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You mean gently so, to get information? >> sure. >> interview. thats right. probably a better word. but the idea is that he does need presumably some time to get his bearings. you know? the fact that the dramatic story that barbara starr has been reporting on that he, on a paper plate, scribbled s.f., just to make sure what he was really experiencing was happening. that special forces were resc rescuing. whats the process of getting from recovery meantry and physically to getting information bef...

Kidnappin kidnappings. having said that, again, it was pretty important to the armed forces to get this soldier back. i might add, we want to find out explicitly how did he leave u.s. military control? he was not captured in battle. he left voluntarily and ended up in captivity. so that should be definitely answered. >> but general -- >> by the department of defense. >> what you just said at the end, isnt that very much in contention, the fact he left his post voluntarily? >> well, i dont know. ...

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Who joins us now live by the phone. thanks for being with us, peter. >> thanks for having me. >> when you first heard of this, give me your initial thoughts and everything that flooded to your brain at that point. >> it is obviously cause for celebration. the five years in captivity and the ability to be reunited, he is the last and only prison of war in afghanistan. for our generation it means a lot for him to come home. there are a lot of thank yous from chuck hagel to the state department to ...

Just to make sure that what he thought was actually happening to him after nearly five years in captivity was happening. that he was in the hands of -- >> reporter: dana, if i could interrupt, actually, as you say. the information keeps coming in. a u.s. and -- you know, im reading it to everyone off my blackberry as cnn gets it. a u.s. military official is now telling us that a u.s. military c-17, went wheels up, if you will, from guantanamo bay just before 2:00. and there is -- let me rephrase...

Done speaks for itself. its clear the president made his remarks just now that hes very much interested in clearing out guantonomo. he said that in the past and so the trade made here were five, actually very bad people from guantonomo. so thats the first thing. the second thing is that the president really wants to put the closure on afghanistan and this is apparently a part of it. >> all right. colonel jack jacobs, thank you. once again, sergeant bergdahl has been freed after five years in cap...

>> well, his parents have been in the forefront the whole time, even if they are very private people and not necessarily the ones giving the interviews, theyve been very, very active in making sure there are rallies and theyre in washington making sure that everyone is still aware that bowe has still been in captivity this long and making sure he wasnt forgotten, and the account itself, we actual will had the girl scouts and boy scouts in the community just redid all the yellow ribbons. doing it...

Are going out in force, capelable of engaging the enemy of defending themselves. so my guess would be, after they got over the amazement the of the fact they had this guy, they probably realized there was no real value in just killing him. and people should also remember, that happened to a number of american soldiers taken prisoner. they were executed. they had their heads cut off, all the atrocious things that could happen. fortunately, none of them happened to him. but my guess would be, over...

Americans to be captured and more terrorists to try to capture americans because of this. >> of course it is troubling and the israelis are actually the people that have experienced this over and over again. when one of their people was taken by hamas in gaza and the trauma that the israelis went through and ultimately they exchanged him for hamas fighters, terrorists because they did not want to leave a man on the field. i think thats right at the end of the day. i understand where congressman ...

Germany for further medical care and then as soon as possible on his way home. ran randi? >> and, barbara, is it clear ought all? did he understand this was a rescue and these are the good guys? >> apparently he did. you know, after five years in captivity in extraordinary circumstances, every indication we are getting from senior defense officials is that bergdahl knew exactly what was happening. he apparently wrote down in some fashion the letters s.f. with a question mark, special forces, and...