From 1961 to 1963, King served as an
officer in the
United States Army Adjutant General's Corps, then worked as special officer for the
United States Department of State through 1970, eventually leaving over objections to the Counter Intelligence Program (
COINTELPRO). He was a regular television panelist on the weekly political discussion show
Inside Washington until the show ceased production in December 2013.
Awards In 2003, King won the
Pulitzer Prize in Commentary "for his against-the-grain columns that speak to people in power with ferocity and wisdom". == Personal life ==