Federal jury convicts U.S.-born Jose Hernandez of supporting Islamic terrorism . Based on ` ` mujahedeen data ' '' key pieces of government evidence . Defense claims Padilla traveled overseas only to study Islam . `` The al Qaeda application virtually sealed his fate , '' said Jonathan Turley , a professor at George Washington University Law School . Hernandez originally testified in ` ` dirty bomb '' case that never went to court .
Federal jury convicts U.S.-born Jose Hernandez of supporting Islamic terrorism . Based on ` ` mujahedeen data ' '' key pieces of government evidence . Defense claims Padilla traveled overseas only to study Islam . Hernandez originally testified in ` ` dirty bomb '' case that never went to court .