BAHRAINI SECURITY TEAM DATA FOR GUANTANAMO VISIT

C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 001612 SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ARPI, S/WCI E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/23/2014 TAGS: PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA SUBJECT: BAHRAINI SECURITY TEAM DATA FOR GUANTANAMO VISIT REQUEST REF: A. MANAMA 1476 ¶B. MILLER-BERNS E-MAIL OF 9/21/04 Classified by DCM Susan L. Ziadeh for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (C) This is an action message; please see paragraph 3. ¶2. (C) Per reftels, the GOB requested approval for a security team to visit Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo. State agreed to process the request pending receipt of bio data for the members of the proposed team. Post received an official note from the MFA dated October 16, 2004 with the following information on the members of team: Name: Colonel Ali Fadhel Ghanem Al Bouaynain Position: Director of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Interior Date/Place of Birth: 10/23/63, Hidd, Bahrain Passport Number: 1155155 Date/Place of Issue: 9/26/01, Bahrain Name: Colonel Adel Khalifa Hamad Al Fadhel Position: Director of the Office of Combating Economic Crimes, Criminal Investigations and Research Directorate, Ministry of Interior D/POB: 1960, Manama, Bahrain PPT Number: 1410304 D/POI: 6/5/04, Bahrain Name: Major Ahmed Yaqoob Yusuf Zaid Position: Employee, National Security Agency D/POB: 1964, Muharraq, Bahrain PPT Number: 1303033 D/POI: 8/4/03 Bahrain. We note that these officials have visited Guantanamo previously. Post faxed copies of the data pages of their passports to NEA/ARPI:Worman. ¶3. (C) Action Request: Post requests that Washington agencies move expeditiously to approve the GOB request. Please advise. MONROE