ObL never had the bomb, though not for lack of trying. Looks like the soi-distant "criminal mastermind" got sold a lot of junk masquerading as radioisotopes.
The analysis of suspicious canisters, computer discs and documents conducted by the government suggests, in fact, that Mr. bin Laden and Al Qaeda may have been duped by black-market weapons swindlers selling crude containers hand-painted with skulls and crossbones and dipped, perhaps, in medical waste to fool a Geiger counter, officials said.
(Thanks, mthomas!)
