There's an intentionally funny story about an unintentionally terrible terrorist up at The Daily Beast. You really have to read the story to believe it... but the opening paragraph should give you an idea of the it's-so-crazy-they-couldn't-make-a-believable-movie-out-of-it strangeness of it all:
"If Stewart David Nozette, arrested by the FBI this month, is convicted of imagining he was spying for Israel, though the Israelis never recruited him, then it will be because he built his own prison cell for the next 10 to 20 years. If you have been an eminent space scientist with a serious security clearance—as Nozette was—and you run around telling people you want to spy, you shouldn’t be surprised if the FBI knocks on the door.