Islam Dominated by Radicals?

Does knowing that someone was born Jewish, converted to Islam while in college, worked for a year for a group promoting Saudi Wahabiism, then subsequently converted to Christianity make him/her 1) Refreshingly authentic and possessed of unique insights ; or 2) Prone to major identity crises and maybe a little wacked in the head.

The audience at this debate seemed to think #1. I'm more inclined to think #2.