I had been working on a second book with [David] Petraeus called Relentless. Obviously that book and the income that it would have generated went away.

I've moved on with my life and I'm trying to find a path to re-establish my career.

I had been working on a second book with [David] Petraeus called Relentless. Obviously that book and the income that it would have generated went away.

The national media don't know me. They know the caricature that was created of me by journalists who were frankly jealous of my access. And it was a very negative caricature. There's this propensity for blaming a woman. It comes down to implicit bias. There are so many studies that show this.

The story is framed around [avid Petraeus] resignation. So many headlines that followed talked about his ruined career. They completely ignore the fact that my career was ruined, other peoples' careers were ruined. They focus on him as the victim.

It's reducing my entire professional career and background to this one word [mistress].

The word is a label and I don't like it at all.