Lots of heat on Awlaki now, probably coming out the House Intelligence Committee:

The radical Yemeni-based cleric connected to two violent plots in the U.S. has “gone operational,” a senior U.S. official told Fox News.

The Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner had his suicide mission personally blessed in Yemen by Anwar al-Awlaki, the same Muslim imam suspected of radicalizing the Fort Hood shooting suspect, a U.S. intelligence source has told The Washington Times. 

“It appears that just like with Major Hasan, Awlaki played a role in this,” said Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich, ranking minority member of the House Intelligence Committee tells ABC News.