John Walker Lindh Redux - Was Ryan Anderson really serious when he went online in extremist Muslim webchats and tried to contact Al Qaeda representatives to pass on U.S. military secrets? Does he also have a gay dad who drove him out of a comfortable middle-class American upbringing into the arms of global terrorists? Is there a secret connection between Marin and Snohomish?

Sadly, the probable answer is no. Sounds more like the kid was a paramilitary nut-case, and you have to question if his conversion to Islam (including taking the name Amir Abdul-Rashid) was legit. Besides, his dad is remarried - to a woman.