When Huffington Post co-founder Ken Lerer admitted that he had no plans to ever pay his bloggers, there was some outrage from the reporters and pundits who had grown accustomed to getting money for their work.

But the fact is, The Huffington Post offers her bloggers something which can be more valuable than money: Web traffic.

Consider Valerie Wilson’s blog on the Huffington Post. She became a writer on the site literately three hours after her 60 Minutes segment. She’s written three posts on the Huffington Post, mostly about her book, and her experience trying to promote it.

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Just when you thought it was safe to forget about that Times Op-Ed from four years ago, Valerie Wilson is back.

Her new book, Fair Game, was released today. Portions of the book, which chronicles her experience as an exposed C.I.A. agent, were censored by her former employer’s Publications Review Board. Like a very difficult blind item, those sections are included and blacked out in the new book.

Fair Game is currently number 23 on the Amazon Bestseller list. Unlike Jessica Seinfeld, who has the number one book on the list and is “[not] in this for the money or the publicity,” Wilson could use both the money and the publicity. Because of this scandal, she lost her job and has dealt with a smear campaign against her and husband for the past four years.

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