CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000297 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/BSC, DRL, INR, PM E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI SUBJECT: CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TECHNOLOGIES INFORMATION OPERATIONS COURSE Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ¶1. (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. ¶2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean personnel who have been nominated for U.S. funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Please transmit the results of such, including information not strictly covered by the Leahy Amendment, to Embassy. ¶3. (SBU) The proposed training is the Technologies for Information Operations Course, to be held at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, in Monterey, California, between April 21 and May 10, 2008. The name and identifying information of the proposed candidates appear in the following format: Name, rank, unit, date of birth, place of birth and national identification number. Ricardo KOMPATZKI Herrera, Lieutenant Commander (Navy),Chilean Directorate of Programs, Research and Development Division, 04/24/1968, Valparaiso, 7.451.342-5. Robinson MARTINEZ Aros, Captain, Noncommissioned Officers School, Air Force, 10/10/1972, Santiago, 12.251.552-4 ¶4. (U) Embassy's ongoing investigation has not found credible information that the candidates have been involved in gross human rights violations. SIMONS