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This Illinois' guy is a prison convert with more connections that it at first appeared:

... Finton also is charged with one count of attempting to murder federal officers or employees....
The affidavit said the officer on Wednesday presented Finton with a van containing materials he described as explosive but which actually were harmless. The two men parked the van at the courthouse and close to the office of U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., which Finton allegedly hoped also would be damaged.
They then drove a short distance to where Finton twice used a cell phone to try to detonate the explosives, the affidavit said. He was arrested immediately....
...The affidavit in the Illinois case traced two years of activities by Finton. It said Finton's parole on a previous conviction was revoked in August 2007 and writings found at the time included reference to a letter to Lindh, who was captured fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan. The affidavit said Finton later told police and agents that he idolized Lindh, who is now in prison.
Public records show Finton was in an Illinois prison from 1999 until 2005 after being convicted of aggravated robbery and aggravated battery. After getting out, Finton told his parole officer he had converted to Islam, the affidavit said...
...The affidavit said Finton's bank records showed that in March 2008 he received a wire transfer of $1,375.14 from "Asala Hussain Abiba" in Saudi Arabia and the next day sent the money to a travel agency. It said that April, he went on a monthlong trip to Saudi Arabia....In later talks with a paid FBI informant, Finton allegedly expressed an intense interest in the commando-style assault carried out by extremists that killed 166 people in Mumbai, India, late last year.
"Finton stated that all the 'brothers' need that type of training," the affidavit said....The informant introduced Finton to the FBI special officer posing as an al-Qaida officer in February, the affidavit said.
The affidavit said Finton spent months looking for a U.S. target before settling on the Paul Findley Federal Office Building and Courthouse. He also said Schock's nearby congressional office could be a "secondary target," the affidavit said.
----- "2 men accused in unrelated plots to detonate bombs outside Ill. courthouse, Texas office tower," by MIKE ROBINSON AP Legal Affairs Writer , Chicago Tribune, 1:00 a.m. CDT, September 25, 2009

Yeah, folks, putting Islamic radical terrorists & terrorist supporters into our prison system is just going to provide them with recruiting grounds.