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===Jose Padilla===

===Jose Padilla===

In May 2002 F.B.I. agents arrested Jose Padilla, an American citizen who converted to Islam, as he returned to the United States from a trip that took him to [[Egypt]], [[Pakistan]], and eventually [[Afghanistan]], where, sometime in 1999-2000, he allegedly met with Abu Zubaydah, [[Osama Bin Laden]]’s operations chief. According to Zubaydeh, he and Padilla discussed the possibility of Padilla building and detonating a “dirty bomb” inside the U.S.{{fact}}

In May 2002 F.B.I. agents arrested Jose Padilla, an American citizen who converted to Islam, as he returned to the United States from a trip that took him to [[Egypt]], [[Pakistan]], and eventually [[Afghanistan]], where, sometime in 1999-2000, he allegedly met with Abu Zubaydah, [[Osama Bin Laden]]’s operations chief. According to Zubaydeh, he and Padilla discussed the possibility of Padilla building and detonating a “dirty bomb” inside the U.S.<ref>https://www.justice.gov/archive/dag/speeches/2004/dag6104.htm</ref>

While [[Al Qaeda]] had apparently drafted plans for such a weapon — and in fact had accumulated radioactive medical isotopes for use in a “dirty bomb” (these materials were seized by the U.N. in 2002) — none of this information was shared with Padilla, who arrived in the U.S. with neither a weapon design nor means to accomplish the task. He was tried and convicted, nonetheless.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/10/national/us-says-it-halted-qaeda-plot-to-use-radioactive-bomb.html</ref>

While [[Al Qaeda]] had apparently drafted plans for such a weapon — and in fact had accumulated radioactive medical isotopes for use in a “dirty bomb” (these materials were seized by the U.N. in 2002) — none of this information was shared with Padilla, who arrived in the U.S. with neither a weapon design nor means to accomplish the task. He was tried and convicted, nonetheless.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/10/national/us-says-it-halted-qaeda-plot-to-use-radioactive-bomb.html</ref>