Controversial new staffer eventf though he is a former islamic extremist. Fox5s Marina Maracco is life at gw with more on the mans pastpt and what his role will be at the university now. Marina. Reporter it was a seemingly controversial decision by the university, tony, to forego what some would consider a traditional higher and make this risky move of hiring this man who was once a selfproclaimed stream islamic and who ran a website that advocated for f violence in the name of radicali islam. Is now, this man used to go by the name of jonas Abdullah Muhammad but here at gw hes going go by the name of jessie morton. Muhammad was sentenced for 11fo years behind bars and just over four years. He was release in early 2015 and now in 2016 hes on gws payroll working for the program onn streamism where to understand and develop ways to prevent others from being radicalized by islamic extremists. Like this man who says he once was one of them. Students here are starting to hear of the news an