toni more rison's "song of solomon "-- you know, i grew up in a very british colonial education. ideas that books like that existed never occurred to me. >> rose: you eventually left the church. >> yes. >> rose: what happened? disillusionment? >> disillusionment, change of geography. i think i was looking for bigger answers than that. jamaican church can be a lot of praise and worship, not a lot of intellectual growth or stimulation. >> rose: different being gay in jamaica? >> i wasn't. you know, i was pretty much just kind of this cursed and pleefg it. >> rose: and believing it? thinking you was sustaining myself that way. it's not something i necessarily confronted in jamaica. it's not until -- and my standards for moving when i left was i just wanted to be somewhere else. which is not necessarily bad in jamaica, i adore my country. but that is all. i think years of coming into myself and just wanting more of life, i think, that made me start to think about what i want and where i want to go. >> rose: you've readt readta rei coates? >> yes. he gets it. i have been following him

you have also a lot of people who have doubted the value of .rison people released from prison, art we likely to see an increase in crime because the recidivist rate remains high? mr. comey: i am not an expert. the logic would say expert -- would say, even the recidivism rate -- given the recidivism we are trying to do a better job of reducing it. association of assistant united states attorneys wrote a letter and said this. "every incremental weakening questioning plans to further every sentencing, incremental weakening of those mandatory minimum penalties will have a corresponding impact on the ability to successfully investigate and prosecute drug trafficking. the current proposal will significantly weaken the andatory penalties significantly deprive law enforcement authorities and prosecutors the tools they need to successfully address drug trafficking." you said you could accept the changes but that is a statement that is worthy of serious evaluation, wouldn't you agree? mr. comey: sure. been told by democratic staff that senator late houses next. >> welcome, director. as the auth