In 2003 Mazzetti spent two months reporting in Baghdad while traveling with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.

The book is an account of the secret wars waged by the C.I.A and Pentagon in the years after the Sept. It was a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into more than 10 languages. His book, 'The Way of the Knife: The C.I.A., a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth,' was published in 2013. In 2004 Mazzetti joined the staff of the Los Angeles Times, and continued working with the Pentagon as a military affairs correspondent. News & World Report and began reporting on defense and national security as its Pentagon correspondent. After leaving The Economist in 2001, Mazzetti joined the staff of U.S. In 1998, shortly after receiving a master's degree from Oxford University, Mazzetti began reporting on national politics as a correspondent for The Economist. In 2008, he was a Pulitzer finalist for reporting on the C.I.A's detention and interrogation program. In 2018, he shared the prize for National Reporting for groundbreaking coverage of the connections between Donald Trump's advisers and Russia and the widening investigation into Russia's sabotage of the 2016 presidential election. In 2009, he was part of a team of reporters to win the International Reporting prize for coverage of the rising violence in Afghanistan and Pakistan and Washington's response. Mazzetti is a two-time winner of The Pulitzer Prize. Later, he earned a master's degree in history from Oxford University. He graduated from Duke University with a bachelor's degree in Public Policy and History. He attended Regis High School in New York City. He is currently a Washington Investigative Correspondent for the Times. Mark Mazzetti (born May 13, 1974) is an American journalist who works for the New York Times.

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