official notice came on the last day of the article 32 hearing, just 10 minutes before it started and he argues the report could help the defense in the death penalty case, which is what they expect here, shep. shepard: and what about the government? anything from government officials? well, a spokesman for the office of the director of national intelligence told fox they are not going to comment on ongoing criminal matters. the key here is really the american cleric anwar al-awlaki. over the course of our 10 month investigation we found that documents linked to al awlaki are almost always blocked, citing national security concerns. and this is significant because the cleric, who as you know was picked up for soliciting prosecutes, that s the booking shot there in 1997, is the first american on the cia s kill or capture list. and as we reported in may, there was an effort by the fbi to either recruit al awlaki as an intelligence asset or to track him for intelligence right after 9/
and accusing our military of distorting details about the u.s.-led war. the letter also calls for congress to send a fact-finding mission to afghanistan. even though u.s. lawmakers already visit that place on a very regular basis. we re told it s believed to be the first time the taliban have addressed a letter specifically to congress. a radical american cleric accused of inspiring attacks on america is apparently trying to infire a few more. he is anwar al awlaki and out with a new video now calling for his followers to kill u.s. citizens. he claims americans are from the, quote, party of devils. so muslims don t need special religious permission to murder them. the feds have linked al awlaki to the christmas day underwear bomber. the botched times square car bombing, and the massacre at fort hood. he is the first u.s. citizen on the cia s kill or capture list. today aclu lawyers went to court in washington to challenge that move on behalf of al awlaki s father.
anwar awlaki. he is the first american citizen on the cia s kill or capture list. catherine herridge is live in the d.c. newsroom. have been investigating been this guy for months. what have you learned? the documents from the joint terrorism task force were obtained exclusively by fox s investigative team and awlaki is finding ways to reach his followers. it reads it is likely that any long-term outage of his primary website will be mitigated by a grass roots effort to disseminate sermons and articles. it citeds islam-based.info where we found 42 pictures of awlaki including one where he reads letters and poetry from the brothers at guantanamo.
al qaeda back to its an says teller homeland yemen. the saudis are part of that. the saudi gitmo grads are part of that. he tells fox he is facing conspiracy charges aiding and abetting terrorism. shepard: will the feds prosecute him. no, it will be yemenis. they are saying to me tonight they plan to prosecute him. some analysts question whether it will be done in a meaningful way. the track record in yemen is a little mixed and the u.s. case 17 sailors killed by a suicide bomber. a key planner was prosecuted but ultimately only served two years of a life sentence. right now anwar al-awlaki the american cleric is hiding in yemen and he is the first american on the cia s kill or capture list, shep. shepard: this is note worthy in part because some of the detainees at gitmo have from yemen. half of the detainees at gitmo are from yemen. you are correct, shep. until the yemeni problem is
anticipated court-martial. shannon: any explanation or response from the government? reporter: well a spokesman for the office of the director of national intelligence says they are not going to comment on ongoing criminal matters. the key here is anwar al-awlaki. what our investigative team has found is that documents linked to anwar al-awlaki are almost always blocked siting national security concerns. the cleric seen here in a booking feet tow for prostitution in 19 # 7 is the first american on the cia s kill or capture list. there was even effort to track him for intelligence purposes one year after 9/11 and our reporting has not been disputed by the bureau, shannon. shannon: very interesting. we know you are on it in washington thank you. unattended suitcases at berlin s main train station sparked a full-blown bomb scare. they quickly called it off after