The CIA Plot To Get Al-Awlaki

The Danish Agent, The Croatian Blonde And The CIA Plot To Get al-Awlaki -- CNN

(CNN) -- The story would not be out of place on the TV thriller "Homeland": the Danish petty criminal turned double agent who receives $250,000 in cash for helping the CIA try to ensnare one of al Qaeda's most wanted -- by finding him a wife.

The wanted man was American-born al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who had become one of the most effective propagandists for the group. The bride-to-be was a pretty blonde from Croatia. The agent was Morten Storm, who had long moved in radical Islamist circles and had apparently won the trust of al-Awlaki during a stay in Yemen in 2006.

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Danish Man Claims He Was A CIA Double Agent Inside Al-Qaeda -- Business Insider
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