Book Value: How Much Is That Foggy Bottom Tell-All?

Yet another Clintonite is peddling a book: MADELEINE ALBRIGHT. "She's got the stories," says an Albright confidant familiar with the negotiations. "And because she is not running for higher office, she has no reason not to tell them." Agent ROBERT BARNETT, who is also handling book deals for BILL and HILLARY CLINTON, has invited publishers to meet Tuesday with the Secretary of State in her posh, 7th floor private suite, a move some deem unethical. "I have a problem with government officials getting rich off their public service on public property," says the Center for Public Integrity's CHUCK LEWIS. Albright has not written a book proposal, but will outline ideas and field questions from publishers. Ballpark advance?--$700,000 to $800,000. And though she's been approached by a dozen schools to teach--including Georgetown, a few blocks from her home--sources tell TIME she is more interested in setting up her own think tank devoted to the development of democracy.

--By Ann Blackman/Washington