The Danish spy who claimed to have helped the CIA target and kill al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki last year says he wants his efforts to be recognized by the CIA in his first US interview.
Morten Storm talked with CBS's "60 Minutes" reporter Lara Logan in a interview to be broadcast Sunday night.
"No. There is no doubt [my efforts led to his death]," he told Logan. "It was a lot of joyment, I say, because it's good he died anyway. It is good."
Storm, who's alleged role has been reported by the Danish media, says it was his work as a doubleagent - including finding al-Awlaki a Western wife - that brought down the American-born Muslim cleric.
CBS reported that Storm is an ex-convict who converted to Islam in a Danish prison in the 1990s and became more radicalized after a trip to Yemen. He reportedly met the terror-mastermind in 2006.
After an epiphany where he "discovered it was all fake," Storm allegedly went to Danish authorities saying, "I am no longer Muslim and I want to fight these terrorists."
Storm said this led him to become a spy inside al-Awlaki's inner circle where he grew so close to cleric that he found him a wife on Facebook.
Storm claims that once al-Awlaki and his new wife disappeared, he was the only person who was able to contact the terrorist. Storm claims he procured supplies and bomb-making materials for al-Awlaki.
He said he read about his "mission" ending in a drone strike in a newspaper.
Storm claims he made a recording with a CIA official afterwards, on which he says "The Americans have failed in every single attempt to arrest or kill Anwar al-Awlaki except when we went in. We just want gratitude from your government."
An American voice is allegedly heard assuring Storm that the US is grateful for his work and that Storm played "the highest role" in the hunt for al-Awlaki, according to the report.
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