That's the good part of the story. Almost everything else about it is an embarra

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A costly victory

When Jose Padilla was arrested at Chicago's O'Hare airport in May 2002 after a flight from Pakistan, the nation was still reeling from the 9/11 attacks and fearful of fresh terrorism. Padilla seemed like everyone's nightmare — a U.S. citizen who had become a radical Muslim, joined a group whose goal was killing Americans and returned to the USA with what authorities characterized as plans to do terrible harm.

His conviction Thursday in a federal court in Miami — on charges of conspiring to kill, kidnap, maim and commit other terrorist acts abroad — could bring him life in prison and is a victory for anti-terrorism prosecutors.

That's the good part of the story. Almost everything else about it is an embarrassment.

(Photo — Padilla: Convicted, but not of being a ‘dirty bomber.’ / AP)
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