Jury finds Padilla guilty on terror charges - CNN.com

After 5+ years of torture to the point of turning him into a drooling idiot this is what they came up with. It should be pointed out that DIRTY BOMBS DON'T WORK. Experts in the US military tried to develop them but gave up when tests showed they were easy to clean up and other than the initial blast they wouldn't hurt anyone (see Power of Nightmares with interviews on the topic). Anyone trying to build one would find this fact out, as it only takes 20 secs of googling 'Dirty Bomb'. Making one brings the risk of detection and self-contamination with no benefit - noone in their right mind would even try.

Even our friends at the CFR acknowledge they don't work, but still push them as a threat... in the same article even:

Is a dirty bomb a weapon of mass destruction? Yes, but more because of its capacity to cause terror and disruption than its ability to inflict heavy casualties. Depending on the sophistication of the bomb, wind conditions, and the speed with which the area of the attack was evacuated, the number of deaths and injuries from a dirty bomb explosion might not be substantially greater than from a conventional bomb explosion. But panic over radioactivity and evacuation measures could create chaos. Moreover, the area struck would be off-limits during cleanup efforts, effectively paralyzing a local economy and reinforcing public fears.

--DAVIN