 During her final years with CNN, Anderson acted as vice president in charge of recruiting and talent development for the CNN News Group.In 2002 Anderson was unceremoniously terminated from CNN for refusing to comply with a hiring policy she considered “unethical, unprincipled, immoral, and potentially illegal.” She filed suit against CNN in August 2003.Bonnie Anderson was born, in Cuba, on October 22, 1955 to Howard and Dorothy Anderson and is the youngest of four children.