adam gadahn , a former little leaguer who grew up to become a spokesman for osama bin laden , was born in 1978 in oregon as adam pearlman .
gadahn , who was raised as a protestant christian , grew up and was home-schooled on a goat farm in riverside county , as well as an italian hostage .
gadahn 's father , a musician in california , changed his name from pearlman to gadahn in the 1970s .