“I recall Anwar as a skinny teenager with brains ... a venture that would prove hugely successful: recording al-Awlaki’s lectures on CD. Starting in 2000, al-Awlaki would record a series ...

Was U.S.-Backed Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki Legal? Anwar al-Awlaki, a high-level U.S.-born cleric linked to al-Qaida, was killed in Yemen Friday by a U.S. airstrike targeting his convoy.