trained?
