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welcome to Spycast from the Secret Files of the International Spy Museum in

Washington, D.C.

I'm Mark Stout historian of the museum.

I'm a PhD author and historian who served for 13 years as an

analyst in the US Intelligence Committee. Every month the museum brings you

interesting talks with authors, scholars, and practitioners who have something to do

with the world of intelligence and

espionage.

I'm speaking today with Morton Storm, who's joining us via Skype from Europe. Morton is originally from Denmark, was a convert to Islam who fell

into Al Qaeda circles and then through a personal journey which we'll talk about a little bit

came to be working with Danish, British, and American intelligence

providing information on Al Qaeda, among other things involved in tracking down Anwar Al-Laki.

So that's the subject of our conversation today and Morton Storm, welcome to the International

Spy Museum.

Thank you so much, Mark.

It's absolutely a pleasure.

Martin, can you tell us a little bit about your background before you became a Muslim and because you are a convert and before you became

associated with the Al Qaeda world.

I'm from a small town, small province in Denmark called Kossur.

It's about an hour from the capital of Copenhagen.

I was a young boy always seeking some kind of

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