He's the author of "Ghost Wars, " a book about the CIA in Afghanistan, and he's reported extensively from that country and Pakistan.

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Since 2001, he has said they were ghost-written but refused to name the author.

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"Domestic football was a total mess, " explains Alex Bellos, author of "Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life" as well as the ghost writer of Pele's 2006 autobiography.

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