May I add, Mr. Chairman, that I've been a military defence counsel, and one of the lessons I've learned is that as counsel you don't make up your own instructions. The accused has autonomy. It's up to the accused to decide how they want to proceed in that case and to instruct their counsel accordingly. With the greatest respect, it is not up to the members of the committee or me or anyone else other than the accused to make that choice for them in that circumstance.
On June 16th, 2008. See this statement in context.