A man named Morten Storm, who has revealed that he infiltrated Al-Qaeda, has also claimed that Scharf allegedly recruited him to do so, thereby feeding PET—and even the CIA—information about Al-Qaeda’s future plans.

Although Scharf’s predecessor as PET chief, Hans Jørgen Bonnichsen, has confirmed Scharf’s role, Scharf denies any connection to Storm. Infiltrating terrorist groups is, incidentally, a necessary precondition for influence operations.