Judicial Watch FOIA was monitoring U.S.-born cleric Al-Awlaki after the 9/11 attacks in 2001 . Anwar al-Awlaki visited prostitutes , spending 2,320 , new released papers say . Al-Awlaki was killed in Yemen by a U.S. missile strike in September 2011 . Cleric knew several 9/11 hijackers , possibly while working as an imam in San Diego . The FBI released the documents in response to a FBI lawsuit .
Judicial Watch FOIA was monitoring U.S.-born cleric Al-Awlaki after the 9/11 attacks in 2001 . Anwar al-Awlaki visited prostitutes , spending 2,320 , new released papers say . Cleric knew several 9/11 hijackers , possibly while working as an imam in San Diego . The FBI released the documents in response to a FBI lawsuit .