JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ROYAL JORDANIAN

UNCLAS STATE 101777 SENSITIVE SIPDIS EMBASSY AMMAN FOR POST LEAHY VETTING OFFICER M. CRIFO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC PHUM JO SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ROYAL JORDANIAN AIR FORCE OFFICERS, SEPTEMBER 2009 - FEBRUARY 2010 REF: AMMAN 2028 ¶1. (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of information regarding incidents which could be deemed to be credible information of a gross violation of human rights by these individuals, the Embassy should so inform the Department. ¶2. (SBU) The following Jordanian Air Force officials have been selected to participate in, or are considered alternates for, U.S.-sponsored training, scheduled to take place over the next six months in the U.S. The names of the candidates that follow are listed below in "rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan),date of birth" format: 1, MAJ, Rami Hani Musa Al Emoush, Mafraq, 29-JUL-1975 2, MAJ, Basem Khalifeh Hamdan Al Smarat, Mulayh, 01-APR-1974 3, MAJ, Sami Nawaf Alawneh, Zarqa, 28-NOV-1974 ¶3. (SBU) Post is permitted to provide the following statement to authorized parties: Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals identified in paragraph 2 above, as of this date. Post may cite this cable in response. CLINTON