RELIGIOUS DISCOVERY LEADS TO TREASON

Adam Yahiye Gadahn, a Christian-Jewish convert to Islam thought to be in Pakistan, is the first American in over 50 years to be charged with treason:

Originally thought to be merely a translator for al Qaeda, Gadahn, 28, has emerged recently as the most prominent American involved in extremist Islam thanks to his appearance in videos alongside al Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri.

He discovered Islam as a teenager while living with his grandparents:

The grandson of a well-known Orange County urologist, Gadahn was home-schooled on a goat farm by parents who had "eclectic religious tastes [and] shunned the modern world," according to the Times.

At 16, he moved in with his grandparents — his grandfather was a board member of the Anti-Defamation League, a prominent Jewish organization — during a period of rebellion and soul-searching that saw him study fundamental Christianity, obsess over death-metal music and finally discover Islam on the Internet using his grandmother's computer, the Orange Country Register reported. He began attending a nearby Islamic Center where he was influenced by the followers of Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, who is currently serving a life sentence for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.

Maybe goat-temptation screwed him up.