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Understanding, what is the main source of your change of heart? >> basically im tired of doing other peoples dirty work, of ordering people to do things that because -- for someone elses selfish reasons, when, in fact, it doesnt benefit me here nor there. i was ordered to kill a dear friend of mine, and i really didnt appreciate that. >> good enough for me. >> theres no guarantees. so it really has to come from within the inmate of him wanting to change who he is. and it was interesting to see t...

>> just for my own understanding, what is the main source of your change of heart? >> basically im tired of doing other peoples dirty work, of ordering people to do things that because -- for someone elses selfish reasons, when, in fact, it doesnt benefit me here nor there. i was ordered to kill a dear friend of mine, and i really didnt appreciate that. >> good enough for me. >> theres no guarantees. so it really has to come from within the inmate of him wanting to change who he is. and it was i...

A gang inside a prison. and in order to do that, theres a whole debriefing process they have to go through. and it basically entails the inmate coming in and confessing everythings hes done with the gang and sometimes even, you know, throwing some people under the bus and confessing against other people. so its really a deadly thing for someone to do inside a prison. >> when inmates debrief, they must write a lengthy account of their criminal history both in and out of prison. the review process...

Make you believe this, its not true. just because one of their family members were a part of it. i seen too many innocent people targeted that had nothing to do with the gang life. >> once a gang member decides to quit, he can leave the shu in one of two ways. remain inactive for six years, or drop out altogether. to drop out, inmates must go through a debriefing process which has three missions, first, to determine their sincerity to leave the gang. second, to identify the people who might be a...

A whole debriefing process they have to go through. and it basically entails the inmate coming in and confessing everythings hes done with the gang and sometimes even, you know, throwing some people under the bus and confessing against other people. so its really a deadly thing for someone to do inside a prison. >> when inmates debrief, they must write a lengthy account of their criminal history both in and out of prison. the review process can take months. but if accepted, the inmates will be a...

All the stuff that you just told us about ordering hits, that kind of thing, youre going to have to do that. youre going to have to put that to writing. >> just for my own understanding, what is the main source of your change of heart? >> basically im tired of doing other peoples dirty work, of ordering people to do things that because -- for someone elses selfish reasons, when, in fact, it doesnt benefit me here nor there. i was ordered to kill a dear friend of mine, and i really didnt apprecia...

>> the goal of reintegration is to return the soldier to duty. >> over here on the left. >> im from ktrk out of houston. can you tell us anything about sergeant bergdahls memory of what happened out there? does he have any memories of the past five years? also, has he spoken to any soldiers who he served with and are there any plans to have him do so? >> thats a great question. we are trying [ inaudible ] to understand his story. i would add that at this point, it is truly his story and i would ...

Personal hygiene and familiarize himself with his surroundings. he is starting to be evaluated by some of our consulting services over the weekend. we will synchronize that both with the debriefing process as well as medical evaluation, some stuff which was not done in landstuhl because that was to address immediate needs as well as the decompression process. >> im phil archer with ktrk-tv in houston. how many of you gentlemen were on the plane with him from germany to san antonio? >> none. >> s...

Went over to the van which was part of the three-vehicle combo and took him here. he appeared just like any sergeant would when they see a two-star general. a little bit nervous. but he looked good and again, saluted and had good deportment. >> the second part, over to you. >> one part of integration is psychological decompression. during that process we try to return a sense of control. in captivity, fundamentally, your decision to make any choice is taken away. we slowly increase our chances t...

They understand and support that process. overall, it is the returnees choice to determine when and where they want to see. i believe the family understands that at this point in time. >> as far as the controversy around [ inaudible ]? >> the controversy around his disappearance? anything surrounding the controversy of his disappearance is not part of reintegration. that will be addressed in an investigation done by the department of army after reintegration is complete. >> just a clarification,...