Meet The Muslim-American Agent That Infiltrated Al-Qaeda | Tamer Elnoury

Tamer Elnoury is an Arabic-speaking Muslim American, a longtime elite counterterrorism undercover agent, and co-author of American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent.

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What We Discuss with Tamer Elnoury:
0:00 - Intro
0:31 - What Psychological Skills Agents Are Vetted For
9:22 - Why Tamer Is The Perfect Agent
16:16 - FBI Undercover School
27:23 - Tamer’s Mom’s Influence On His Career
32:54 - How To Gain Anyone’s Trust
55:35 - Why Tamer Is Scared Of Al-Qaeda's Plans
57:52 - How Tamer ‘Transforms’ Back To His Normal Identity

Law enforcement is a tough enough job as it is. But it takes a certain type of person to go into (and live to make it out of) undercover work. Compound the danger of fraternizing among the dregs of the criminal underworld with a dose of murderous jihadist fundamentalism, you’d almost have to be insane to take on such a task.

Enter the agent known to more than a few terrorists as Tamer Elnoury, co-author of the book American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent. Here, we discuss the blend of skills and desire for thrills that allow him to excel in this field — at first investigating narcotics peddling, political corruption, gun trafficking, and child abuse before moving on to counterterrorism post-9/11. He also shares how someone is trained to work undercover (as well as why only 50 percent of those who try actually graduate to field work), what he does to pass as a criminal without breaking the laws he’s been recruited to enforce, how he gains the trust of his targets, and much more. Listen, learn, and enjoy!

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