people, it turns out, like walid shabat.ng i want to ask you is, what was the purpose of your talk this morning to these cops and emergency responders here in south dakota? >> well, being an ex-terrorist myself is to understand the mindset of the terrorist number one. >> reporter: an ex-terrorist. it's his claim to fame. a terrorist, a plo member, who bombed a branch of an israeli bank in bethlehem square, throwing a fire bomb on the bank's roof. the problem with the story, with a lot of shabat's stories, there's no evidence for them. and despite cnn's many requests, neither shubat's nor his business partner have provided us with any. bombings in bethlehem square, you specifically said you threw. >> the bank was in bethlehem square. >> you threw explosives on top of that bank. >> yes, i did. >> no record. >> reporter: cnn's jerusalem bureau went to great lengths trying to verify shabat's story, finding the general location with a branch of bank lmi once stood, but could not find anyone who could remember a bombing. we contac

you've been looking into walid shabat and his story may not be entirely true. >> walid shoebat says he'serson to warn americans about terrorisms. his story is a little too perfect. >> no historian can deny that islamists basically invaded christiandom. >> walid shoebat has an advertised pedigree that makes him an expert. islamic terrorist turned ultraconservative christian. a u.s. citizen because his mother is american, he is a darling on the terror circuit, the church and university circuits and yes, he believes the war on terror is a holy war. he portrays himself as a man converted and on a mission. once a jew-hating, bomb-throwing terrorist, now a devout christian convert, warning the world, islam is out to destroy you. that's how you recite the koran. i know the koran inside and out. if you believe the unbelievers, then smite off their necks. what part of smite off their necks do your americans don't understand? >> reporter: his message before a larnlly positive crowd of cops and emergency responders at this security conference, trust no muslim, especially those who organize. >> know

walid shabat claims to have bombed an israeli bank, attacked israeli soldiers and grew up a devout moslem who hated jews. now converting to christianity, he travels heck turg police about the dangers of is islam and gets paid for it. his book like "god's war on terror". "say the tan's foot steps" and why i left jihad". we found him speaking at the south dakota conference on homeland security. he was addressing 300 police officers and first responders. his message was american moslems need to be profiled. all islamic organizations from doctors to engineers to students ought to be investigated and mosques in the u.s. should be considered terror centers, not houses of worship. he says terrorism and islam are inseparable. >> you want them to say that islam was hijacked, it was not hijacked. islam is islam is islam. >> well, full disclosure, at one time or another cnn and other networks have turned to shabat for his perspective on the war in terror, an apparent look from the inside. but keeping them honest tonight, we're discovering has his story doesn't seem to add up. cnn's drew griffin of c