NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD

C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 009915 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/15/2014 TAGS: PTER PREL KAWC JO SUBJECT: NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD PROCEEDING: JORDAN REF: STATE 265973 Classified By: CDA David Hale for Reasons 1.4 (b),(d) (C) A/PolCouns delivered reftel talking points December 15 in a joint meeting with MFA official Walid Obeidat of the Foreign Minister's Private Office and Jaffar Hassan, DCM of the Jordanian embassy in Washington, D.C. (currently in Amman with a visiting delegation of U.S. Senate staffers). Obeidat and Hassan said the GOJ would contact the Jordanian detainee's family and provide written information for the Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceeding as requested. They asked that ARB proceedings for the remaining Jordanian detainees be conducted as soon as possible as the GOJ was under considerable pressure to help resolve their status. HALE