Apparently Anwar al-Awlaki Loved Pizza and Prostitutes

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that, according to documents obtained by Judicial Watch under the Freedom of Information Act, FBI surveillance trailed Anwar al-Awlaki around Northern Virginia in the weeks after the 9/11 attacks in 2001 looking for possible links between Osama bin Laden and the then-leader of a mosque in Falls Church, VA. Among the more interesting observations were his taking the Metro into Foggy Bottom to eat at the Bertucci's near George Washington University (alas, no word on which toppings he preferred), and that at least seven times in late 2001 and early 2002 he hired "high end escorts" who charged several hundred dollars for their . . . um, services.

Awlaki eventually moved to England later in 2002, and then to Yemen in 2004, where he became the spiritual leader/chief propagandist for al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula, and later was involved in organizing the 2009 Underwear Bomber attack before being killed by a U.S. drone strike in September 2011.

Anwar al-Awlaki: Loved his hos and Bertucci's

In the weeks after the September 11 attacks, the FBI tailed Muslim cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki around the Washington area, following him to an NPR interview and watching him as he munched on pizza at Bertucci's, according to documents obtained by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch - See more at: http://www.foreignpolicyi.org/overnightbrief070313#sthash.18Oc92uL.dpuf

In the weeks after the September 11 attacks, the FBI tailed Muslim cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki around the Washington area, following him to an NPR interview and watching him as he munched on pizza at Bertucci's, according to documents obtained by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch. - - See more at: http://www.foreignpolicyi.org/overnightbrief070313#sthash.oNcfJ1pw.dpuf