will understand why. reporter: traveling across country, al awlaki became a prominent eman in falls church, virginia, and one of the hijackers followed him there and another would soon join. he set out pursuing a ph.d. at george washington university. what is scary is that he is adapting best business practices to terrorist process. reporter: imam here who arrived at falls church after he left says that the radical cleric subverts the faith, and preys on the followers. if you look at the statistics most of the people who are so-called radicalized, they know very little about their religionf. they have been mobilized by their passions, by their feelings, by their urges, by their insecurities. reporter: al awlaki appears to know nothing about flying planes or building bombs, but the counterterrorism experts say that the message made in
coming back. and he said in a little while, you ll understand why. traveling across country, he became a prominent iman in virginia. he set about pursuing a phd in human resources at george washington university. what makes him most scary, he s actually adapting best business practices to terrorist process. you will become a victim. he arrived at the false church mosque after al awlaki left and said the radical cleric sub verts praise on his followers. if you look at the statistics, most of the people who have been so-called radicalized, they know very little about their religion. they have been mobilized by their passions, by their feelings, by their urges, by their insecurities. now, al awlaki is only 39 years old. what he does is uses pop culture, really to make terror
process. reporter: this imam who arrived at the falls church mosque after al awlaki left says the radical cleric subverts the faith and praiz on ieys on its followers. if you look at statistics, most people who have been so-called radicalized know very little about their religion. they have been mobilized by their passions, by their feelings, by their urges, by their insecurities. now al awlaki appears to know nothing of making bombs or flying planes but counterterrorism experts say his message which has been made in america is his most powerful weapon. he s given hatred a distinctly american voice. even if you do believe in your religion though, you can pervert it to your own purposes depending on what you really believe in this your heart. right? that s exactly right. it is his interpretation, the way he is looking at the koran and the words of the prophet moment saying, basically, yes, it is okay to do this.