Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07AMMAN1027
2007-03-07 11:12:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Amman
Cable title:
ADDITIONAL DETAINEE INFORMATION PASSED TO FOREIGN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 001027
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR NEA AND S/WCI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/17/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL JO
SUBJECT: ADDITIONAL DETAINEE INFORMATION PASSED TO FOREIGN
MINISTRY
REF: A. MUBANGU-RANA MARCH 1ST E-MAIL
B. AMMAN 648
C. AMMAN 447
D. AMMAN 319
E. 06 AMMAN 8947
F. 06 STATE 196628
Classified By: CDA Daniel Rubinstein for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) Polcouns met with Mahmoud al-Hmoud, head of the Foreign
Ministry's legal office, on March 6 to seek updates on the
proposed detainee transfer framework agreement (ref F),GOJ
consideration of our request that Jordan accept three
Guantanamo detainees (ref B),and to provide Hmoud with
photographs (ref A) of the six Jordanian detainees held in
Guantanamo. Hmoud thanked Polcouns for the photos, and said
that GOJ decision-making regarding the U.S. request for a
transfer framework agreement will move forward once GOJ
policy-makers - especially the General Intelligence
Directorate (GID) - complete their review of all six
Jordanians held in Guantanamo. He noted that his office
would also have "minor" legal points for us on the text of
the draft, but he would not be authorized to begin that
conversation with us until after the larger policy decisions
had been made. In response to polcouns' query, Hmoud said
that for Jordanian policy makers, our request for a proposed
framework agreement was "inextricably" bound up with our
request that Jordan accept three Guantanamo detainees. Hmoud
did not know how long it would take for the GID to complete
its review.
RUBINSTEIN
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR NEA AND S/WCI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/17/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL JO
SUBJECT: ADDITIONAL DETAINEE INFORMATION PASSED TO FOREIGN
MINISTRY
REF: A. MUBANGU-RANA MARCH 1ST E-MAIL
B. AMMAN 648
C. AMMAN 447
D. AMMAN 319
E. 06 AMMAN 8947
F. 06 STATE 196628
Classified By: CDA Daniel Rubinstein for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) Polcouns met with Mahmoud al-Hmoud, head of the Foreign
Ministry's legal office, on March 6 to seek updates on the
proposed detainee transfer framework agreement (ref F),GOJ
consideration of our request that Jordan accept three
Guantanamo detainees (ref B),and to provide Hmoud with
photographs (ref A) of the six Jordanian detainees held in
Guantanamo. Hmoud thanked Polcouns for the photos, and said
that GOJ decision-making regarding the U.S. request for a
transfer framework agreement will move forward once GOJ
policy-makers - especially the General Intelligence
Directorate (GID) - complete their review of all six
Jordanians held in Guantanamo. He noted that his office
would also have "minor" legal points for us on the text of
the draft, but he would not be authorized to begin that
conversation with us until after the larger policy decisions
had been made. In response to polcouns' query, Hmoud said
that for Jordanian policy makers, our request for a proposed
framework agreement was "inextricably" bound up with our
request that Jordan accept three Guantanamo detainees. Hmoud
did not know how long it would take for the GID to complete
its review.
RUBINSTEIN