Afteralongpause, filling the room with palpable courage and conviction, Mehta recited a quote from Dr. Albert Schweitzer, a philosopher, physician and medical missionary, whose words have inspired him since time immemorial.
The judge on Saturday asked Cruz to explain why he forced the detainees to strip naked, and Cruz said, afteralongpause, that he associated the prisoners with Iraqis who killed two members of his company one month earlier.