with captors morphed from hostility when he was treated like a hostage to an animal to affection. these documents were prepared by the eclipse group, a private firm staffed by intelligence officers, a long-time cia officer best known for having been indicted and it was during his trial by the first president bush. eclipse was retained through a subcontractor by the defense department to provide intelligence on a broad range of top picks in challenging environments which came to include the bergdahl case. in august 2012 the agents produced a reporter, number 2023 that advised quote conditions for bergdahl have greatly relaxed six the time of the escape which refers to an attempted escape in june 2010. he converted to islam and described himself as a mujahid.