BAHRAIN: COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST

C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 001476 SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ARPI AND S/WCI: AMBASSADOR PROSPER E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/26/2014 TAGS: PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE REF: A. STATE 203875 ¶B. MILLER-BERNS E-MAIL OF 9/21/04 ¶C. MANAMA 1360 Classified by Ambassador William T. Monroe for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (C) This is an action request; please see para 3. ¶2. (C) Ambassador delivered Ref A combatant status review tribunal request for assistance September 22 to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar. Abdul Ghaffar said that he would initiate action to try to locate the individual in question, but asked for clarification on what exactly was expected to happen. He wondered how and where the testimony would be taken. ¶3. (C) Action Request: Post requests further guidance on the precise logistics of taking testimony for this case. We expect the GOB to defer a formal response until we spell out the details of the testimony process. ¶4. (C) Ambassador also raised Ref B request for the GOB to provide biographic information for the members of the proposed security team to visit Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo (Ref C). In response to Abdul Ghaffar's question, the Ambassador passed diplomatic note number 349 to the Minister September 26 requesting each team member's name, date/place of birth, position title, and passport date/place of issuance. Post will pass this information to State upon receipt. MONROE