UNCLAS PORT AU PRINCE 000437

SIPDIS

WHA/CAR FOR ASHLEY L. CLINGMAN-JACKSON & JOSEPH TILGHMAN; INL/LP FOR
KEVIN BROWN, DIANNE GRAHAM & MEAGAN MCBRIDE

IMMEDIATE

E.O. 12958
TAGS: SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA HA
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR EVINTZ ORELIEN, OFFICER OF THE
HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE (HNP)


1. This is an action request for WHA/CAR.


2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the
following HNP Officer of the Haitian National Police who has been
nominated to participate in a U.S.-sponsored workshop, pursuant to
the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act.


3. This conference entitled Anti-Gang Workshop is sponsored by NAS
Haiti, Jamaica and Dominican Republic and organized by the Community
Empowerment and Transformation (COMET) and will be held in Miami,
from May 05-07, 2009. Therefore the vetting process must be
completed before May 1, which is a Haitian holiday.


4. No derogatory information on Inspector Orelien was found after
our internal vetting and following the Consular Section's INK
process as of April 15, 2009.

Last Name : Orelien
First Name: Evintz
Gender/DOB: Male/27-10-1963
POB: Gros-Morne, Haiti
Nationality: Haitian
Passport#: PP1983302


5. Post appreciates Department's assistance.


Sanderson