> And his transformation was impressive. He “looked like something out of Hollywood central casting,” recalls a former senior agency official: an Arabic-speakin

> And his transformation was impressive. He “looked like something out of Hollywood central casting,” recalls a former senior agency official: an Arabic-speaking Salafist with a “killer beard,” decked out in traditional garb, an all-American Midwestern white boy turned jihadist. I've got to say, it's kinda surprising they'd send a white guy. I know there are some white jihadists - but compared to sending someone less obvious it kinda seems like just as much danger, but much less chance of success?