DhafirTrial

My departure to Scotland has been delayed due to the weather in Syracuse and I wrote this letter yesterday (see below). As we approach the fourth anniversary of Dr. Dhafir’s arrest and incarceration please consider sending the letter below to your local newspaper. I have sent it to the two Syracuse newspapers, the Post-Standard and the New Times. (more…)

This letter was sent to the Syracuse Post Standard and the New Times on 1/17/07 (Published by the Post Standard 1/19/07. Published by the New Times 2/21/07.)

Dr. Rafil Dhafir, a local oncologist, was convicted of white-collar crime but the government touts his case as a success in the War on Terror. Thus he is now serving 22 years in prison for a crime that he was never charged with in a court of law. From the outset the government’s goal was a terrorist conviction and it intentionally misled the judge, the jury, the media and the public. (more…)

The Post-Standard Published half of my letter today. Below is my response:

Thank you for publishing half of my letter today with the heading: “Dhafir terrorism link does not add up.” It certainly does not when you omitted details of the government lecture at the law school: (more…)

To the Syracuse Post-Standard. By court watcher Linda Bergh who attended most of the proceedings (more…)

by Douglas Johnson

Below is a letter to Judge Mordue that was sent after Dr. Dhafir’s arrest (more…)

Letter published in the Post-Standard, Thursday, November 3, 2005

I stand with my students every school day and recite the Pledge of Alllegiance. (more…)

Two letters published in the Post-Standard, 10/28/05
To the Editor:

When was the last time you heard about a doctor (more…)

I submitted the following letter to the Post-Standard last Thursday (10/28). Published 11/03/05 (more…)