AP Interview: Dane’s life as a spy inside al-Qaida

By Jan Olsen
Published January 12, 2013 5:00am ET
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AP Interview: Dane’s life as a spy inside al-Qaida
Morten Storm, the Dane who claims he works as undercover agent among radical Muslims poses for a photo in Copenhagen on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Storm, 37, claims in a new book and an interview with The Associated Press that he worked for six years as an informant for the CIA, Britain's MI5 and MI6 and Denmark's security service, PET. (AP Photo/ Johnny Frederiksen) | Johnny Frederiksen

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — After converting to Islam, a former member of a Danish motorcycle gang travels to Yemen to study the Quran and soon comes in contact with radical preachers waging holy war against the West.

On the verge of becoming a jihadist, he abruptly abandons his faith and embarks on a dangerous undercover mission to help Western intelligence agencies capture or kill terrorists.

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