Anwar Al-Awlaki
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FILE - In this image taken from video and released by SITE Intelligence Group on Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, Anwar al-Awlaki speaks in a video message posted on radical websites. On Friday, April 4, 2014, U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer dismissed a lawsuit against Obama administration officials for the 2011 drone-strike killings of three U.S. citizens in Yemen, including U.S.-born al-Qaida leader al-Awlaki. Collyer said the case raises serious constitutional issues and is not easy to answer, but that "on these facts and under this circuit's precedent," the court will grant the Obama administration's request. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group, File) NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT

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** FILE ** In this June 8, 2010, file photo, Barry Walter Bujol arrives at federal court in Houston. Bujol, convicted of trying to help al Qaeda, was sentenced Thursday, May 24, 2012, to 20 years in prison and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)

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**FILE** In this image taken from video and released by SITE Intelligence Group on Nov. 8, 2010, Anwar al-Awlaki speaks in a video message posted on radical websites. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** In this image taken from video on Nov. 8, 2010, and released by SITE Intelligence Group, Anwar al-Awlaki speaks in a video message posted on radical websites. (Associated Press/SITE Intelligence Group)

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President Obama speaks Sept. 30, 2011, on the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen during a 'Change of Office' ceremony at Ft. Myer in Arlington, Va. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** In this image taken from video on Nov. 8, 2010, and released by SITE Intelligence Group, Anwar al-Awlaki speaks in a video message posted on radical websites. (Associated Press/SITE Intelligence Group)

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** FILE ** In this file image taken from video and released by SITE Intelligence Group on Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, Anwar al-Awlaki speaks in a video message posted on radical websites. Yemen's Defense Ministry said in a statement Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, the U.S.-born al-Qaida cleric Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed. The ministry provided no details in the statement Friday on one of its websites. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group)
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In this image taken from video, Anwar al-Awlaki speaks in a video message posted on radical websites Nov. 8. (SITE Intelligence Group via Associated Press)

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U.S.-born radical Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen is on a U.S. list of militants to kill or capture. (Associated Press)

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Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. and Yemeni citizen, has allegedly inspired a wave of attempted attacks against American targets. (Associated Press)

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American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is believed to be hiding in Yemen. (Associated Press)

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Anwar al-Awlaki, whom authorities say is directly connected to a terrorism plot in the U.S., is the spiritual leader of the group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, an offshoot of Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization. (Associated Press)