11.   Worth said the officers then opened fire because they thought he had a gun.

12.   Worth said.

13.   But Worth said Justice officials balked because of ethical concerns over meeting with defense attorneys while a review was pending.

14.   Worth said the government was funding community education programs and contributed to international efforts to eliminate the cultural practice, which had no religious or therapeutic basis.

15.   Worth said he lobbied for a rapid review of the case so the officers could get on with their lives.

16.   Worth said the notion that the officers behaved in a racist fashion is false.

17.   Worth said this was the first gamma ray instrument reading from the surface of a body in space other than the Earth.