RE: U.S. v. Hamama; letters of recommendation for sentencing

[Haytham Faraj <haytham@puckettfaraj.com>]

Jim,
I made one change to your letter. I added the word "Honorable" before the
judge's name.  I cannot tell you how your letter made me feel.  It brought
tears to my eyes.  I felt in your letter a genuine care and love for your
men and for this man.  It returned me to my days in the infantry and to a
world very few people can ever understand and rarely experience. I do not
know what will happen to Sam. I am afraid for him because I've also grown to
care about and love the man. I know he's a good and genuine person.  I hope
I don't fail him.  
I apologize for my tardy response.  I was in a trial that lasted several
weeks.  It has taken me a while to catch up.
Thank you again for your support.  

Please print, sign and mail the letter to the Judge at the address on the
letter.  Please also make sure that I get a copy.  If Ron Coleman is in
touch with you, would you please ask him to write a letter as well. I sent
him a request but he didn't respond and his phone seems to be off.  I fear
that he may be deployed again.

Semper fidelis
Haytham

-----Original Message-----
From: Oliver, James E II LTC RET [mailto:james.e.oliver@us.army.mil] 
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 7:20 PM
To: Haytham Faraj
Subject: Re: U.S. v. Hamama; letters of recommendation for sentencing

Haytham, attached is a draft of my letter as you requested. Please review
for proper tone and content and let me know if this is the direction you
think I should go. Everything I said is factually true without embelishment.
If I need to say something more please let me know. Thanks and good luck to
you and Sam.

J. Oliver

----- Original Message -----
From: Haytham Faraj <haytham@puckettfaraj.com>
Date: Friday, March 18, 2011 12:19
Subject: U.S. v. Hamama; letters of recommendation for sentencing
To: "'Oliver, James E II LTC RET'" <james.e.oliver@us.army.mil>, "'Chapin,
James R CH (LTC) NGMI'" <james.chapin@us.army.mil>, "'Coleman, Ronald CSM
MIL NG MSARNG'" <ronald.v.coleman@us.army.mil>
Cc: hamama_sam@yahoo.com


> Gentlemen,
> 
> I am writing to request additional assistance from you.  Issam Hamama 
> is scheduled to be sentenced on May 19 of this year.  The judge may 
> sentencehim to probation up to about 60 months in prison for the 
> charges he was found guilty of.  Mr. Hamama was found guilty of false 
> statement for denying having a relationship with Iraqi officials and 
> receiving compensation and for also failing to state that he had 
> contacts with foreign officials on his SF-86.  He was found not guilty 
> of spying and not guilty of having any foreign financial interests.
> 
> 
> 
> Your assistance to Mr. Hamama is critical.  I have cc'd him on this 
> email and authorize you to directly engage him if you feel you need to 
> ask him questions.
> 
> 
> 
> I have attached a form letter with some comments to assist you in 
> writing to the judge.  I recommend you prepare your letters and send 
> them to me to look them over for format and relevance.  Once we have 
> them completed, I will ask you to swear to them and have them 
> notarized.
> 
> 
> 
> I appreciate your continued attention to this case.
> 
> 
> 
> Very respectfully,
> 
> 
> 
> Haytham Faraj, Esq.
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