I won't watch 60 Minutes for any reason, even an interview that confirms common sense. I am curious, though not enough to watch. Was this interview conducted in Leavenworth Prison?
Army Deserter Charles Jenkins Apologizes for Deserting Army for North Korea
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1427148/posts
Army Deserter Recalls Abuse in N. Korea
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1506295/posts
Deserter regrets 40 years in N.Korea
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1295710/posts
US deserter sentenced after 39 years in N. Korea
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1268573/posts
Four decades after he vanished into North Korea, an American soldier today pleaded guilty before a US military court to desertion and tearfully recounted how depression and fear of death drove him to defect.
Sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins, now a frail 64-year-old, was given a light 30-day jail term in a case that had pitted American demands for justice with Tokyo’s call for leniency so Jenkins could settle down in Japan with his Japanese wife.
In gripping court-martial testimony that shed light on a long-standing Cold War mystery, Jenkins said that he never intended to stay in North Korea, and detailed the harsh treatment - including beatings - he was subject to since defecting to the Stalinist state in 1965.
Jenkins, in full military dress for the proceedings on a US Army base outside Tokyo, boldly owned up to his crimes.
From the last article. He got off with minimal punishment.