REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING

UNCLAS PANAMA 001604 SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN TOM PIERCE, WHA/PPC CLARK LYNN, DRL JEANETTE DAVIS AND INR JENNA BEN-YEHUDA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS SUBJECT: REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING ¶1. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to Embassy and U.S. Southern Command. PNP, National Police, DIIP Unit, Luis Alfonso Benitez, 21 December 1960, 8-255-1638 ¶2. (U) Embassy is currently conducting its own review and has thus far found no credible information that the aforementioned person(s)/unit(s) has been involved in gross human rights violations. Embassy thanks the Department in advance for its timely consideration of and response to this matter. DANILOWICZ