LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: (NAME) TRAVEL FOR PATRICE ISRAEL,

UNCLAS PORT AU PRINCE 000333 SIPDIS SIPDIS WHA/CAR FOR CHRISTOPHER WARD & ELIZABETH JAFFEE; INL/LP FOR KEVIN BROWN & ANGELIC V. YOUNG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA DEA SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: (NAME) TRAVEL FOR PATRICE ISRAEL, HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE (HNP)/BLTS OFFICER ¶1. This is an action request for WHA/CAR. ¶2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting Commissar Patrice Israel, Director of the Haitian National Police/BLTS division, who has been nominated to participate in a U.S.-sponsored meeting, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. ¶3. This Pre International Drug Enforecement Conference (IDEC) regional meeting will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico from March 10-15, 2008. Therefore the vetting process must be completed before March 6, 2008. ¶4. No derogatory information on Commissar Patrice Israel was found after our internal vetting and following the Consular Section's INK process as of February 28, 2008. Last Name: ISRAEL First Name: Patrice DOB: 22-05-1969 POB: La Chapelle, Haiti Nationality: Haitian Gender: Male Passport#: PP1391626 National ID#: 003-322-677-4 Position: BLTS Chief Sanderson