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Posted By: <b>shelly jaffe</b><p>As I said to you last night there would be more about Mr. Morales. Well here it is.<br />Sir<br /> <br />This is to confirm the telephone conversation held on Wednesday February 13, 2008 at approximately 12 Noon regrading employment of Christopher Morales. We have no record of Christopher Morales ever being employed by the Department of Forensic Science at George Washington University. Further, part time faculty, currently referred to as Professorial Lecturers do not serve as advisor's to students. It is our understanding that Mr. Morales was a student here. Though we offer in course in questioned document examination, it does not qualify an attendee to become a document examiner. Question document examination is a field that requires on the job training, of approximately two years in a specialized laboratory before an individual is qualified to become a certified document examiner.<br /> <br />Professionals in the field belong to the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, in the Question Document Section and many are diplomats of the American Board of Forensic Document Examination. Checking the 2007 membership directory of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences indicates that Christopher Morales is a member of the General Section. According to the AAFS web site document examination is not within that concentration, before the creation of the digital evidence section this year, computer crime investigators, image enhancement specialists and forensic computer specialists were in that section. Professor Vincze our Director of the High Technology Crime Investigation was in that section. She has since been moved to Digital Evidence. Thus, there is no indication from membership in the AAFS that Mr. Morales has specialized credentials what would justify his identification as a document examiner.<br /> <br />This is the information that I can provide you at this time. Please feel free to contact me should you have further questions.<br /> <br />M. Schanfield, Ph.D.<br />Professor and Chair<br />Department of Forensic Science-GWU<br /><br />Perhaps now we will hear from the silent Mr. Morales<br /> <br />This is directly from his own web site.<br /><br />Faculty Advisor and Adjunct Faculty Member, Forensic Science Department, George Washington University (GWU) I served as an adjunct professor in both the graduate Forensic Science and Security Management programs. I also served a term as advisor for the security management graduate degree students.