“An analysis of suspected radioactive substances seized in Afghanistan has found nothing to prove that Osama bin Laden reached his decade-long goal of acquiring nuclear materials for a bomb, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing administration officials.

The government’s analysis of suspicious canisters, computer discs and documents suggests that bin Laden and al Qaeda may have been duped by black-market weapons swindlers selling crude containers hand-painted with skulls and crossbones and perhaps dipped in medical waste, the Times reported.” Reuters We all chuckled over the report several months ago that the bomb-making plans al Qaeda had obtained turned out to be spoofs from a scientific humor magazine too. It’s appealing to think of these people as easily fooled buffoons, but they only get swindled until they wise up, and it only takes once…