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Agent Storm: My Life Inside Al Qaeda And The CIA (2014)

by Morten Storm(Favorite Author)

3.94 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Atlantic Monthly Press

review 1: When traditional military tactics don't work and we need protection, we call in the ruthless (I.e. CIA and it's foreign equivalents.) We look the other way and deny our hands are dirty and proclaim our horror at what they do, but we enjoy the benefits. Such is this account of a ruthless, self-absorbed sociopath who ultimately found a way to channel his personal character flaws to do good in the world instead of evil. The CIA and foreign equivalents he worked with are basically cut out of the same piece of cloth. In the covert spy world you aren't rewarded with retirement benefits and lifetime protection like you are if you join the classic government system. He definitely chose the hardest road in life. Unfortunately the book won't reach best seller status. There are way t... moreoo many characters and it is absolutely impossible to keep them straight or rank their importance to the story. I think the authors were so concerned about credibility that it gets bogged down in names, dates and facts and reads more like Wikipedia than it does a well-written biography with straight roads to the most important points. So this book is more for someone doing research or someone who works in intelligence.
review 2: Who would have thought that Danish intelligence played such a large role in tracking down Anwar al-Awlaki. Especially by a red headed convert who sticks out like a sore thumb in the Middle East. Morten Storm grew up in Denmark on the fringe of society where he spent most of his time fighting, until he finds the religion of Islam. He is captivated by it and moves to the UK where he becomes radicalized and goes to Yemen to study Arabic. It is an interesting story as he pilots the worlds of radical Islam and western intelligence agencies. less

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