Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BEIRUT564
2009-05-20 09:08:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Beirut
Cable title:
BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF MAY 19, 2009
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UNCLAS BEIRUT 000564
SIPDIS
STATE FOR DS/CC; DS/DSS/ITA; DS/IP/NEA; NEA/EX; S/ES
POSTS FOR RSO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY
SUBJECT: BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF MAY 19, 2009
REF: STATE 50245
UNCLAS BEIRUT 000564
SIPDIS
STATE FOR DS/CC; DS/DSS/ITA; DS/IP/NEA; NEA/EX; S/ES
POSTS FOR RSO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY
SUBJECT: BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF MAY 19, 2009
REF: STATE 50245
1. (U) At 1000 hours on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, DCM convened
an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting. Present were
DCM, POL, MGMT, INL, RAO, LEGATT, MLE, PD, USAID, CONS, RSO,
DAO and ODC.
2. (U) The purpose of the EAC, per reftel, was to assess the
impact on security of US government facilities and American
citizens in Lebanon due to media attention on the recent US
government decision not to issue previously unreleased photos
of detainees from Abu Gharaib prison in Iraq. EAC Beirut
unanimously agreed that there is no information available
suggesting an adverse impact on the security of the
aforementioned entities based on the decision not to release
the photos.
SISON
SIPDIS
STATE FOR DS/CC; DS/DSS/ITA; DS/IP/NEA; NEA/EX; S/ES
POSTS FOR RSO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY
SUBJECT: BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF MAY 19, 2009
REF: STATE 50245
1. (U) At 1000 hours on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, DCM convened
an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting. Present were
DCM, POL, MGMT, INL, RAO, LEGATT, MLE, PD, USAID, CONS, RSO,
DAO and ODC.
2. (U) The purpose of the EAC, per reftel, was to assess the
impact on security of US government facilities and American
citizens in Lebanon due to media attention on the recent US
government decision not to issue previously unreleased photos
of detainees from Abu Gharaib prison in Iraq. EAC Beirut
unanimously agreed that there is no information available
suggesting an adverse impact on the security of the
aforementioned entities based on the decision not to release
the photos.
SISON